Almost half a decade ago, I concluded my Outperform keynote with the following 2 slides. Was I being too optimistic? In the 20th century, the most terrifying technology is nuclear weapons. We learned to live with that today; nuclear power exists. We learned to leverage its power in generating clean …more
By now, it’s no secret that AI is going to revolutionize business as usual and disrupt every part of our work and life. However, it is still a secret how AI is going to help optimize profit in your business. As with any technological innovation, there is a huge first-mover …more
Last week, our first post-pandemic in-person Outperform conference concluded with spectacular success. We had 800+ registered with our highest-ever attendance (over 85% attendance rate). This is an outstanding attendance rate. FYI, the industry average is only about 65%, and 70% is typically considered an excellent turnout for most conferences with …more
While digital transformation has long been an effort undertaken by many global enterprises, the challenge today lies in differentiating your eCommerce business in an increasingly crowded digital market. So, how can a business stand out in this vast digital economy? For those that have succeeded, the secret ingredient is almost always Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Today, AI is often seen as a technology, a powerful enabling tool. And as we become more familiar with AI tools in our work and understand the computing capabilities behind it, I believe that many organizations will also learn to operate more like an AI system. In essence, businesses will …more
Once work is virtualized, it can be digitized, tracked, turned into data, and used to train an AI system to mimic how we work. This will start with the most repeatable tasks, but AI will eventually automate some creative activities also. But before this can happen, more of the physical work must be shifted into digital work so it can be easily tracked and turned into training data.
I’ve already shared a few posts on My Takeaways from my First AI/ML Conference in Morocco. So I thought I will have a giveaway today: the talk I presented at my First AI/ML Conference in Morocco (i.e. TechInnov Day – AI for Africa). Thanks to Prof. Mohammed El Rhabi (Ecole …more
Thanks to ChatGPT for waking up the globe to the realization that the age of AI is here. Are you ready for it? Do you know how businesses can gain tangible value from this rapidly evolving tech? What steps your business must take to better understand AI’s capabilities and prepare for the disruptions it creates? Are you ready for the AI revolution?
The advent of big data, distributed computing, and machine learning have ushered us into a new world of artificial intelligence (AI). The concept of AI isn’t new since it’s a theme that’s been frequently dramatized by the entertainment industry. But how can we understand AI in a more realistic and …more
With the dramatic and accelerated shift toward online, self-serve engagements, digital commerce is expected to overtake direct sales as the most-used channel for B2B selling. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will occur in digital channels. In this increasingly crowded digital …more
