The light and dark sides of AI have been in the public spotlight for many years. Think facial recognition, algorithms making loan and sentencing recommendations, and medical image analysis. But the impressive – and sometimes scary – capabilities of ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and other conversational and image-conjuring artificial intelligence programs feel like a turning point. Continue reading
Project Management proponents can make, or break, a project through an amalgamation of theory, practice, and experience. As with any amalgam, and even if the right ingredients are selected, if those ingredients aren’t mixed properly and in the correct proportions or at the right time, the end result can be disastrous. Project management isn’t just adding water and mixing! Continue reading
Did the Fourth Turning book, published in 1997 cataloging historical events, offer insight into what might happen in the next few years? (1) Can we learn from it to become aware of risks and opportunities, to be prepared for what may be coming?
“The best prophet of the future is the past.” Lord Byron (2) Continue reading
When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.
Whitney Johnson – Writer
When should you self-disrupt? There’s no easy answer. However, it’s about your personal risk appetite. Do you think you need to change or self-disrupt? Is the pain of self-disrupting less than the pain of staying the way or where you are? Self-disruption is difficult. Most of us want to take the path of least resistance (risk averse) and not change. Continue reading
One of my favorite things to do when visiting a new company, it at lunch or during a break, ask:
“Any major disasters that impacted reliability?”
Typically, there are three stories that start with, “Remember the… “, or, “One time…”
It seems every organization has legendary stories in the organizational memory. Continue reading