"This does not include a broad range of'hidden' costs, including reduced vehicle value (typically anywhere from $500 to $2,000), higher insurance premium, legal fees, driver turnover (the average driver replacement cost $8,200), lost employee time, lost vehicle-use time, administrative burden, reduced employee morale and bad publicity," said Yoav Banin, chief product officer at Nauto, which provides artificial intelligence driver and fleet performance solutions. Emphasis on truck driving safety is well placed, considering other challenges that the trucking industry is facing. Ranking first is a chronic shortage of truck drivers nationwide that could force fleet operators to hire less-experienced drivers who require operator and safety training. Driver compensation and truck parking ranked second and third, but immediately behind them in fourth and fifth position were driver truck fleet safety and insurance availability, which depends on safe driving records. Historically, fleet operators managed safety risks with training programs, manual coaching sessions and manager ride-alongs with drivers.

This course has two main sections: one focused on effective business coaching, and the second focused on developing a successful business case. Two separate courses that already have more than 2000 students registered together. The section on The Key Stages of Coaching will involve learners in the process of discovery, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up that distinguishes coaching from other development methods. After completing the second section, you will be able to build an effective business case. You will understand what makes a business case, how to prepare one and how to design business cases to persuade decision makers.

Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, announced the company has made its sought-after online training courses, live virtual classes and certifications available in a new self-serve format that is customizable and affordable. Effective September 1, 2020, Nintex community members--from IT, ops and process professionals to business analysts--may enroll in a wide range of practitioner to expert-level process management and automation training courses, including participation in live virtual classes and access to all certifications, for a nominal subscription fee of $40 USD per month per person, renewable annually. "Given these unprecedented times organizations everywhere are asking employees to do more with less," says Nintex Vice President of Customer Success Programs Alistair Cloke. "Finding ways to eliminate paper and to automate a process is often the answer which is why we're committed to ensuring our Nintex Community members have access to resources that will immediately enhance their process management and automation skills and deepen their knowledge of what's possible to do with our Nintex platform." Nintex Community members report higher productivity and greater efficiency in managing, automating, and optimizing business processes across departments as well as industry-specific solutions.

The WiBD Afterwork event took place at Intel in Munich during the Oktoberfest, the famous celebration joined by millions of people from around the world who come to Bavaria to enjoy beer and a unique atmosphere. We had around one hundred attendees who enjoyed our event with us while the rest of the city was celebrating. The event kicked off as usual with an introduction about Women in Big Data from the organisers Nahia Orduna and Pat Piritburana, who presented the vision of the organisation and the Munich Chapter. The first speaker was Oliver Buschmann, Client Business and Platform Planning at Intel Corporation. He delivered a presentation around "AI: from Buzzword to reality".

Two new training provider partnerships are exploring the possibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help. Last month, Mandel Communications announced a partnership with Orai on a free communication coaching app that uses AI to provide instant feedback on speech, including clarity, the use of filler words, pacing and energy. This feedback is based on computational linguistics research and a data set of, according to co-founder Danish Dhamani, "thousands of people with different accents, different languages … speaking across the world." The app also includes Mandel's communication skills training and the ability to send recordings to users' managers and coaches for continued development. The company also offers the ability to create custom content for a company's specific messaging.