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Thematic Analysis
AI and the Skills of the Future: Strategic Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already affecting roles across software engineering, data science, customer service, marketing, and other knowledge work. In the future, manufacturing industries will also experience a transition as robots become more intelligent and capable.
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Company Insights
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad: Digital Transformation Strategies
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (CIMB) is a provider of banking and other financial services. The group's primary activities include consumer banking, commercial banking, wholesale banking, Islamic banking, wealth management, and digital payment products and services, including loans, credit cards, cash management, bancassurance, foreign exchange, treasury services, project financing, equity-linked products, IPOs, debt restructuring, and trust services. CIMB serves a diverse customer base, offering a wide range of banking products and services for individuals, businesses, and corporates across various industries. The...
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Company Insights
Maybank: Digital Transformation Strategies
Maybank is a financial services group with a significant presence across the ASEAN region. Its business segments are divided into three main categories: Group Community Financial Services, which offers savings, loans, and credit products; Group Global Banking, providing project financing, treasury, and investment services; and Group Insurance and Takaful, which underwrites general and life insurance, including Islamic products. The group serves a diverse customer base, including individuals, SMEs, corporates, and governments, providing tailored financial services to meet various needs. Maybank...
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Company Insights
Nordea Group: Digital Transformation Strategies
Nordea Bank Abp (Nordea) is the largest financial services group in the Nordic region. The bank offers a comprehensive range of banking and financial products and services for individuals and corporate customers, including financial institutions. Nordea is organized into four business areas: Personal Banking, Business Banking, Large Corporates & Institutions, and Asset & Wealth Management, providing a full spectrum of banking, payments, financing, investment, asset management, and insurance services. The bank operates in 20 countries, maintaining a strong presence in...
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Thematic Analysis
The State of Global Carbon: Strategic Intelligence
Global carbon emissions have been growing since the Industrial Revolution. Despite net-zero commitments such as the Paris Climate Agreement, the world is not on track to meet its emissions-reduction targets. The burning of fossil fuels for heat, energy, and transportation makes up the bulk of carbon emissions. New sources of emissions, such as data centers, are adding to the problem. Without swift intervention and a commitment to no new long-term oil and gas projects, emissions will continue to grow, ultimately...
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Thematic Analysis
Carbon Capture and Storage: Strategic Intelligence
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) has become an important decarbonization pathway for oil and gas, power, cement, steel and other hard-to-abate industries. As of June 2026, more than 70% of operational and upcoming carbon capture facilities were associated with energy assets. Around 17 advanced-stage projects are expected to begin operations by the end of 2026. However, the pace of deployment remains dependent on project economics, policy support, storage access, and long-term demand for low-carbon products.
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Thematic Analysis
Internet of Things: Strategic Intelligence
According to GlobalData forecasts, the global Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach $2.4 trillion in revenue by 2030. Growth is driven in particular by the enterprise segment, which will generate 76% of total revenues by 2030.
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Thematic Analysis
Deep Dive into Agentic AI Security: Strategic Intelligence
AI agents can transform your business, but their adoption must be tightly controlled. Unlike passive, prompt-based assistants, AI agents are autonomous, goal-driven software systems that can operate business processes independently. Using agents makes routine risks, such as misuse of identity and access controls, harder to monitor, so strong AI governance becomes paramount.
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Company Insights
Conagra: Digital Transformation Strategies
Conagra Brands (Conagra) is a branded packaged-food company. Incorporated in 1919, it markets several brands, including Birds Eye, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Duncan Hines, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Angie’s BoomChickaPop, across retail grocery, foodservice, and international channels. The company’s reporting segments are grocery & snacks, refrigerated & frozen, international and foodservice. The grocery & snacks segment includes branded, shelf-stable food products, the refrigerated & frozen segment includes branded, temperature-controlled food products, the international segment includes branded food products, and the...
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Thematic Analysis
Predictive Maintenance in Power: Strategic Intelligence
Predictive maintenance (PdM) is becoming a central driver of operational optimization since it uses the Internet of Things (IoT) sensor data to detect equipment issues early and schedule repairs before failures occur. With expansion of wind and solar capacity, predictive maintenance is becoming increasingly critical by helping to sustain availability, reduce curtailment, and enable smoother renewable integration. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are powering predictive maintenance continuously through sensor data to identify anomalies and anticipate equipment failures before...