Impact of Technology and Information Governance: impact of AI and Unconscious Bias

In Australia, New Zealand and around the world, the impact of social media and a 24/7 news cycle, has changed the ability of simple stories that would have been forgotten within days to be reported immediately and that the ‘trending’ of topics, indexed by hashtags (#) hurts the corporate world.  The need for clearer communications strategies, especially in times of crisis management, has never been so urgent.  Having a clear spokesperson, probably the CEO, who can explain events as they unfold and with transparency and integrity answer questions as are launched by journalists, competitors, regulators, lobbyists and shareholders, to name a few stakeholders. There are a number of researchers that examine the thoughts of corporate directors and other governance professionals to predict trends that impact on the top concerns of people.  The importance of information governance is growing annually in the light of corporate governance requirements. Two particularly important sources are the US […]