Shift

There are a lot of big shifts happening in the world right now, all of which have a common theme; the old way things were done is now being replaced by something new.

A few major examples:

War
A US Abrams tank costs about $19 million dollars. In the past, juggernauts of firepower were the things that countries relied on for their offensive and defensive strategies.

Today, a simple drone that costs less than $1000 to build, is capable of turning the Abrams tank into metal splinters – while being piloted from across the world…or not at all.

Example:

“Take a look at these 100 P&L statements and help me figure out which franchise is the most lucrative”

Fed into a tool like Julius AI, high-level processes, usually reserved for those with MBA’s, can suddenly be performed by somebody that doesn’t even have a driver’s license.

“Hey ChatGPT, make me landing page copy for a franchise consulting business that helps retirees find the perfect franchise.”

Whoa. Game. Changed.

The change isn’t around the corner – it’s already here.

In the last two weeks, two CEO’s of tech companies have issued public statements about their concerns on the impact of AI on the workforce; citing up to 50% of white-collar jobs can be replaced within 1-5 years.

What they didn’t account for is the number of blue-collar jobs that will also be (and actively are…) replaced.

Let’s reel this back into the present moment…

There’s one trend of a mistake that I see many people, across multiple industries, making; they’re solving today’s problems with yesterday’s solutions.

“Let’s split-test 10 different landing pages with different promotional offers, and measure the data to whittle them down to the top 3.”

Sure, that methodology worked. However, very few people are approaching the proverbial war rooms where these discussions are taking place, and asking:

“What if we made the page talk?”

“What if the website could answer questions in real-time?”

“What if customers didn’t feel like they were being sold?”

A lot of these questions aren’t being asked right now, and it’s an important time to ask them. Why? Because the technology is here to deliver the once-theoretical solutions.

I was recently invited to speak at a conference for industry executives. One of the topics to address was the problem of training younger generations of workers on how to use AI to do their jobs better.

Again, the wrong question is being asked here. Instead of making strategies that constrain workers to their job titles, how can large organizations take off the guard-rails and allow younger generations to make more strategic decisions, or assist the C-suite team directly to leverage AI?

AI is a lot like giving somebody in a cubicle a flamethrower. The power it has cannot be contained to one small box. Instead of building bigger boxes around the flamethrower, the employee should be be given the proper range to use it properly.

Is AI coming for your job? It already did.

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