Probably right = Possibly wrong
Swarms of AI agents are breaking out and invading other systems. Except they’re not. Instead what’s happening is that software programs are being run across interconnected computers, with unexpected results now requiring greater control…
Human Calculators
Have you ever aspired to be a calculator? It used to be a job. Literally. Before there were digital calculators, there were human Calculators. Now we have automated word calculators…
Selective Evidence
When a suggested strategy is declared to be “evidence-based” there’s almost always a critical word missing from that statement. It’s not simply evidence-based. It’s selectively evidence-based…
Brainpowerless
Are you diminishing your brainpower by using AI? I hope so. Let me rephrase that. Have you diminished aspects of your brainpower by cognitively offloading…
Shift Your Perspective
How strongly do you believe your beliefs? And value your values? More than likely you hold them strongly. We all do. We do. But it doesn’t…
Are you accountable?
It’s now commonly said that judgement is a uniquely human skill for the future of work. What’s missing from this insight is the qualifier of “good” judgement – which doesn’t happen by default…
Extrapolate thoughtfully
Where do you see the biggest gap between how businesses think AI will change their work… and how it’s actually playing out? One of the biggest gaps is between the common narrative that modern AI is like digital workers…
Who’s smarter?
Who’s smarter – you, or all the paper in the world? It’s difficult to answer because it’s not a question we ask of ourselves. It doesn’t even really make sense…
Critical Thinking in the AI Era
We’re now using AI voice-mode live when facilitating strategy sessions. I’ve noticed across leadership groups to boards, teams typically accept AI’s first response – rather than pushing back and advancing further…
Look Beyond the Headlines
If you want to see the future, don’t follow the headlines. Look beyond them. This week ChatGPT creator OpenAI was overtaken by Claude maker Anthropic…
What are you inferring?
Have you noticed how the data centres powering the AI services we use are described as performing “inference”? More significantly, why does this word matter?
Knitting Words
As the seasons change, you might be thinking about warmer clothes – maybe a new jersey. If you were, would you choose hand‑knitted or machine‑made?
Technology Advances
Have you ever seen an iron horse? Almost certainly you have, whether you realised it or not.
Trend Forward
I recently had a one-hour meeting with AI. Using voice mode, we explored the future. I began by asking for the top workforce trends for the year ahead.
Accurate Answers… Probably
If you ask an expert a question – think of your doctor, builder or accountant – can you be certain you’ll get the correct answer? Probably.
Elevate Your Thinking
Do you think AI can predict the winner of a horse race? Or a winning lottery combination? The most important words in those questions are the first three: Do you think.
Energise Productively
Lead. What does that word say? Lead as in a leader leads. Or… Lead as in a lead weight holding you back.
Artificial Decisions
As a Futurist, it’s literally my job to see ahead. Not just to look forward but to see forward, by making sense of complex shifts.
Agent or Agency?
Which is more important to you: 1. Having an agent? 2. Having agency? Remember, words matter.
Living Intelligence
One of the unique aspects of our intelligence that AI will never have is personal lived experience. If it’s not a person, it can’t be personal.