Leading business minds

National history plays a powerful role in shaping how countries frame energy debates, particularly around shale gas and the energy transition. Drawing on comparative research co-authored by Shahzad Ansari of Cambridge Judge Business School, his study uses modelling and natural language processing to explore how historical context influences public discourse and policy framing across borders.

Professor Elroy Dimson has for decades boosted our historical understanding of financial markets. He reflects on how he became hooked on financial data through an early sojourn into the corporate world, how markets history may judge artificial intelligence, and how his family’s wine business resonated in his research into collectibles.

There are big implications for artificial intelligence (AI) design and workplace management if anthropomorphic AI agents gain traction in the workplace, says Professor Jochen Menges. On the plus side, there may be comfort in dealing with a humanlike AI agent, but lost autonomy could bring a feeling of worthlessness to employees that managers must mitigate.