Bonus Link Roundup
aka Cleaning out tab backlog....this one also might be known as 'the research one'
Generative AI – The Enterprise Primer: Insights from the Google Generative AI Lead: Exactly what it says and a good one too.
Trend Compendium 2050: Six megatrends will shape the next decades (Roland Berger): “In this new issue we present six megatrends in the following areas: people & society, politics & governance, environment & resources, economics & business, technology & innovation, and health & care.” > Two things I think about here…first is the knowledge footprint issue - do you have a process for bringing this sort of research into the enterprise? The second thought follows the first…while this is a great piece of research, compelling presented, if I’m sitting in an enterprise and I read this, my next question will be so what? How do I have working for me that can turn this kind of foresight work into something actionable or even translate it into what the impacts of these trends would be on my industry? Feels like there is a global version of impedance mismatch happening.
The Download: introducing The Education issue (MIT Technology Review): Just that.
The Future of Jobs Report 2023 (World Economic Forum): I mean its just the WEF talking about the future of jobs…why be interested in that right? The survey ONLY manages to hit “the perspective of 803 companies – collectively employing more than 11.3 million workers – across 27 industry clusters and 45 economies from all world regions.” >So far that’s 4 out of 4 links that beg the knowledge footprint question…as in, this info is great, what do I do with it?
The New Future of Work (Microsoft): “This site features research from the initiative that has been published in peer-reviewed scientific venues, as well as resources to help you navigate a rapidly changing work environment and thrive in the age of AI.” > I mean that’s 5 for 5.
How Generative AI Has Supercharged the Future of Work (Dion Hinchcliffe): “In my professional opinion, the ability for generative AI to produce useful, impressively synthesized text, images, and other types of content almost effortlessly based on a few text cues has already become an important business capability worthy of providing to most knowledge workers. In my research and experiments with the technology, many work tasks will benefit from between a 1.3x to 5x gain in speed alone.” > 6 for 6. How long can this streak go on?
The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier (McKinsey): “ Generative AI is poised to unleash the next wave of productivity. We take a first look at where business value could accrue and the potential impacts on the workforce.” > 7 but who’s counting?
2023 Global Skills Report (Coursera): Super interesting read from a company that literally lives in this space and has a global view. (also, 8).
Generative AI – From Big Vision to Practical Execution, by Sreekar Krishna, US National Leader for Artificial Intelligence at KPMG and Erik Bovee, Head of Business Development at MindsDB via Mayfield: This one is an outright gem. Just outstanding in terms of both breadth and depth of coverage on this topic and in a way that decreases the gap between nice to know and actionable. 4 Stars (out of 4). Also, 9.