How to Navigate the AI Transformation: Upskilling Employees, and Introducing AI to the Next Generation
Good morning:
Business topics include AI transformation and cases; how to harness the potential of generative AI; how to plan employee reskilling and find the right AI partners.
For personal development, we'll explore LinkedIn's top AI courses; how to maximize the capabilities of generative AI in work; and how to help children establish a balanced relationship with AI.
Additionally, there are some insightful readings to enrich your intellectual breakfast.
A THOUGHT to PONDER
The Imperative of AI Transformation in Enterprises
In a transformative 2023, AI transcends its auxiliary role, becoming an essential catalyst for innovation and efficiency. It revolutionizes industries, redefines traditional norms, and emerges as a core driver of organizational metamorphosis and competitive advantage.
However, Slalom’s survey reveals a split in executive views:
On one hand, 71% of leaders are unsure about all the tasks AI can do or improve.
On the other, 87% have started using AI, actively exploring its benefits despite uncertainties.
A Capgemini expert gives three key tips for adopting AI:
First, strong processes are needed for managing AI’s rules and ethics.
Second, it’s important to trust the content created by AI, making sure it’s checked carefully.
Lastly, careful and detailed methods are needed during development to make sure the content is correct and reliable.
Lastly, here are 6 examples of AI transformation. Click to learn more.
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BUSINESS
To harness generative AI’s potential, organizations need quality data, responsible implementation prioritizing privacy, and a strategic partnership between the C-suite and IT. [Fortune]
Reskilling is crucial in the AI era, requiring strategic, organization-wide approaches. Paradigm shifts include viewing reskilling as a strategic imperative and a universal leadership responsibility, ensuring adaptability in automation and AI advancements. [HBR]
Find a suitable AI partner by focusing on specific use cases, seeking flexibility, and embracing experimentation, ensuring that the AI technologies align with business strategies and promote innovation and adaptability. [ZDNet]
CAREER
LinkedIn's top AI courses focus on practical AI skills, blending technical knowledge with human skills, catering to various expertise levels, and promoting continuous, accessible learning for all professionals. [LinkedIn]
Future-proof your career in the AI era by adapting to AI, enhancing soft skills, and embracing continuous learning, ensuring relevance and competitiveness in the dynamically evolving professional landscape. [Forbes]
BCG’s experiment with GenAI reveals the importance of aligning tasks with AI’s capabilities, advocating continuous adaptation and strategic human-AI collaboration for competitive advantage and innovation in businesses. [Fortune]
WELLBEING
An inspiring AI story: Be My AI transforms the visually impaired’s world, enabling independent exploration and vivid interactions, amidst concerns of accuracy, privacy, and technological sustainability. [Slate]
The piece offers a five-step process to help children navigate their feelings and establish a balanced relationship with AI. [Time]
A professor suggests the rise of AI girlfriends could intensify male loneliness, potentially affecting real relationships and birth rates. [Insider]
NEED to KNOW
Salaries, hiring, AI: Here’s what’s really happening with U.S. tech jobs. [Fortune]
AI, Humanics, Paradox: Towards Being Human in the Tech Workplace. [PopMatters]
Your Employer Is (probably) Unprepared for Artificial Intelligence. [Mint]
Placebo Effect Shapes How We See AI. [Axios]
Meet the Next Generation of Doctors—and Their Surgical Robots. [Wired]