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Daily Inspiration: "'Just-in-time knowledge' - Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That's power!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
This phrase bears repeating, over and over again:
"You won't be replaced by an AI. But it's pretty likely you could be replaced by someone using an AI!"
I went online yesterday with a short clip demonstrating the power of ChatGPT in accelerating the ingestion of knowledge. Give it a watch.
Here's the scenario. I came across a long McKinsey report, "Generative AI and the future of work in America." I was intrigued by the article and wanted to know what it might tell me, but was in a bit of a rush. Plus, being a futurist, I wanted to use the insight in the article to give me a prediction about what new jobs and careers might emerge in the future, and what existing jobs and careers might disappear.
Who has time to read this stuff? There is so much happening with AI right now that I wanted to get the work done quickly. So rather than actually doing the work, I had ChatGPT do it for me.
For almost three decades, I've talked about the fact that if you want to get ahead in your career, you need to develop the skill of what I call 'just-in-time knowledge' - getting the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose. That's my own superpower. You need it too.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/07/daily-inspiration-motivationalmonday-always-put-an-into-your-day/
Running shoes.
They're the problem.
Those things on your feet.
Look down.
It's right there.
Daily Inspiration: "If you look back from tomorrow at your failures of today, will you be able to see what you did wrong?"- Futurist Jim Carroll
You need to have a compelling sense of urgency.
Instead, you might have an astonishing mindset of complacency.
What if you could see the mistakes you are making right now from the year 2035?
- you learned that things were going to change faster than you thought they would
- the scope of the change was bigger than you expected
- the change that happened came from a direction that you didn't expect
- it involved someone moving faster than you
- they had ideas that were bigger, bolder, and more far-reaching than yours
- their goals were to figure it out as they went, while yours was to come up with some sort of grand, all-encompassing plan
- they actually implemented ideas while you wallowed in indecision
- they didn't let their history of skepticism and cynicism cloud their need for action
- they were prepared to invest, while you were entirely focused on cutting costs
- they corralled the necessary skills to do what needed to be done, while you were busy trimming resources
- they experimented and worked with bleeding-edge technologies while you waited for clarity of direction
- they implemented ideas while you studied potential courses of action
You would be kind of embarrassed and angry with yourself at this moment in time, wouldn't you?
Oh.
Well, I didn't have this on my 2023 healthcare trends bingo card.
Daily Inspiration: "If you keep waiting around for bad things to happen you'll never be ready when good things happen!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Negative people are a downer. They kill innovation; they wreak havoc on momentum; they damage enthusiasm; they slow down initiative. When it comes to an organization trying to move forward, they destroy great ideas. They bring everyone down - not just themselves.
The buzz-kill the buzz of killer concepts.
Negative people are one of the most significant challenges that organizations face when it comes to leadership teams trying to align with the future. If you read my post last Friday - "At what point will you realize you've wasted time waiting for a recession that never happened," you will know the problem has accelerated as a whole bunch of people slid into a mindset that the world right now is all downside, with little upside.
Stop it.
How widespread is negativity? Take a look at the people who surround you, or check your own attitude. It's pretty clear that there are some people who just grab onto negativity and cling to it like a sodden life preserver. As soon as they are triggered by anything, they reach for their negativity. If you praise them, they focus on their flaws; if you suggest a great idea, they'll shoot it down; if you point out a mistake, they can freak out on you.
Is that you?
**#leadership** **#negativity** **#positivevibes**
Daily Inspiration: "If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?" - Futurist Jim Carrol
Every once in a while, a conversation with a client reminds me of the scope of the transformative change that is in front of us - and that's odd since I'm in the business of massive, transformative change. I was reminded of this yesterday while talking with one client representative of an event I'm doing for a few weeks in the construction industry; I'll be doing a talk on the use of AI in the sector. And I keep on going back to my description of AI in the industry to remind myself that the trends are sweeping, vast, and pretty profound - because everything we build, and how we build it, is going to change.
"AI will enable more constellations of connected solutions around established use cases, such as 3-D printing, modularization, robotics, digital twin technology, drone overflight insight, and more."
The undercurrent of my talk, then, will become part of a broader theme: we live in a transformational period of time, in which people and organizations are making big bold decisions related to major trends (AI and related stuff), in order to discover and establish success in the next part of our future. So what should someone do to discover to get in the right mindset to align with the next wave of transformative opportunity?
Here's a list.
If you don't follow @Teri_Kanefield for effective legal insight into TFG and Jan 6, you need to.
After all, where else would you get a legal explanation of the concept of intent other than through this mischievous little dog.
Daily Inspiration: "If you finally do succeed, try not to look too astonished!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
(It's a holiday Monday in my home country of Canada, but given the global reach of my posts, I'm putting this out anyways! Today, a bit of a personal story!)
Something strange is happening with my golf game - it seems to be working!
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-golf-if-you-finally-do-succeed-try-not-to-look-too-astonished/
Daily Inspiration: "Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?" - Futurist Jim Carroll
For an upcoming keynote, I'm working on a report on key lessons I've learned from my global clients over the last 30 years. One aspect is taking a look at 'dismissive leadership' - those situations where a senior executive, often a CEO, dismissed any potential future threat from business model disruption.
I have quite a few - a telecom CEO who totally dismissed the opportunity for VoIP (voice-over-IP) to totally change the telecom industry; auto industry executives who dismissed the idea of an upstart young automotive company with radical new ideas; technology engineers dismissing the idea of Apple forever changing their industry. In all of these cases, there was a certain level of hubris; a belief that nothing would ever change.
Thats' why dismissal driven by hubris is easy; yet, it's often wrong.
In the face of this, out come the excuses: "We don't need to worry." "It won't impact us." "We'll figure it out." "It's not urgent." "We'll worry about it later." These are simple moves in checkers. They don't cut it in 3-dimensional chess.
Stop saying these things.
Above all, stop saying 'We don't need to do that right now' - because
tomorrow is RIGHT NOW.
In the wake of Alabama, it's always important to remember to bring the right tools to the situation.
@BobHorowitz The future isn't even. Shift the capacitor a little to the left. That should fix it.
I didn't have 'cattle invasion' on my 2023 AI research bingo card, but here we are.
@jan I run my own instance, for me, and so this seems like a kind of existential thing.
Future dictionary entry (after all, I am a Futurist)
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Chutkan:
[ chut-kan ]
*noun*
1. a method of asserting authority, or ensuring respect for decorum, principles, and law/legal process;
2. something asserted with force;
*"A chutkcan was applied with force to the problem rather quickly"*
*"Delay was not tolerated when the chutkan was applied"*
*Similar: denial, revocation*
SEE MORE
*verb (used with object),***chut-kan'd; s. chut-kanning**
to give emphasis on the immediacy of the decision in light of aggravation; immediately decide and emphasize the decision: *ie. he was chutkan'd immediately without regard to weak arguments or flimflammery.*
to provide velocity to a resolvable situation; i.e. *it became necessary to implement some chutkanning to the situation to resolve it.*
*also: See #FAFO
Daily Inspiration: "The future belongs to those who dare to go there!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Farmers and growers are some of the most innovative people I know. In this photo, I'm on stage for the Northwest Farm Credit Services annual conference in Spokane, Washington, speaking to that reality.
I don't say that in a condescending way - I have it on film.
That's why it's fun to announce that in the last week, I've had two confirmations for upcoming keynotes in two locations - the island of Kauai in Hawaii for the Western Growers Association in November, and the Manitoba Ag Days event in Brandon, Canada in January.
When it comes to the future, farmers and growers are of a mindset who 'dare to go there.' Think about it - their future is always uncertain in terms of results - the path to go there and the results that might be obtained are often unclear. This group of people is regularly buffeted by the ups and downs of the agricultural cycle, the vagaries of weather, the unreliability of commodity markets, disease, and drought, and relentless geopolitical uncertainty. Essentially, the farmer and grower take a massive leap of faith every day - they stick something in the ground and hope that the science of nature works for them, not against them. But they 'dare to go there' because their hope comes from adapting to a continuous flood of new science, methodologies, treatments, technologies, and inputs.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-ai-in-agriculture-the-future-belongs-to-those-who-dare-to-go-there/
Riddle us this. Musk has become known for just not paying bills (landlords, lawyers, etc). So can he just ignore the DOJ fine? I mean, we seam to now live in an era in which folks can just ignore things with impunity. What happens with this?
Also, the whole thing is quite the read.
Daily Inspiration: "It's their future. We should let them have more of a say in it." - Futurist Jim Carroll
My oldest son, Willie, turns 30 today. I am overjoyed in his journey; I am in shock at the milestone. How does this happen?
Willie is a marvel of opportunistic thinking, a joy of the explorative mindset.
Through several career transitions, all focused on the world around him, he has settled on becoming a drone pilot and 'location intelligence/spatial information' expert - I like to say that he's building an air force. Willie lives up to my prediction of years past that '65% of kids in preschool today will work in a job or career that does not yet exist.' On the side, he explores the world, builds fascinating things, and shares his kind and enthusiastic attitude with everyone he meets. In October, he will wed the love of his life, Laura Jane (who will be undertaking a Ph.D. in music therapy come the fall.)
As parents, we often do well to observe the world through their eyes.
And through Willie, and my other son Tom, I have often tried hard to view what they see. I know one thing for sure as both have worked through their education and careers - they don't quite understand our generation.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-generational-change-its-their-future-they-should-have-more-of-a-say-in-it/
Any idea what is happening here?
I keep getting these emails on trending hashtags - Chinese...
It shows this in Admin
But then shows nothing in the timeline.
Thoughts?
@admin Yes to relay. Will explore that route.
Daily Inspiration: "Every great story deserves a great storyteller!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
The manufacturing company Ammega - in the business of manufacturing machinery for the packaged and consumer goods industry - had a bit of a problem.
Trade show spending was shifting – attendance was down at the major events it regularly went to. It was becoming increasingly difficult to engage and interact with people on the show floor - attention spans were becoming scattered. Fees to participate were rising as the companies involved tried to adjust their business model post-pandemic, responding in part to continued rising inflationary costs. Overall, it was becoming increasingly difficult to tell their story - one involving new equipment and processes that could streamline many ongoing operations - in a way that made sense.
Ammega decided to do something totally different - they decided to reinvest their traditional tradeshow spending into a small, intimate leadership meeting with several hundred key customers at a resort outside of Atlanta.
To set the tone for the meeting – one full of disruptive opportunity – they brought me in for an opening keynote kickoff.
Over the years, hundreds of others have. In fact, Digital Equipment - oldtimers will remember them! - booked me for a 7-city 'roadshow' back in 1993 to tell the story of the emerging Internet.
Bottom line? Stories matter.
Effective stories matter more!
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-customer-client-events-every-great-story-deserves-a-great-storyteller/
Daily Inspiration: "Tomorrow is tomorrow. You promised yourself yesterday that you were going to do something today so that today wouldn't be like the tomorrow that you had yesterday. Maybe it's time you finally do it." - Futurist Jim Carroll
Take a moment to unwrap that. I'll wait.
It's "Motivational Monday!" - the day we are supposed to remind ourselves to get a great start to the week.
And so my mind usually rolls around to mindset moments like this.
Here's the first, shorter version, which is a bit more action-oriented.
"Tomorrow is tomorrow. What are you going to do today so that it won't be like the tomorrow that you had yesterday?"
Because, in the back of your mind, your yesterday might not have been too great because you didn't do the things the day before that you could have done to make it a better day today. If that makes any sense.
Both of the quotes take a bit of time to unwrap, which was the intention - sometimes we need to spend a moment to remind ourselves of our need for motivation. And both involve the benefit of action and challenge us on the sin of inaction - procrastination.
Inertia is easy - action is hard.
Welcome to Monday!
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-reminder-tomorrow-is-tomorrow/
Daily Inspiration: "Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines. (Because they know it works.)" - Futurist Jim Carroll
You probably know the traditional story about serendipitous innovation - that in the world of science, it's the accidental discovery, the unplanned moment, the sudden eureka instance that has led to great inventions. Things such as penicillin, Post-It Notes, and Velcro. The concept of random exploration without a purpose has long served the world of science well.
But in a world that is now defined by fast-moving technology, it's not just accidental discoveries that matter - it's the unplanned acceleration of new concepts that can matter. In a world dominated by new technologies such as AI, 3D printing, drone technology, advanced materials science, and other trends, serendipity matters. Many organizations know that new leading-edge technologies will increasingly come to define their future, and yet they aren't quite certain how - and so the best idea is to invest in the future with uncertainty defining the strategy.
Smart leaders know that the way around this is through serendipitous -innovation-on-purpose - let's call it the intentional accidental discovery.
@atomicpoet@firefish.social
Congrats on the launch of Spacehost!
Daily Inspiration: "The best way to deal with complexity is through simplicity" - Futurist Jim Carroll
I'm busy putting together some slide decks for a number of upcoming keynotes, particularly around - what else - AI.
It's a complex topic to take on - the art of sharing insight involves developing a narrative to get key points across, emphasize what's important, avoiding the trivial. It's a lot of work to build a good deck that will tell a great story, and I always end up putting a substantial amount of time into pulling them together.
Taking on the topic of AI risk is particularly challenging - we all know that there are big challenges, major risks, and huge misinformation issues. And yet, I need to be able to share not just up-to-the-moment risks - new ones are emerging every day - but also share information on a pathway and structure to deal with those risks.
That's why I hit upon the idea of using the slide above to open up the whole section on "AI, Ethics, and the Algorithm." Even when taking on a serious topic, you need to be able to have a little bit of fun with the audience. I'm still using my Jetsons theme a bit within the deck, so why not take on this particular issue by noting that in the original Jetsons TV series, when people weren't looking, the robotic vacuum cleaner cheated by sweeping the dirt under the rug?
In other words, the robot cheated; the algorithm was bad; the ethics were lacking.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-ai-and-risk-management-the-best-way-to-deal-with-complexity-is-through-simplicity/
Daily Inspiration: "STOP planning. START doing!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
When I spoke in Muscat, Oman at the International Roads Union conference - the event on which this photo is from - a good part of my talk was focused on the future electrification of most trucking fleets. I was making the point to the audience that they were going to see electrification occur faster than they thought, and that they'd best start thinking about the implications in terms of investment, infrastructure, and more.
The pushback at this type of event - this one was in 2018 - is entirely predictable. "It will never happen." "Batteries are too heavy." "We won't get the range we need." "It will be too expensive." Every industry always has a chance to manufacture its future but often spends too much time manufacturing excuses.
Today, virtually every major truck manufacturer has advanced, aggressive plans for electric vehicles, and already, the Tesla Semi is making significant inroads into organizations like Pepsi.
What happens when people are too busy manufacturing excuses rather than inventing action? They overthink things; they study issues to death; they defer action. This drives action-oriented people insane.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-innovation-and-leadership-stop-planning-start-doing/
Daily Inspiration: "Spend more time learning stuff that you know you might never understand." - Futurist Jim Carroll
Follow the edges.
That's always been my advice to many organizations that are trying to understand the future. It's out on the edges - beyond the traditional world of R&D and discovery - that much of the future is invented. When it comes to technology, much of this happens with what we call open-source computing.
Back in 1997, looking out to the edges, I realized that something "big" was happening with something called Linux - a computer operating system being developed to compensate for the closed system environments offered up by companies like Microsoft. I dove in.
Today, I've somewhat mastered many aspects of Linux - there are about a half dozen Linux based computers in my home which I use for various purposes. And as Linux has come to define so much of our technology future, and since our future is built on technology, I have a deeper understanding of the future than I might otherwise have.
And so, I'm always 'digging around the edges,' watching for signs of unique things that might be happening. Yesterday, while continuing my research into AI for a number of upcoming keynotes, I found, perhaps, the same thing - the Tiny Corp - which might have a profound impact on the future of AI.
**#artificialintelligence** **#ai** #opensource
Well, this poll of Dec 21/2022 didn't work out.
"Those are people who died, died, they were all my friends, and they died" - Jim Carroll Band
Apparently, I died.
(Every once in a while, I test an AI model to see how I'm doing)
@jerry This is true.
@jeber Apparently not. I wonder if I have become sentient.
In all the 40 years I've been involved with tech, I've worked hard to try to find the people who are building the next future.
I'm so sorry to hear of the tragic passing of @nova
In my early days on Mastodon, she seemed to be a guiding light out there, talking about the importance of federation, doing awesome tech things, and building community.
I tuned into the Twitch show where she was livestreaming the cutover of the hachyderm server live, in real time, without down time, coordinating what seemed to be a global team of volunteers. It was fascinating to watch but also a tremendous learning experience about the power of community.
R.I.P. Gone too soon.
Daily Inspiration: *"Follow the science behind the future."* - Futurist Jim Carroll
So I've spent some time as of late working to understand this whole new world of AI-generated art, diving into platforms like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and DreamStudio. I must admit it is both wonderfully fascinating and productivity-killing.
I pity my family going forward. After all, they have to put up with stuff like this.
More importantly, though, I have decided that many of the slide decks which will be used for upcoming keynotes will incorporate the AI-generated images that relate to the topic at hand - particularly when I am talking about the AI Megatrends. These are the vast, sweeping transformative trends that go beyond technologies like ChatGPT, and result in dramatic change for mostly every industry.
Next week, I will be spending time with a leadership team talking about the role of AI in the construction and infrastructure industry, and generated a few images to go with the talk: It's not hard to envisage large-scale AI-enabled robotic technologies that are increasingly used within the construction sector.
Likewise, I'll have a few talks coming up about the role of AI in the agriculture industry, and so the science fiction idea of 'weed=zapping robots' is something easily imagined with AI art.
https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-ai-megatrends-follow-the-science-behind-the-future/
@mjf_pro Well, there's always the Axl version of me.
@mjf_pro Imagine what my wife and two sons are going through every time I generate a new image.
LOL.
Daily Inspiration: "Asking the right questions is often more important than finding the right answers." - Futurist Jim Carroll
“The only thing we know about AI is that we don’t know exactly where we are going, but we are making great time!”
I have literally pulled down and scanned through thousands of articles from my online research services for anything and everything having to do with AI. The articles cover news, research, reports, and press releases involving AI from every angle, industry, and perspective. And one thing remains clear - expectations for the role that AI might play are pretty high: this is to be expected for the hype-du-jour. According to Exploding Topics:
The global AI market is valued at over $136 billion.
AI industry value is projected to increase by over 13x over the next 7 years.
The US AI market is forecast to reach $299.64 billion by 2026.
The AI market is expanding at a CAGR of 38.1% between 2022 to 2030.
With the incessant focus on the trend, there are big goals and big plans:
87% of global organizations believe that AI technologies will give them a competitive edge.
9 in 10 organizations back AI to give them a competitive edge over rivals (MIT Sloan)
Around 4 in 5 companies deem AI to be a top priority in their business strategy (Forbes)
AI is expected to improve employee productivity by 40% (PWC)
But ask anyone what their specific plans are and you might draw a blank look.
@Teri_Kanefield I am now at the point that as soon as I see any new news, I turn to you to understand what is really happening. Thank you for all the clarity and for all the hard work. Also, it looks like you are having fun too!
Daily Inspiration: "You don't need a motivational speaker. You just need a motivational future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
When people ask me what I do for a living, I will often offer up that I'm a speaker - after all, sometimes it's hard to explain what a 'futurist' does. The question inevitably comes back, "Oh, are you a motivational speaker?" To which I respond, "Not really." This leads to a rather quizzical look.
Am I a motivational speaker? Not at all, I guess. I will note that I think I can be pretty inspirational and motivational on stage. I have never quite understood why people need a 'motivational' speaker. Isn't knowing about the wonders of tomorrow good enough to get you going?
Ah, motivational speakers. it's certainly a world very different from what I do.
Have I told you about the office of Tony Robbins? They reached out to me. Tony, of course, is the most motivational of all the motivational speakers out there. His team asked if I might fly to Miami to participate in one of his 'Power Within' events.
Sure, I wrote back in an email; here's my fee. They never responded. I took a look at the Website for the event and saw that he was charging about $10,000 for people to attend. He's probably pretty motivated with fees like that, particularly if he can get others to help him out in some sort of motivational serfdom.
I wasn't very motivated to help him earn that $10,000 by working for free, LOL.
People don't fall out windows anymore.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live I’ve never had any issues. See my pinned post
"You might find your imagination buried deep within the algorithm!" -Futurist Jim Carroll
I imagined myself on a stage in the future - and there I am!
Imagination is a wonderful thing. Don't waste it - empower it!
With a number of upcoming keynotes on AI, I decided that it might be captivating to tell the story of AI through AI. And so, rRather than using traditional stock images throughout, I thought it would be best to generate the art that I use to tell my story on stage and in conference rooms.
I couldn't be more thrilled with the results! I've immersed myself in the world of Midjourney, the 'text-to-image' service that has become the favorite of so many eager to explore this complex new world. Y
The image above, for example, came from a photo of a keynote I gave on stage in London, England a few years back.
I am discovering I can enhance my slide deck, wonderfully, through the use of AI-generated images. I'm discovering that if you are going to tell a story about technology, you might as well use the technology to tell the story.
Similarly, if I am going to make a point about AI in agriculture, I might as well use AI to generate a futuristic image of a futuristic farmer.
What about construction? Well, AI is leading to the acceleration of robotic construction methodologies, so why not dream up a few little construction robots?
The more I got into this, the better I found the results to be.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-ai-and-creativity-you-might-find-your-imagination-buried-deep-within-the-algorithm/
When on stage, be blunt, to the point, and speak the truth.
Daily Inspiration: "If you see a conspiracy behind every tree maybe you need to get out of the forest!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
All of us have lost someone to the maelstrom of the madness, the confusion of the crazy, the innards of the insanity. We've seen otherwise rational people fall prey to delusions, subscribe to conspiracies, and fuel their paranoia through the warm path of the social media misinformation swamp.
I've long been watching all of this with the unease common to most rational, logical, and sane people.
I dare not wade into the debate, knowing that all too quickly, those who have been sucked down into the conspiracy wormhole will rise up in righteous madness.
I know I've lost a few friends along the way, and I always ponder the issue of how otherwise intelligent people can fall into a world of the absolutely irrational. I don't bother trying to debate with them; it seems that they have devoted much time to empower themselves with information from within the conspiracy swap, eager to do nothing more with their lives than to fight within a debate.
I have better things to do with my time.
I just feel sad for them.
As a futurist, I've long had to pay attention to the issue though. After all, while it's easy to predict the future, it's not easy to predict the implications of madness-driven volatility.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live I do have Elasticsearch enabled. I do an occasional reboot. I think offloading stuff to Amazon S3 makes a huge difference on load.
The look on someone's face when they are thinking about how to make future airplanes fall out of the sky.
Daily Inspiration: "A failure while trying is better than failing to try!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Nothing great was ever achieved by those who wimped out! In fact, nature rewards those who at least make an effort to enhance their future with expertise and insight.
It's always better to try to fail than to fail to try - and that's why you should try to do things that have a vague objective, an unknown potential for success, and an absolutely uncertain payback. Why? It might be one of the most important innovation leadership strategies that you pursue as we go into the era of acceleration - because it will help to ensure you develop the required yet unknown and undeveloped skills that you need for the future.
What I've learned from watching my global client base is that those who succeed are willing to take on projects, not necessarily to win - but to learn. They are constantly working on projects that don't fit the usual narrative of certainty of outcome - but they pursue it because they know it will provide their in-depth experience and insight into some key aspects of the disruptive change that will impact them going forward. It’s by understanding change that opportunity is defined, and that’s why moving forward in the absence of clarity is better than waiting around for certainty.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-innovation-and-initiative-a-failure-while-trying-is-better-than-failing-to-try/
Daily Inspiration: "In the race to the future, it's the long game that matters!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
It feels like 1993.
It's a whirlwind with AI; new developments every day, staggering advances, relentless hype, somewhat massive hysteria, and yet real glimpses of something BIG happening.
Each and every day, I've been busy scouring my sources - newsletters,
research services, mailing lists, and social networks - working hard to keep up with the developments in AI. We are probably only a matter of months away before you will be able to download your own personal ChatGPT or equivalent for use on your Mac or Windows machine. You can already do the same type of thing with the Stable Diffusion text-to-image system if you are on a Mac. You are about to be flooded by new ideas that once seemed unimaginable.
And yet, it seems to be moving too fast, like new technology always does. That's why the post Early Days of AI (and AI Hype Cycle) by Elad Gil caught my attention because I'm always ranting about the fact that despite the speed of technology, it often takes a long time for people and organizations to catch up.
This ties in with the approach I'm taking in my talks - something big is going on, but it's going to take some time to unfold.
That's why, when it comes to the future, it's always about the long game!
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-ai-and-the-hypecycle-in-the-race-to-the-future-its-the-long-game-that-matters/
Daily Inspiration: "The only way to figure out how fast the horse can go is to get on and ride!" - Joe Wingerter
Joe Wingerter is a pretty observant guy, and I only met him yesterday.
That's because in my session yesterday for a global construction company, he had one of the most brilliant observations I've ever seen about 'how to innovate in the face of uncertainty.' From Omaha, Nebraska, his delivery of this line, delivered with a bit of a Western drawl, certainly captured my attention, and certainly that of everyone in the room.
Let me share the story.
It involves AI, innovation, and a horse named "Bullet."
#innovation #ai #artificialintelligence #leadership #keynotespeaker
Bit of a studio upgrade happening starting today. I've got a new Mac M2 Mini coming so I can run a few more of the AI models locally; my little Linux boxes have struggled. Got a new 32" wide screen to support it. It arrives end of week, early next week.
The studio? I'll be online next Wednesday at 11AM EST if you want to sign up and watch the fun live.
Daily Inspiration: "Every great failure was preceded by a reign of error!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
I just saw the Blackberry movie - it's pretty good, although the acting seems a bit forced and the story a bit pushed. Give the trailer a watch - and you'll probably find it on your streaming service of choice soon.
The movie did hit home, though, in more ways than one. As I noted in my post on CEO hubris:
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Google Maps tells me that my home office, where I am writing this post, is exactly 23.49 km (or 14.60 miles) from the Headquarters of Research in Motion in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Remember them? The maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry of the early 2000s. It was the leading communications device, owning the world - until the firm spectacularly imploded and failed because of the hubris and arrogance of the two founders, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
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It also hits home because, like many Canadians in and around the tech industry, we've seen this type of failure before - Nortel being the most famous. Sadly, the implosion of the organization took away a huge amount of equity.
I told the story of both organizations in a talk the other day, in a new section I've introduced to my slide deck, Lessons in Leadership - "What went wrong? What went right?" It's an overview of things I've seen in my career with my clients on how some organizations have responded - or haven't - to dramatic, disruptive change.
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/08/daily-inspiration-every-great-failure-was-preceded-by-a-reign-of-error/
