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.

In the AI era, the way we think is changing. Evolving. Some things we now think less about. Just as calculators took over our ability to do long division.

If we simply think less as a result, our intelligence will weaken. Moving us backwards not forwards.

However just as calculators and spreadsheets resulted in more numbers to consider not less, the large language models powering GenAI are giving us more words to consider.

Not less.

Creating an opportunity to elevate your intelligence, with systems thinking and critical judgement. Better evaluating the answers given by this new generation of language calculators. Whether it’s a recommended strategy for your business, or a suggested medical diagnosis for a loved one.

Or a question like:

Do you think AI can predict the winning lottery combination?

Applying systems thinking and a foundational understanding of the technology, the short answer is…

No.

Which means the far more important leadership questions to think critically and strategically about are…

Which is more complex – 40 numbered balls moving around a small confined space, or the parts of your body interacting and changing over time? Or all the elements of your organisation, customers and marketplace as they interact and adapt?

Calculators are powerful.

AIs are powerful.

But what’s even more powerful is

You.