I have been helping clients implement scenario planning for a quarter century, since 1998, in a very wide variety of contexts. Therea are situations where scenario planning is more and less applicable. Especially pertinent today, as I have noted: The greater the uncertainty, the greater the value of scenario planning. There are many factors that […]
The advent of next-generation AI has brought into sharp focus one of the biggest divides of all: our perception of humanity’s place in the Universe. I endlessly read people arguing that humans will be to AI as animals or insects are to humans. They envision a future where AI’s relentless advancement transcends every faculty we […]
A very interesting paper The AI Ethicist: Fact or Fiction? reports that there is “no significant difference in the perceived value of the advice between human generated ethical advice and AI-generated ethical advice”. In fact the random (as opposed to professional ethicist or MBA student) subjects preferred the AI advice, the paper suggests because AI […]
Formal education is critical for generational mobility, allowing young people to transcend engrained perceptions to not just learn, but demonstrate their capabilities by recognised paths. Jose Luis Alvarado, dean of the Fordham Graduate School of Education, has written an excellent counter-narrative to those saying that tertiary education doesn’t matter any more, om the deep inequity […]
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and leading deep-tech venture capital firm Main Sequence Ventures sponsored a 2050 content track at SxSW Sydney. It is fantastic to see truly long-term thinking in action in venture capital and tech innovation in Australia (or anywhere). As part of the track Main Sequence Ventures partner Phil Morle and I […]
David Droga is absolutely someone I wanted to hear from at SxSW Sydney (among many other claims to fame he is the most awarded creative ever at Cannes Lion and CEO of the $16 billion agency Accenture Song). Creativity was long supposed to be last bastion of human dominion over machines,. Yet over the last […]
On Thursday I was on the Thriving in the Future of Work panel at SXSW Sydney with Derek Laney of Slack, Mary Lemonis of REA Group, and Dominic Price of Atlassian. It was a highly stimulating, rich discussion. Below are slivers of the discussion organized around just two of the major themes of the conversation, […]
Generative AI is moving past being a buzzword to being woven into the fabric of business strategy and operations. It will undounbtedly lead to innovation, reconfiguration, and transformation across sectors. As it moves to the heart of business models and work structures, boards and executives must not only understand but adeptly navigate its complexities. Responding […]
Low-code and no-code software development have been around for a while. Now the rise of AI-assisted software development is pushing the power of software creation to the next level. This provides big opportunities but also risks that need to be managed.
Information provenance has become an absolutely critical issue. In a world of disinformation, AI-generated content, and abuse of intellectual property, we need to know where information has come from and its validity. There are a range of solutions under development, both technological and human. In the slides below I present 6 emerging solutions that can […]
