Future Ready Digest Vol. 2 No. 6 - 27th January 2025
Jim Hamill (Dr)
Director at The Future Ready Hub - supporting organisations in becoming future ready for an increasingly volatile, digital and AI world.
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In this edition: leadership in an AI World, Davos discusses 'generation uncertainty', innovation requires deliberate chaos, the latest updates on AI developments, but implementation barriers may slow adoption, and the emergence of DeepSeek's competitive reasoning models.
Via Harvard. “In the era of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), leaders across industries are realizing that the ability to harness this technology’s power could provide meaningful competitive advantages. Organizations need more than just cutting-edge technology to do it—they need leadership that can reimagine how humans and AI collaborate.”
It's worth a watch via Davos, World Economic Forum.
“The barriers to building secure economic prospects and a high quality of life for young people today are bigger than ever. What collaborative effort is needed to restore optimism in the future for young people globally amid the present characterized by crises, conflict and climate change?”
“Organizations are better managed than ever before. They have been optimized for safety, security, stability, and control. But what we need going forward is dynamic and, yes, inefficient. What is needed now is some deliberate chaos.”
Interesting updates highlighting the rapid progression of AI into Agentic AI......
“We are beginning an evolution from knowledge-based, gen-AI-powered tools to gen AI-enabled ‘agents’ that use foundation models to execute complex, multistep workflows across a digital world.
Large organizations need AI that can work across domains, handle tasks end-to-end, and make smart decisions independently.
OpenAI launches the Operator tool, an AI agent that will handle routine digital tasks such as scheduling appointments or conducting online transactions directly through a dedicated browser environment managed by OpenAI servers.
AI systems that are capable of deceiving humans.
But implementation will be challenging…..
“The majority of organisations are ill-equipped to help their employees navigate the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, according to a new study of enterprises worldwide. With 79% of companies reporting their workforces are unprepared to use GenAI effectively, experts warn that the gap in readiness could undermine competitiveness and productivity.”
A new study has revealed that while artificial intelligence can enhance decision-making, drive innovation, and boost productivity, only 20% of companies manage to implement AI technology effectively. Researchers argue that the failure stems not just from technical issues but also from how leadership handles employees' emotional responses to AI.
Updates on the launch of DeepSeek's competitive reasoning models.....
DeepSeek launches competitive reasoning models
As always, comments and feedback are very welcome.
Take care.
Jim H