The Weekend Reader: A Trip to the Past to Rediscover the Future
This weekend: With little interesting content to share, I'm taking a stroll down my memory road to explore some of my most impactful — and still relevant — analysis.
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Your Weekend Reading List
💡 This week, there wasn’t any content that I felt was really worthy of sharing, so instead, I’m sharing a short list of some of my best (in my humble opinion), most impactful, and still relevant analysis from the past. This decision was inspired, in part, by my recent learning that an university course on AI is using one of my articles as part of its curriculum! Anyway, hope you find something new and valuable here.
The future of big data and AI boils down to one thing
This article first appeared on CIO.com. When it comes to big data, analytics and AI, the value does not come from collecting the data, or even from deriving some insight from it — value comes from just one thing: action. When I started my first business in the mid-90’s I did what most first-time entrepreneurs do — I ordered business cards.
When it comes to big data, analytics and AI, the value does not come from collecting the data, or even from deriving some insight from it — value comes from just one thing: action.
The Art of Being a Great IT Leader
This article was originally published on cioinsight.com A great IT leader has a vision, practices servant leadership, is accountable to others, and has a personal relationship with his or her team. In my last two CIO Insight articles, I first called out to all IT professionals
We are entering a new and exciting era for IT professionals. Leadership will be in great demand and short supply. But I believe there is a great IT leader in each of us. There is an art to great leadership, but it is an art you can learn.
Why a computer may be your next manager
This article was originally published on CIO.com. As we continue to instrument every facet of modern work, it's beginning to enable data-driven management. The flip side of this data-driven augmentation, however, is that it may make the act of management the prime target for automation. Could it be that it will be the managers that go first?
As we continue to instrument every facet of modern work, it's beginning to enable data-driven management. The flip side of this data-driven augmentation, however, is that it may make the act of management the prime target for automation
The ‘future of work’ in the digital era may not be what you think
This article first appeared on CIO.com Despite all the banter about the ‘future of work’ no one is talking about what that really means. Our inability to see through our present reality has limited and tainted our discussions about how work will fundamentally transform over the next couple of decades. It’s time for that to change.
Underpinning this transition will be the transformation of work, the key enabler of which will not be technology, but imagination.
Why Business and Operating Model Transformation is Now Essential to Remain Relevant in the Digital Era
There is something that always gets under my skin. While there is near-infinite buzz around topics like digital transformation, the future of work, and the customer and employee experience, the conversation around these vital areas always seems to devolve into a narrow-minded, myopic view of what’s going on.
