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Andrew Blance

Andrew Blance

Innovation Consultant at Waterstons

Durham, United Kingdom

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Dr Andrew Blance is an innovation consultant at Waterstons and the founder of the early-stage startup Pasimo. At Waterstons, he works alongside clients of all shapes and sizes to help them be braver, too undertake new projects, and get them to think differently. At Pasimo, he aims to develop real-time solutions to translate sign language to written English and provide novel new ways to teach it using spatial computers. During his doctoral research, he investigated how AI and quantum computing can be applied to high-energy physics challenges.

Andrew enjoys engaging with the tech community and runs a local meetup group in the North East of England. He regularly talks around the world about his work with emerging technologies. He co-hosts a podcast called Brains on the Outside, where he pitches silly, wholesome and fun business ideas. He can run 5km pretty fast and thinks modern Star Trek isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Data Science
  • Data Science & AI
  • Virtual Reality
  • Innovation

How to Convince Your Boss to Take a Risk

Is there something you want to do? Something bold, exciting, new? Maybe you worry your competitors are zooming ahead, and you are falling behind. Do you long for everyone around you to be brave, but you can't seem to take them on that journey? It can be frustrating when your idea for that AI model/ XR app/ IoT system is amazing, but you still can never get it deployed. Let's change that. People find big ideas scary, but the truth is they don't need to be.
 
At the root of this is an almost universal problem - exciting technology exists out there, but how do you successfully link that to the business challenges you face? This talk is not a technical one, but it will enable you to do the technical work you think your business should be doing. Whether it's changing your CI/CD pipeline, beginning to contairise your apps, or using AI to automate everything everywhere all at once, there is always a small step you can take to make this happen. Let's take a look at how to sidestep your Maturity Model and actually get something done. This talk gives you three tools to help you pitch your ideas to your Boss, the Board, and the CEO that will help them become a reality.

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Andrew Blance

Innovation Consultant at Waterstons

Durham, United Kingdom

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