Future Ready Digest Vol. 2 No. 8 - 12th February 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 - a critical juncture for the tech industry and the future of humanity, the AI business model is built on hype, DeepSeek is a turning point in the AI race, the Anthropic AI Index, how AI is transforming strategy development, the critical role of constructive devil’s advocates, the organisation of the future.
“We are at a critical juncture for the tech industry and, quite frankly, for the future of humanity. It is clear that technology will play a role in shaping that future and that the tech industry is the industry driving us forward. We need to ask ourselves who we want in the driver’s seat and make moves to get those people there. Do we want egomaniacs and eugenicists driving innovation or ethical leaders dedicated to technological innovation for the collective social good, freer and more just worlds?”
Kenan Malik in The Guardian – “While privacy fears are justified, Silicon Valley's main beef is that China’s chatbot is democratising the technology. The true impact of DeepSeek is not on the technology but on the economics of AI. It is a chatbot that is as capable and flawed as other leading models but built at a fraction of the cost and using inferior technology. The US ban on the sale to China of the most advanced chips and chip-making equipment, imposed by the Biden administration in 2022 and tightened several times since was designed to curtail Beijing’s access to cutting-edge technology. Paradoxically, it may have spurred Chinese researchers into becoming more innovative.”
Is this the turning point where the AI model race ends, and the era of open-source efficiency begins?
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Some interesting research findings from Anthropic.
Via McKinsey - how AI fundamentally reshapes strategic decision-making. Traditionally, strategy involved analysing data, building options, making irreversible choices, and executing plans. AI now enhances each of these steps, allowing businesses to derive deeper insights, simulate complex scenarios, and adjust strategies dynamically based on real-time data. By reducing the uncertainty inherent in traditional strategies, AI opens new avenues for value creation. However, organisations must adopt a forward-thinking approach to integrate AI into their strategic workflows and maintain a competitive edge.”
MIT Sloan Management Review on the critical role of "constructive devil’s advocates" to enhance strategic decision-making, avoid groupthink, and challenge traditional assumptions.
The Digital Renaissance: How Companies Can Become Future-Ready Through New AI and Company Rebuilding
From the Peter Drucker Forum. "The organisation of the future is less a well-organised machine with human resources but rather a living organism: highly adaptable, decentrally organised, and continuously learning. Rigid hierarchies and silos are replaced by flexible network structures that dynamically adapt to market needs. This “Adaptive Organization” is characterized by three core features: Intelligent decentralization through company rebuilding, human-AI symbiosis instead of automation, and leadership instead of management."
As always, comments and feedback are very welcome.
Take care.
Jim H