Christian Noll

Today is the United Nations International Day of Families and a thought: leave work a little earlier today to spend time with your family? Here we are celebrating my Father in law's 80th Birthday with 4 generations enjoying the day - a true privilege.

Loving retirement. It's a full time occupation. Happy Australia Day! #Sydney #Australia #AustraliaDay

Text before calling is the advice from Debretts who have published "The Ten Commandments of Mobile Etiquette". Voicemails are also passe. We all know that the device is called a PHONE however in 2023 that's no longer the first contact method. Baby-boomers, tune in to Gen-Z.

Having retired from #IBM I am saying YES to new experiences large and small. This includes signing up to pottery classes on the principle of "you won't know if you like it until you try it". One Life - Live it! #retirement #pottery #NeverTooLate

The world's largest single site #solar park is in #dubai. Dubai started with one diesel generator and is now world leading. That's vision and determination. #renewables #Sustainability

#dubai is great at keeping the beaches clean. This is the stone picker-upper in action at the public al sufouh beach.

@GinniRometty @OneTen Agreed. Hire the person and not the certificate.

I’m excited to share this new research on #SkillsFirst hiring from @OneTen today. It shows that 56% of managers believe removing degree requirements would enhance hiring, yet only 31% take action. oneten.org/wp-content/upl… (1/5)

A thought for a Monday morning: Give public transport a go. I am in Munich today and the motorway looks busy, the ring road is near congestion and the underground is really quite empty. #publictransport #GoGreen

A new era for Quantum Computing: IBM announced a new breakthrough, demonstrating for the first time that quantum computers can produce accurate results at a scale of 100+ qubits reaching beyond leading classical approaches.

The Lambourn co-op is supporting the Lambourn Food Bank by encouraging donations of food and groceries in their store in Lambourn High Street. A big THANK YOU to the co-op and all the kind donors who are leaving donations in the basket – you are changing lives. #foodbank

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and IBM Consulting announced that they are advancing their collaboration to help migrate more applications to the cloud as part of the bank’s evolution journey to modernise its digital infrastructure.

The power of digital: A new driving licence in 4 minutes at 9am on a Sunday morning at the Roads and Transport Authority smart kiosk. The results from the eye test were transmitted from the optician and my new driving licence was printed there and then. #RTA #government #dubai

No more plastic bottles at @IBM in Dubai. Cold, hot and sparkling water is now from the tap with a good old fashioned glass. #sustainability

@madeleine_noll Amazing... another world from my life in #Dubai. No Elephant skulls here.... possibly camel ones in the desert.....

Perks of fieldwork! First time seeing the enormity of an elephant skeleton! The skull alone can weigh 52kg 🐘 📍 Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

We work on the principle that little gestures like fresh fruit in the office makes it a nicer place to work... and maybe keeps the doctor away? #workplace #ibm #dubai #engagement

Invited by a UK school to join a virtual classroom to talk about some exciting new city projects. Smart questions from junior school students put me on the spot. The hunger to learn and the inquisitive nature of the next generation gives me great hope for the future. #nextgen

Circular Economy was the topic at the Waste Management & Circular Economy Conference held in Dubai. Sonia Ytuarte Nasser, PE, LEED AP moderated our panel where Priya Sarma, Beth Yerdaw, Harbinder Singh and I discussed developing business models and re-thinking the supply chain.

I never cease to be amazed. I asked if it was possible to have some water. Response from receptionist "Please ask the robot". And so it was... the robot came, turned around and I took a bottle. #innovation #robotics

I saw the quote from the IBM CEO Thomas J Watson JR in Riyadh. AI ethics is a topic which we will have to grapple with as machines 'get smarter'. If we remember that machines are the tools to extend the (positive) powers of humans then we will be on the right path. #ai #ethics