One of the most pressing concerns with Generative AI (GenAI) today is the perceived lack of return on investment. Many organizations are struggling to translate AI hype into tangible value. But the problem isn’t with the technology, it’s with the readiness of the organizations attempting to adopt it. Most enterprises simply aren’t AI ready. Their … Read more
Dinner Talk & The Talent Crunch My wife and I had dinner last night with a Seattle‑based engineering couple.The husband was laid off in January; the wife voluntarily left her role soon after.Both landed new jobs—but only because they could prove they’d create value on Day One. The market is flooded with strong résumés; what companies … Read more
I really enjoyed Andrej Karpathy’s keynote at AI Startup School in San Francisco. As the former Director of AI at Tesla, Andrej is both smart and articulate. His talk got me thinking—again—about agentic modes of work, especially the idea of the agentic slider, which I’ll unpack here. We are shifting—slowly but surely—from the left column … Read more
AI is reshaping the digital workforce and our relationship with work. They are interconnected. We are witnessing and experiencing a significant upheaval in both the nature of work and the composition of the workforce. Not knowing what or how you’ll work a year from now injects fear, uncertainty, and doubt into the system. However, consider … Read more
Work intelligence combines Automation and AI to deliver better business outcomes within a future-ready digital workforce. Work Intelligence is coming. Let me explain. In the late nineties, as a newly minted computer science postgraduate, I built an application to help undergraduates design better software systems. It took three years to build. Today, I could deliver … Read more
If you haven’t read the note below from Micha Kaufman, CEO of Fiverr, to his team about AI coming for their jobs, you should. So do that, then come back here. Done? Good. I agree with Micha. I’m a technology executive going through massive personal and professional change, and loving it. Personally, I’ve adapted to … Read more
Pablo Picasso once said: “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” It can be difficult to give our gifts away in capitalist societies where we struggle to achieve economic security for our families. Regardless, we need to discover our gifts in order to decide … Read more
We all know the oft-cited analogy of a glass half full versus half empty. In his book Atomic Habits, James Clear expands on this topic and explains how to put it into action. When building a new habit, Clear discusses the subtle but important mindset shift of moving from obligation to opportunity. Here are a … Read more
We are using AI to enhance performance and improve decision-making. The allocation economy suggests that knowledge workers will shift to managing AI tools that do more of the work rather than doing it themselves. These AI tools are agents that have large language model (LLM) front ends to facilitate scaled interactions using plain language. What … Read more
We are rapidly accelerating toward a world of intelligent systems. The stepping stones to intelligence are clear: Each of these stepping stones to intelligence represents a paradigm shift. They have been progressing rapidly and independently, converging toward an intelligence-powered future. Data Data, derived from the Latin word datum, means something given. Brands enhance their experiences … Read more