The New Era of Work: How Authentic Thinking Will Redefine Success in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous in our lives. From Siri, Alexa and Google Home to self-driving cars, AI has started to disrupt almost every industry we can think of, promising to revolutionise the way we live, learn and work. In previous generations disruption triggered by progress tended to disproportionately impact on lower value professions but this time around it's different. In the age of AI nearly every profession will experience some form of digital disruption and my contention is that as this happens it is inevitable that we will see an exponential increase in demand for authentic thinking and creativity that curates the curiosity that will drive innovation. As someone once said, computers have memory but no imagination, and in the age of AI this will become increasingly important.
Architecting the Digital Future
The power of digital infrastructure in enabling and supporting societies during a time of crisis was seen on a global scale during the COVID-19 pandemic. It led to a watershed moment which forced a re-evaluation of how we work. We may not return to previous practices or ways of working life and we may even ask, “Why didn’t we do this before?”