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Artificial Intelligence "more dangerous than nukes!"

Elon Musk hit the stage at SXSW this week to talk Mars, Tesla and Artificial Intelligence. I don't know about you, but the informative interview left me with way more questions than answers, particularity when it comes to the subject of AI. The Government commissioned an independent review into the development of AI in the UK last year. The findings were that AI shouldn't be subject to direct regulation, but an AI council should oversea the industry. Are the suggestions of Wendy Hall and BenevolentTech CEO Jérôme Pesenti enough to keep us safe? Should we not demand regulation and controls over the development of AI? As Elon says, you wouldn't let just anyone build a nuke! (Cheery stuff ay?!!!). According to Elon, it is inevitable the world will slip into a dark age... he should try being a Spurs fan, like me! Here are the recommendations following the Government review, which to me feels insufficient. What do you think? Read the original article here.

Case Studies

Earthrise Energy

An independent power producer accelerating the decarbonization of the grid.

The Partnership.

Earthrise Energy is a Public Benefit Corporation, that is committed to delivering lasting value to stakeholders by aligning governance, mission, and values. Supported by Vision Ridge Partners, a leading investor in sustainable real assets, Earthrise focuses on transformative growth to address climate change and scale sustainable infrastructure. They acquire, develop, and operate power generation facilities to provide reliable electricity, support grid decarbonization, and meet evolving customer and community needs.

The challenges they were facing.

In December of 2021, Jonathan Pike (Head of Project Development) reached out after years of being connected and discussed potentially partnering together.

Earthrise Energy was finally coming out of Stealth Mode and was looking to partner exclusively with one recruitment provider that would focus on a truly quality-oriented approach and make sure they are best representing them in the market, as the team was still only a handful of executives.

The solutions we presented.

To start the partnership, we initially agreed to engage with them on a three-role retainer:

Business Development Manager
Project Development Manager
Transmission and Interconnection Manager

Shortly after, we engaged on a 1-role retainer deal for Project Finance Analyst.

Because of the quick success of the partnership and the variety of skillsets the organization was looking to place, we then engaged on an additional 7-role retainer where we placed candidates across Project Development, Procurement, Environmental Services, FP&A, and several others.

The Results.

We were able to deliver an exceptional quality of service, identify top talent across the market, provide each candidate with an exceptional recruitment experience, and organize this delivery in a way that was easy for the organization and hiring managers to manage before bringing on an HR leader.

In 2022, we conducted a quick analysis of the states up until that point, where we were engaged in 10 jobs.

We noticed a trend: across those 10 roles, we submitted 90 candidates and booked 50 first interviews. What we tend to find is that for any role, we submit 4-6 resumes; for Earthrise’s roles, we tend to send between 8-10 resumes to make a placement.

However, we have also seen a good success rate of two resumes to one interview, whereas for most clients, it tends to be three resumes to one interview.

Additionally, we have been able to find multiple candidates for any one role and make multiple placements (i.e., Procurement, Development, etc.)

2022 Results:

12 roles engaged on
13 placements (placed 2 people into one open role due to high quality of candidates presented)

2023 Results:

9 roles engaged on
Placed 4 people.
Actively engaged on 2 live jobs

Through the quality of service and the quality of the delivery by Piper Maddox, Earthrise Energy were delighted with the solution implemented and our service exceeded the expectations of the business.