Artificial intelligence is seen as the next general-purpose technology with endless opportunities to make life easier, safer, and healthier. However, to grasp these opportunities, key processes in organizations need to be changed.

“Buy one, get one free… Don’t miss this special offer: click here for 2 months premium membership.” Promotions. Retail is hard to imagine without them. Spending on promotions in Europe has doubled over the past 10 years, with nearly 30% of purchases being on promotion.

Over the past three years MIcompany has invested in strengthening her female employee group through a special leadership program. This internal program has met and exceeded expectations, resulting in a growth acceleration of the female leaders within MIcompany.

IDB and MAX have decided to educate more data scientists and data engineers in the MIacademy AI & Data Talent Program. Dutch ambassador visits talent program class and at the same time opens new office in Tel Aviv.

Smart ROCE offers an AI solution which incorporates all relevant value creation effects, and determines one single metric that quantifies the expected return of an investment.

In a joint research team we strive for medical breakthroughs that enable better prediction of allergy risk and insights for the development of new medicines.

Independent auditors from AuditConnect visited our office for a multi-day audit to renew our ISAE 3402 Type II report. MIcompany passed the audit with flying colours once more, the auditor did not report any deviations in the controls. Furthermore, all employees passed the internal exam in April.

We, the women of MIcompany, love to puzzle with data and to solve complicated problems using AI. We realize results, and together with our team, we’re able to set organizations into motion. We are humble, and at the same time very proud of what we do. But we can’t do this alone…

In the age of digitization many forms of service become more impersonal. But at private bank Van Lanschot the opposite happened.

The first group of the Rabobank Analytics Academy finished the first part of their training program with a three day modellathon.

Automating algorithms into apps is not only the core of Artificial Intelligence, but if these apps can be scaled also the fuel for impact.

For this puzzle book we selected the 100 most difficult, fun and surprising puzzles, which were previously published in the Dutch Financial Daily.