The global labor shortage, the sky-high consumer demand, the advanced technology capabilities and the willingness of businesses and VCs to invest are all combining. The world is ready to accelerate the adoption of robotics and automation.
Author profile
Oli Qirko
President, Cambridge Consultants North America
Oli has 20 years’ experience of helping leading global corporations to develop breakthrough products and services in a range of markets – from consumer and industrial to logistics and transportation.
At Cambridge Consultants, she now partners with Fortune 100 and start-up companies to launch digital transformation and automation initiatives. These leverage global organization capabilities in AI, advanced sensing, robotics and wireless communication. Oli holds a master’s in electrical engineering from WPI and an MBA from MIT. As well as serving on the WPI Engineering Advisory Board, Oli lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management. There, she mentors CXOs and executives on how to manage the most critical and complex organizational challenges in business, technology and global operations.
My insights
System thinking for scaling up warehouse automation
Tough challenges await both the big industry players and the new wave of start-ups when it comes to scaling up warehouse automation. Our message? It’s time to get moving and seize the opportunities of autonomous systems.
AI in the driving seat
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is the fastest growing technology segment in the automotive market. We examine the commercial and technological challenges to wider adoption of ADAS and set out.