Summary: Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is like a super smart computer that can help us in many ways. It can answer questions, make music, and even help us learn. But, we need to be careful with it too. Just like a powerful tool, it can be used in wrong ways, like stealing someone’s voice or… Continue reading AI Has the Potential to Change the World for Good, but We Need Safeguards
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Little Drops or a Heavy Downpour: The Imperative of Noticing Change
In our world, the nature of change varies widely, from the subtle and slow to the swift and disruptive. This duality of change—embodied in the steady rise of sea levels and the sudden fury of hurricanes—serves as a powerful metaphor for how we perceive and respond to challenges in our lives and society. The contrast… Continue reading Little Drops or a Heavy Downpour: The Imperative of Noticing Change
Embracing Empathy: Staying Ahead in the Age of AI
In the swiftly evolving landscape of technology, where artificial intelligence (AI) is making strides that once belonged to the realm of science fiction, a wave of apprehension about the future of human work and relevance is palpable. Recent articles and studies projecting AI’s potential to overshadow human roles in various sectors add to this unease,… Continue reading Embracing Empathy: Staying Ahead in the Age of AI
The World in 2030: What are We Doing?
By Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager It is estimated that by 2030, 40% of the world GDP and 85% of the world population will be in regions where water resources exceed supply. Scary? Alarming? I think so. But there are actions we can take now to save the planet for ourselves, our children and their children, or… Continue reading The World in 2030: What are We Doing?
There will always be Garbage In
By Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager There is a popular saying that ‘garbage in, garbage out’. What this means is that if you receive poorly refined instructions, codes, methodology, you act on it as you receive it. When this is true, it reduces one to the level of a robotic machine or a lower level being. What… Continue reading There will always be Garbage In
Motivating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Doing it While the Plane is Still on the Runway
by Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager Doing something and feeling at the end that you did the right thing at the right time gives a kind of a sweet feeling. Last week I was at Aketenchi, a village in the Western Region of Ghana to help train health workers as part of the Ghana’s grassroots healthcare delivery… Continue reading Motivating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Doing it While the Plane is Still on the Runway
Less Can be More in Speeches: Beware of Selfishness
by Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager Why do speakers often go over the time offered to them by their host or organizers? The simple answer is that we’re just selfish. We love to take more than we are given. It’s a pleasurable thing to do. When you’re going to give a speech, one thing you need to… Continue reading Less Can be More in Speeches: Beware of Selfishness
On the Ground, How I see the ‘Emerging, Sub-Saharan African Economies’
I am currently in Ghana volunteering with Jhpiego to assist the Ghana Health Services in the implementation of a rural health care planning service. I have mixed impressions on the state of affairs in Ghana, which applies to most of the so called ‘emerging Sub-Saharan economies’. Political stability, infrastructural development, the ‘IMF/World Bank economy’ and… Continue reading On the Ground, How I see the ‘Emerging, Sub-Saharan African Economies’