Hamlet, Shakespeare and UncertaintyCrazed or Confused: What Leaders Can Learn About Uncertainty from ‘Hamlet.' There is a lot of uncertainty in the world at the end of Shakespeare’s reign as a poet and playwright. With the only ruler most had ever known dying, and a new, unknown monarch from Scotland invested, the future of England and English society was very much in … [Read more...] about Hamlet, Shakespeare and Uncertainty. Crazed or Confused: What Leaders Can Learn About Uncertainty from ‘Hamlet’
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AI and Prediction: What the 2024 College Football Playoffs Tell Us About the Limits of AI and Data
AI and Prediction: What the College Football Playoffs Tell Us About the Limits of AI and Data Alabama missing out on the College Football Playoff (CFP) is a big deal in the college football world. Mark Consuelos quipped on Live with Kelly & Mark, “Then don’t lose three games.” While the sentiment seems simple, the truth is far more complicated. College football is not … [Read more...] about AI and Prediction: What the 2024 College Football Playoffs Tell Us About the Limits of AI and Data
AI and the 2024 United States Election: It’s ‘We The People,’ Not AI We Need to Worry About
AI and the 2024 United States Election: It’s ‘We The People,’ Not AI We Need to Worry About All images were generated by Open AI’s DALLE-2. AI was not used to create the analysis. Just after I finished my talk on AI and the 2024 U.S. Elections at the TechTalk Summits Impact event in St. Petersburg, Florida, I walked back to my room and flipped on the television to CNN, … [Read more...] about AI and the 2024 United States Election: It’s ‘We The People,’ Not AI We Need to Worry About
Big Tech Layoffs: Why Big Tech Needs to Adopt Scenario Planning for Strategy, Not Just Thought Leadership
Big tech layoffs: Why big tech needs to adopt scenario planning for strategy, not just thought leadership Alphabet announced the elimination of 12,000 positions this morning. Microsoft 10,000 a few days ago. Salesforce more than 7,000. Meta is already down 11,000. An Amazon memo suggests the elimination of 18,000 roles. Every morning seems to bring another big tech … [Read more...] about Big Tech Layoffs: Why Big Tech Needs to Adopt Scenario Planning for Strategy, Not Just Thought Leadership
A Counterpoint to Slack’s Navigating the Disruption of Work Report
In late October 2020, Slack dropped a report titled Navigating the Disruption of Work. The report centers on five key assertions: As with any assertive set of future-looking statements, context often gets missed when trying to create a position. Slack fails to recognize two essential elements still in play. First, we are too close to the event to forecast what will … [Read more...] about A Counterpoint to Slack’s Navigating the Disruption of Work Report