Tips for online meetings - post COVID19 environment As online meetings grow in popularity post Covid19, there are challenges to adjust when compared to in-person meetings. Here are 4 tips: 1- The energy in your voice can give clues to the message that you are sending. Are you delivering your point with confidence? Does your message sound positive or negative? How can you use your voice inflections to emphasise your point? What feeling is your tone of voice reflecting? 2- Your choice of words and language in a meeting can sometimes persuade opinions to go in your favour or do the reverse. Be mindful when choosing your words and avoid language that makes assumptions or discriminates. 3- Watch your online video body language Body language is just as important as verbal communication. It provides clues to your attitude and state of mind – be conscious of the message that you’re sending with your body language. Are you slouching in your chair? Are you using eye contact to include everyone? Are your arms crossed defensively? 4- Always test your technology - audio, look at the camera usually light on top of screen not your screen or looking on the side. Use the video option when talking if possible. Were all in this together , stay safe , Be kind, Smile and most important, Enjoy each day!
6 ways to stay positive during COVID-19 Change can be stressful. The things we should be doing is looking for new things. The new norm. This will never be normal but how can we make this more of a productive time.Ways to stay positive Take a break You don't have to watch, read or talking about COVID-19 all day. It’s important to stay informed but not consumed. Make time to unwind Pick up an old hobby. Start a new one. Just do something you enjoy. Take care of yourself Mind, body and soul. Take a walk. Listen to music. Read something uplifting. Try to eat healthy, well-balanced meals, exercise regularly, get plenty of sleep and avoid alcohol and drugs. Can You Boost Your Bright Side? Although a positive personality is something we’re born with and not something we can inherently change, there are steps you can take to improve your outlook and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Simply smile more A University of Kansas study found that smiling—even fake smiling—reduces heart rate and blood pressure during stressful situations. So try a few minutes of YouTube humor therapy when you’re stomping your feet waiting in line or fuming over a work or family situation. It’s difficult not to smile while watching a favorite funny video. Practice reframing Instead of stressing about a traffic jam, for instance, appreciate the fact that you can afford a car and get to spend a few extra minutes listening to music or the news, accepting that there is absolutely nothing you can do about the traffic. Build resiliency Resiliency is the ability to adapt to stressful and/or negative situations and losses. Experts recommend these key ways to build yours: Maintain good relationships with family and friends.Accept that change is a part of life. Take action on problems rather than just hoping they disappear or waiting for them to resolve themselves. We will get out of this - Stay positive.
AI split by functional use cases What everyone in the world is calling AI today will specialize into several functional areas in the next years. The main areas will be : Robotic Process Automation (RPA); automated engineering and selection; perception AI, which is the automation and refinement of physical perception; and resource allocation AI. RPA is becoming more popular most companies are starting to utilize it for their customer service ex: for quick responses, here is a use case example of RPA from Lyft: Other good RPA use cases , are automated invoice processing, sales order, payroll, price comparison, storing customer information. The next big thing is feature engineering and its broken down in these 4 areas: Feature engineering is about understanding your company data and to enable, the performance of a predictive model that is heavily dependent on the quality of the features in the dataset used to train that model. If you are able to create new features which help in providing more information to the model about the target variable, it’s performance will go up. As most corporations, don’t have enough quality features in their dataset, they will lean on feature engineering. There are few certainties in data science: libraries, tools, and algorithms constantly change as better methods are developed. However, one trend that is not going away is the move towards increased levels of automation. AI in general is here to stay. Perception AI is quickly advancing and the most visible to all within the transportation industry, with self lerning driving cars and trucks. Resource allocation AI is the overview efficiency and effectiveness of an entire organization depends greatly on how well its resources are being utilized. Resources may include personnel, equipment, vehicles, space, warehouses, etc- still in its infancy, but a hot topic of ethics ex: How do we distribute the wealth created by machines? Some ethical questions are about mitigating suffering, some about risking negative outcomes. While we consider these risks, we should also keep in mind that, on the whole, this technological progress means better lives for everyone. Artificial intelligence has vast potential, and its responsible implementation is up to us. What I do know for sure is that having an understanding of AI is going to become more important for more professions. We are living through the data explosion era, AI is the missing piece of the jigsaw.
