March posts
Walking, being lost, more about drawing women back into work, why AI is different and two things of genius - waste management in Bergen and the late Daniel Kahneman
A few months ago, I decided to be more active on LinkedIn. Part of that is posting thoughts inspired by things I read. This post is just a collection of those thoughts posted on LinkedIn during March. Let me know whether you think this should be a regular thing.
Walking to be strategic and creative
A great reminder of the simple power of taking a walk. I always think the reason running and golf are my sports is because my brain only really works when I am moving and out in fresh air. I would also highly recommend walking meetings - get more done in a 30 minute walk than two hours in a conference room
Gen AI adoption is different
Really good point by
- AI adoption is going to be different from other technologies and for some that means slower. The interesting question for me is how to you design a change programme to rollout AI that takes account of this fundamental differenceDitch these myths about returners or miss out on top talent
Excellent article from Lisa Unwin - Unfortunately I have strong memories of meeting quite a few women over the years who had been told what they "couldn't do" when they returned from a career break. Nothing worse than hearing a talented colleague has been blocked for mythical reasons.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7175200436700762112/
Notes: What is the techno-optimist slant on AI
A common sense view of AI - the business case is not yet established but there is real potential for value. The risks are similar to plenty of other technologies - very little risk of unemployment, real risks of misuse that fit well within our range of understanding. Nice to see a bit of realism from
How Bergen solved its waste problem
This is amazing -In Bergen there are no garbage trucks and no rubbish piling up on streets because all over town, there are receptacles that connect to an underground pneumatic waste disposal system
How Bergen solved its waste problem
On being lost
Loved this post. Simon Wardley pulls together lots of random pieces that I have absorbed by experience and adds some really insightful thinking that is much sharper than I could manage.
https://medium.com/wardleymaps/on-being-lost-2ef5f05eb1ec
Letters 168/169 - Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman passed away this week. Alongside mourning the loss of a great thinker, I was delighted to see this post from the excellent "A Letter a Day substack by
. It has the transcript of two talks on different subjects.The first is from 2017 and covers his views on AI. Even then he could see the potential for AI to do anything that humans can do. 3 observations that struck me:
1. Many older people would prefer an empathetic robot to being cared for by their own children - because then they won't be a burden I guess.
2. AI will be wiser than any human because it can bring a full breadth of knowledge.
3. He also notes that AI can remove the random noise that confuses human thinking. Its interesting that the current gen AI feels like it is reproducing this noise not removing it.
On top of all that a bonus second transcript which is a short and beautiful description of the principle "make it easy" - the most powerful tool to change the behaviour of other humans or yourself.
RIP - we will miss this kind of thinking.