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Data Governance: We must be careful how data is used in fighting COVID

Al KagsOpen, Open Data, Society, Technology, Thought Leadership, world viewApril 9, 2020

Originally published in the Standard, April 3, 2020 Times of crisis require difficult trade-offs between competing public interests. On one hand for example, the government has announced a curfew as a means to working to halt the spread the COVID-19 …

A new normal is in the offing: are we ready?

Al KagsGlobal, Mine, Society, Thought Leadership, world viewMarch 28, 2020

Originally published in The Standard, March 27, 2020 As the world continues to combat the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19, it is becoming clear that a new way of life is in the making. As whole populations are stuck at home, having …

Home education can help our children thrive beyond this crisis

Al Kagscolumn, Society, Thought Leadership, world viewMarch 21, 2020

Originally Published in The Standard, March 20, 2020. “My advice for any parents wanting to homeschool during the school shutdown – don’t,” said a meme that I read this week. “Arguing with your kids to do work is not what …

The terror of our times, my encounters with the Coronavirus

Al KagsThought LeadershipMarch 13, 2020

This opinion was first published in The Standard newspaper on Friday, March 13, 2020 I arrived in New York on the same day that a young woman was announced to have tested positive for the coronavirus. The healthcare worker had …

Women make futures & we do not see them

Al KagsMeMarch 8, 2020

#IWD2020 #EachforEqual When I was a teenager, there came a season that was very tough for my family. The costs (medical for my grandmother, living expenses etc) far outstripped the income that my mother had at that time. She didn’t …

Al Kags Articles.

Data Governance: We must be careful how data is used in fighting COVID

A new normal is in the offing: are we ready?

Home education can help our children thrive beyond this crisis

The terror of our times, my encounters with the Coronavirus

Women make futures & we do not see them

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