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What is the connection between anti-competitive behaviour and collective proceedings? Helder Vasconcelos will discuss this on the Competition Claims panel at the Global Class Actions Symposium on the 13 November in Lisbon. Find out more and register here: https://bit.ly/3Yevndo #classactions #competitionclaims #competition

Thrilled to be shortlisted for The Speaker Awards!! The inspiration behind the talk began when I was 10 years old and I experienced a potentially fatal bike accident which left me physically scarred for life. Fast forward 35 years and I know now (through my own hypnotherapy) that what led to the events of that fateful day was my desire to “fit in” and feel “good enough”. Rejection and shame is the biggest fear among the human population. It is this deep-rooted fear which leads to the lack of self-esteem, negative thought patterns and limiting behaviours that hold many people back from reaching their true capabilities. I now work with people of all ages to free them from the “root-causes” of their lack of confidence by teaching them how release and work with their minds. In this TEDx talk I explain how your subconscious mind can be viewed like a Stallion. Left to roam wild it can be very destructive, but if you, as the rider, can learn to calm and control that stallion, its potential for achievement is endless. I share 5 key strategies to “ride your mind” and I recommend checking it out! Search: “You Tube Cat Williams Your Mind Is A Stallion” #tedx #shortlist

The increasing introduction of technology into services as a way to replace, or work with, human frontline staff got us thinking... 🤔 If self-service technologies ( 💡 think: self-checkouts) have largely failed to stop theft - and instead introduced a whole new type of theft (think: swiping all your items as 'carrots' 🥕 ), then what does that mean for humanoid robots that fit somewhere between the self-service technology (#definitelynothuman) and the actual human frontline employee, for theft prevention skills? In our paper, we found that while service robots did a better job at guarding the servicescape from misbehaviour than self-service technologies, a human frontline employee is STILL the better choice for reducing opportunities for consumer misbehaviour. We are very happy to receive this award from Journal of Services Marketing - but sad we could not be in France to receive it in person! 🍷 🥐 🇫🇷 Thank you Prof. Rebekah Russell-Bennett and Mark Scott Rosenbaum, Ph.D. for your support through the review and editorial process. This was a true team effort and I am so grateful for the collaboration from these amazing women Dominique Greer, Dr Kate Letheren, and Kate L. Daunt 😍 🏆 #services #theft #consumerbehaviour #innovation #retail QUT Centre for Future Enterprise

Thanks a lot to the Green Deal Data Space | GREAT Project for the privilege to add my voice to this panel and milestone event! Here is a summary of my contributions, related to achieving interoperability in the Green Deal Data Space: ❓ Interoperability is a big challenge in data spaces, at all levels. It requires big investments and interoperability of infrastructures, semantics, and data at wide scale proofs a challenge. In many cases the end users don't see the outcomes of these efforts. 🗨 Many users will only see something if there is interoperability. The only reason why I can, pull in any map service is due to standards and interoperability. What is true is that existing users often feel they do not benefit from efforts that enable new user groups to use existing data. In other words, they are sceptical of "interoperability for the others". By harmonising data, we perform a proper quality assurance of the as-is data for the first time, and we often fix thousands of errors in that as-is data. This is something that users of as-is data will also profit from. ❓ Can you tell us if interoperability is a pathway for usability and adoption? 🗨 You can also revert the question to get an answer: Would you consider using a data set that is not documented, sometimes not accessible, and encoded in a weird proprietary format? My experience is that everybody expects interoperability, to easily find and access the data, read it, and process it. The three main enablers of making this workare: ➡ Accessible, understandable Documentation ➡ Defined semantics and conceptual models ➡ Open Formats and Open API specifications ❓ How can we justify the investments? 🗨 We can look at the alternatives. It is a bit like in reducing GHG emissions vs. adapting to the consequences of those same emissions. Just last week, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research has published a study that it is about 6 times cheaper to reduce emissions than to adapt to climate change. The alternative to sharing interoperable, re-useable data to enable the Green Deal is very similar: Data needs to be collected and processed again, by every actor by themselves. This will cause delays in working towards achieving the Green Deal objectives, and it will cause costs. What is difficult is agreeing on things like common semantics. The actual costs of achieving interoperability, once a community has agreed, don't have to be high and can be phased. We have shown that it is possible to harmonise data sets at low cost while achieving high quality thousands of times. I think the key point to achieve data interoperability efficiently is to think about synergies across domains, processes and existing standards. Don't reinvent, but rather, connect & map what is there, and then fill in gaps as really required by high value use cases. In a GDDS, we will need to strike a balance, with all actors, including the data users, comitting and pitching in, to achieve our goals.

In this short video, I discuss the importance of selecting a jury.

In our second post related to the February didactic with Dr. Teresa Lopez-Castro, you can find advice related to K awards!

SBD member Hiren Shah: “The bustling city of Antwerp is the best location for my diamond business” - Read his story, on the occasion of his 25th year of business activity in Antwerp, in the latest SBD newsletter: https://lnkd.in/emdTdeyN

📢 NEW BLOG POST!!! 📢 In this blog post, Aswini Prabhakaran delves into the multifaceted experience of engaging with the ACMC from both the participant and committee perspectives. She also discusses how taking part in the conference offers invaluable insights and opportunities for young professionals. Read more now: https://lnkd.in/eBQhKt-Y

I am thrilled to announce that I have officially completed my RPLU designation! 🎉 🙌 The months of sacrifice, focus, and commitment have truly been worth it. Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey! Here’s to the next chapter! 🚀 #RPLU #ProfessionalDevelopment #CareerGrowth #InsuranceIndustry

excellent presentation.