Archive - Wild World of Work

Measure twice, spend once

I've learned a fundamental lesson about why we're sacrificing human ability on the altar of productivity: we're not measuring the first, or relating it…

Jul 27 •

May 2024

How to handle genAI in organizations, according to science

Right now, everyone's gotten into genAI, and that includes organizations. But the three defaults are ignore, ban, and "all hands". These aren't viable…

May 6 •

April 2024

Want skill? Build human connection.

We often think of skill as built via practice. The science is broader: skill unfolds via bonds of trust and respect. So skill's in trouble in our…

Apr 8 •

March 2024

Think you're skilled? Think again.

In a world where over two hundred million adults use a cognitive prosthesis, we need to take a long, hard look at what skill is. Then we'll see: old…

Mar 22 •

The Specter of Skills Inequality

genAI allows us to get better output, faster - and learn faster, too. But only if we have resources: talent, networks, training, time. We don't want the…

Mar 7 •

February 2024

Learning & Development: the new #1 organizational function

Organizations can't adapt if their people don't. And even if genAI is "done", we'll have to learn to do our jobs differently. That means the CEO's new…

Feb 27 •

Big, insider news... a Book!

"The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines" will be published on June 11th by HarperCollins. You're getting the scoop…

Feb 9 •

January 2024

To "get" AI, you have to try the impossible.

Lots of hot air out there about what genAI can and can't do. To get your real answer, you can't just try it out. You have to struggle with it on a task…

Jan 27 •

2024: the year we give genAI a body

2023 brought us a powerful but intangible general purpose technology. Roboticists have put it to work quickly, and 2024 will make a mockery of 2023. But…

Jan 10 •

December 2023

AI is fast. Automation is slow. Can they meet?

Recent studies show we can get better results by using generative AI. But to get them at scale, our organizations would have to change, and that's slow…

Dec 28, 2023 •

GenAI means it's harder to trust expertise

When genAI can give us high quality ideas, assessments, and solutions on demand, it's harder to tell if we're dealing with "real" skill. The way forward…

Dec 9, 2023 •

November 2023

Take a deep breath: no need to rush on AI

Experimentation is usually wasteful, and easy-to-use AI apps are on the way.

Nov 25, 2023 •

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