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First principles of AI: Machine learning; supervised learning; classification; categories. Not so much of a black box really, but it's ever important to shed light on the practices of placing things in boxes, i.e. category work. #explainableAI #ethicalAI

"One thing that excites us is when you find people that are interested in the work, that are not interested in the scene, in the hype." -@danielgross My spiel here linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Have a point of view that's true to what you build. Spot-on @danmartell

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@SchulichMBA How is that?

@tor #FakeFuture, right?

Still one of the most relevant definitions: Sustainability refers to the ways we can meet “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland, 1987). #Sustainability

@v_praveen Well put. Seems to me that some effort heuristics should kick in to make POVs, art, and advertising great.

In art or advertising, you don't always have to connect the dots via Rick Rubin's The Creative Act amzn.to/48jw08r

The paradox of automation and why improvements in technology can lead to worse results Via Tim Harford in FT

Doing interesting things for interesting people is as much a purpose via Russell Davies ft. Nicholas Walt, L. Cornelissen & Son

Scholars point to human-AI collaboration as "the key managerial issue of our time" as humans are entering the loop of AI en masse and organizations are re-designing to make humans and AI work together in effective and ethical ways. linkedin.com/pulse/why-hedg…

We thought strategy creation was for MBAs, but really it’s for sociologists, ethnographers, philosophers … @tor/strategy-is-imagining-possibilities-261c5f36fe82" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@tor/strategy-… #strategy

We thought design thinking was dead, but then came the data aftermath. Here are some thoughts on why hedging human-centered design is a bad idea linkedin.com/pulse/why-hedg… #strategy #design #innovation

We thought data was about the future, but really it's about the past. Shoutout @markpollard @RogerLMartin

@rshotton 'Trendspotting' has a new manifesto. No, its about understanding.

Matthew Waksman on strategists: if you want to be original, be open to lots of diverse experiences creative.salon/articles/featu…

'AI transformation': 1. Do you use AI to transform your organization? 2. Or do you transform your organization to make it work with AI?

This makes me curious about any tension between AI and Culture, especially if culture is drawn toward authenticity and distinctiveness. ChatCPT has a 'style' that is recognizable to the human eye.

To understand the workings of AI, we must understand their input data, and to understand the data, we must understand humans. Because all data are socially constructed, interests and biases included.

Let's hope for their point of view to be true to what they're building.

On #6, over half of marketers (57%) agree that they need to innovate for competitive advantage in sustainability.

Marketing Trends 2024: 1. AI will find a way 2. Culture comes first 3. Brand control vs cancel culture 4. Making sense of attention and emotion 5. Holistic measures of success 6. Radical innovation to boost sustainable brand growth ... via @Kantar kantar.com/campaigns/mark…

VC’s calling the people of their portfolio companies’ ‘family’.. when their real families are longing for their presence.