May 11Wheels of ChangeChange is always hard, until it becomes inevitable. Then something magical happens. Everyone starts embracing it, often wondering why it took so long for change to happen in the first. Take automobiles as an example. Cars were invented and made widely available in the late 19th and early 20th century…Automation2 min readAutomation2 min read
Apr 24Man Versus MachineJohn Henry is an American folk hero and a “steel-driving man”. Back in the good old days, constructing a railroad tunnel is extremely laborious. To blast the rocks, men are required to first manually hammer a steel drill into the rock to make holes for the explosives. According to urban…Automation2 min readAutomation2 min read
Mar 238 ways to boost the ROI of your RPA programPart 1 — How to slash your RPA subscription fees Are you frustrated that your RPA program is not providing the Return on Investment (ROI) promised by your vendor at the start of the program? Or perhaps concerned about your skyrocketing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), driven in part by…Return On Investment5 min readReturn On Investment5 min read
Oct 22, 2021Of emerging technologies and adoption cyclesThe unfair advantages known to and ignored by (almost) everyone The TrackMan is a Doppler radar device that is able to track many critical data, including ball speed, spin rate, club speed and path, face and attack angles, and more. It was first introduced to the world of golf around…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Oct 15, 2021Automation as a force for goodMention automation and invariably, it arouses a tinge of automation anxiety in some people. Robots are going to replace and displace us from our jobs, or so they claim. The truth, though, is much more nuanced. Let’s consider the humble telephone switchboard for example. In the late 19th and early…Robotics3 min readRobotics3 min read
Mar 29, 2021RPA Software Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Now FREE for All Windows 10 UsersMicrosoft announced on Mar 2, 2021 that it’s making its Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software, Microsoft Power Automate Desktop, available to all Windows 10 users at no additional cost. That’s saying RPA is accessible for free on 72% of all desktops and laptops running on Windows! This is groundbreaking —…Roboticprocessautomation7 min readRoboticprocessautomation7 min read
Dec 9, 2020Is Attended Automation the Antidote to Automation Anxiety?The best time to start on the journey of digital transformation is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now. In today’s increasingly digital-first economy that is concurrently being disrupted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, automation is no longer a strategy. It is the way of work. In fact, with…Roboticprocessautomation5 min readRoboticprocessautomation5 min read
Nov 11, 2019Growing Singapore’s Digital WorkforceSingapore can achieve long term, sustainable and equitable economic growth by leveraging on a best-of-breed hybrid workforce comprising of both human and digital workers. Broadly, economic growth can be decomposed into employment growth, labour intensity growth (i.e. growth in actual hour worked per employee) and productivity growth. Given Singapore’s total…Future Of Work4 min readFuture Of Work4 min read
Nov 6, 2019UiPath Cheat SheetAccordingly to market research firm Gartner, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market, having grew by 63.1% in 2018 to $846 million. By all accounts, the rapid growth in adoption of RPA among enterprises is only set to continue. So much so that…Uipath1 min readUipath1 min read
Nov 5, 2019Automation is an Infinite GameIn the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) world, there is a somewhat unhealthy obsession with scale, treating the number of bots deployed as an end in itself. It is time to revert to the fundamentals of bottom-up innovation and change management because automation is an infinite game that never ceases. According…Robotics Automation4 min readRobotics Automation4 min read
