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How 24 hours of frantic brainstorming, coding and coffee helps us live our values? Read our Group CEO, Jody Ford's key takeaways from our internal Hackathon the other week: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ12V
We hosted SODA Social's latest meetup with a lively conversation about the 'Ethics of AI'. The aim of the panel debate was to discuss the ethical issues of artificial intelligence and whether or not artificial intelligence can be emotionally intelligent and the consequences/forays into this area to date. The diverse panel gave global perspectives, offering insights into our social responsibilities and duties. Thanks to the wonderful panellists, our own Group Head of Security Engineering Stu Hirst, Charlotte Stix, Reema Patel, Ivana Bartoletti, Seyi Akiwowo and chair Pete Hotchkiss. SODA Social's DJ Lloyd Hulme set the networking scene with his musical flair accompanied with a few shapes thrown behind the decks.
Our Group Head of Security Engineering, Stu Hirst was recently the guest host on Outsource UK Limited's Diversity Matters podcast about Imposter Syndrome. Stu was discussing with Rosie Anderson and Claire Farrow CertRP what imposer syndrome is, how to stop it, and why it's so prevalent in the tech industry. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ12U
Can AI Be Emotionally Intelligent? This was the topic Richard Orme, CTO Photobox Group, Behshad Behzadi, Distinguished Engineer at Google, Clare Gilmartin, CEO Trainline, Hugh Williams, Senior Tech Advisor were debating at the London Tech Week panel we hosted at Photobox Group's swish new HQ Herbal House with Victoria Woollaston, Editorial Director http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ1RN as a brilliant panel chair moderating the conversation. Missed the event? Here are the highlights! http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ1Rj
Last week our management team decided to volunteer their time with St Clare Hospice in Essex. They spent a day helping out in their gardens - re-aligning a gate post and repainting the furniture & fence. It was a fun day out, wrapped up by some well deserved rest at the local pub. Cheers!
Our Group CTO Richard Orme just opened our brand new Paris Hub: Le Marais Photobox Group "Welcome to Le Marais Photobox! So excited to launch our new tech office with the team in the beautiful heart of Le Marais today. The start of a new chapter for our AI, Data, BI, Engineering and TechOps teams in a building fitting their ambition." Come join us, we're hiring, now in Le Marais... http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWfB
Join us to congratulate our incredibly talented Emily Whittaker for getting shortlisted for the #RisingStars 2018 Award by WeAreTheCity LTD - powered by The Times & Sunday Times. She is an absolute star and we could not be more thrilled for her. Emily has developed a whole new learning and development proposition, introduced our new learning platform Degreed for over 1,000 of us across multiple sites, is responsible for designing and implementing a new manager development programme _and_ is taking the lead on our inclusion workstream. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWf5
You're invited!! Join us for our exclusive panel during London Tech Week! Can AI Be Emotionally Intelligent? What duty do we have to progress society emotionally as well as technologically and how should we navigate the path? Do we risk eroding emotional intelligence in the race for ever greater speed and simplicity? What's the case for EI over AI? RSVP here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWiu
The Crown from the Crowd is published! Thousands of people submitted unseen photographs of the royals to feature in this special wedding gift to Prince Harry & Meghan. The book is now on sale and 100% of the profits will be donated to Help for Heroes. Watch royal expert Jennie Bond and historian Dominic Sandbrook talking about the book on Sky News. We launched this project to commemorate the royal wedding, by creating a unique photographic biography of the Royal Family – as seen for the first time through the amateur camera lenses of the great British public. The best submitted photographs feature in this spectacular new photo book, The Crown from the Crowd – to be presented as the nation’s gift to Harry and Meghan. For more details on the book, click here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWF1 http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWFG
We are thrilled to support such a great initiative! The 10 Digital Ladies book of career hacks has arrived - printed and delivered entirely by Photobox. Mega shout out for Sally Foote our Product Director who is also one of the co-founders of 10 Digital Ladies. We're inspired!! Are you? Register for your copy here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWFp
