Do businesses have the talent to utilize new technologies, or will the people using these platforms be too scarce for most companies to dive into this new world? We talk with experts to identify what skills are going to be needed, whether they will come from new employees or upskilling existing staff, and what needs to happen internally for business to thrive in a data-rich world.

COVID-19 saw massive disruptions to supply chains, with crises, bottlenecks and price spikes that masked a deeper change shaping the logistics that underpin our global economy. Platforms and big data are presenting new ways to track goods across borders and could upend the usual ways of doing business. Will business take advantage of these new opportunities?

What are platforms and how are they transforming business today? We talk with experts about how the possibilities of data-rich platform technologies allow new services and opportunities for businesses. However, reaching these opportunities requires a new mindset and a revamp of traditional org charts, while staying alert to how regulations may be changing across the world.

This podcast was recorded on November 5, before most news organisations called the US presidential election for Joe Biden, and before Biden himself claimed victory. Nick Redman, Director of Analysis, Oxford Analytica, Dana Petersen, Chief Economist, The Conference Board and David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist, J.P. Morgan discuss the choices facing the next administration. The panel did not start from the certainty that Biden would become president.

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