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The world's biggest artificial intelligence companies, including Facebook and Google, have joined forces to mould the ethical rules that will govern how robots and computer programs behave in the future.

About time and welcome. I hope that those with experience of medical ethics are also involved. For two reasons; medicine is likely to be a major player and beneficiary of AI (eg personalised drugs) and medical ethics is a mature field that is used to responding to rapid innovation.

More than half of office workers in the UK are unhappy with technology in their workplace, according to the latest study released by Savills and the British Council for Offices (BCO).

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This is a world-class mashup facility from Kent County Council. Turning data into knowledge.

A range of videos taken from the 'Learning at work' Conference at the British Council earlier this year

This technique is a way of gathering lessons learnt by encouraging project teams to talk about their experiences through stories. It builds and makes full use of this natural way in which we learn from each other and gain understanding about everyday life situations through storytelling

The After Action Review (AAR) is a simple tool pioneered by the US army which is now widely used in organisations to capture lessons learned. It is a structured review after an activity or stage in a project, including handover or close, that analyses what happened, why it happened, and how it can be done better. The key to successful AAR's is that it helps you turn mistakes and poor performance into learning opportunities.

The baton passing technique is a fast method for sharing, identifying high-impact lessons and gaining personal commitment to action. Baton passing can either be 'fast' - when based on clear lesson-themes - or 'slow' and more detailed when connected to a specific business process involving complex issues

Video from a series of events at British Council looking at 'How we learn' this video is one session where Sam Conniff looks at the difference in the world of learning and education. He talks about the 'sharing economy' bring the largest growing market in the works and then changes technology is having on what we teach in schools worldwide, including the fact that 70% of all on-one content is video, making the creation of content closer to the user. Highlighting the top things people learning on-line using the search 'how to...' Play in instrument, learn a language and write code.Sam also explores the notion of 'Learning how to learn', 'being connected to the internet everywhere', & 'transparency' and how these will change Education & how we will need to interact in a more ethical way (26:40 - 43:00)