This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
Enter AI And The Real Fourth Industrial Revolution
Running out of ideas to inspire, a false fourth industrial revolution was coined by the World Economic Forum. The move to digitization and digital transformation was a necessary half-step to the move towards AI. While some will now profess that the Fifth Industrial revolution is AI, AI is more exponential than the internet or the fake fourth industrial revolution. The dawn of the fourth industrial revolution begins with AI. This Cognitive Era will be with us for decades to come. Constellation Research has seen a projected CAGR of 19.8% in global AI IT spending from $151 billion to $490.6 billion by 2030.
The World Economic Forum's Four Themes Seek To Rebuild Trust
The 54th annual convening at Davos brings 2700 delegates from over 130 countries to officially attend the World Economic Forum’s event. Meanwhile, an additional 5000 individuals join events around Davos in a series of programing known as UnDavos. This year’s official Davos proceedings center on four main themes:
DisrupTV Episode 348: Evolutionary Intelligence – AI, Society & the Future of Human Cognition
In DisrupTV Episode 348, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a thought-provoking discussion with three distinguished guests who delve into the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence:
Matt Abrahams, a Stanford University Graduate School of Business professor and author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter, argues that everyone can become better at spontaneous conversation, master small talk and learn the art of paraphrasing and apologizing.
Speaking on DisrupTV Episode 347, Abrahams laid out some tips from his book to ponder. Here's a look at the takeaways.
Infosys' third quarter earnings highlight enterprise interest in generative AI, large deals and clients that are navigating an uncertain economic picture.
Many organizations have performed classical cost-benefit analyses to determine the impact of business technology projects. Although these approaches account for the quantifiable metrics, they often fail to capture key attributes such as probability of success and level of difficulty in project type.
Google Cloud said it will offer free network data transfer to customers that move to another cloud provider or migrate on-premises.
In a blog post, Google Cloud outlined the changes. Data transfer fees have been under scrutiny by customers as well as regulators. Google Cloud's move also puts pressure on Microsoft Azure and AWS to do the same.
OpenAI launched its GPT Store for custom versions of ChatGPT as well as plans for business and enterprise users. In the first quarter, OpenAI will launch a revenue share program for developers based on engagement with payment details to follow.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise said it will acquire Juniper Networks in a deal valued at $14 billion, or $40 per Juniper share. HPE said the purchase will strengthen its networking business and complement its edge-to-cloud strategy.
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1:10 - Tech News Update: Analysts Dion Hinchcliffe, Doug Henschen and Larry Dignan cover the new Apple Vision Pro, Q4 earnings, and #generativeAI ethics.
11:29 - Sustainability Outlook for 2024: Doug shares what changed for ESG in 2023 and why organizations should be looking beyond compliance and reporting.
The most popular AI use cases include automation of IT processes, security and threat detection, governance and business analytics or intelligence, according to an IBM survey.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon highlighted the retailing giant's approach to adaptive retail and how it is applying generative AI across its company and to customers.
Speaking at CES 2024, McMillon said: "We love what technology can do, but we're building it in a way that creates better careers at the same time. It creates better customer experiences and a stronger business."
Medtronic has formed an AI center of excellence as the company aims to advance AI-enabled healthcare based on data from its medical devices.
Speaking at the JP Morgan Stanley 42nd Annual Healthcare conference, Medtronic CEO Geoffrey Martha outlined the company's plans in AI. Martha said the company's move to create an AI center of excellence is aimed at centralizing key data assets including millions of patient datasets, regulatory experience, analytics knowhow, and medical device expertise.
Chief Financial Officers are bullish on automation, digital transformation and hybrid work arrangements even as they have become more pessimistic in other areas, according to Deloitte's fourth quarter CFO Signals report.
The top line takeaways from the report are notable on multiple fronts. Consider:
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SAP said Muhammad Alam will join the company's Executive Board and succeed Thomas Saueressig for the company's product engineering. Saueressig will focus on accelerating SAP customers adoption of the cloud.
Technologies such as artificial intelligence, spatial computing and body-sensing innovations will become more human-like, omnipresent, and almost invisible, according to Accenture's Technology Vision 2024.
The report, penned by Accenture Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Paul Daugherty and team, argued that generative AI and other technologies will be more human. This more human-like AI will make them easier to interact with and enable people to amplify themselves.
Apple Vision Pro will be available Feb. 2 starting at $3,499 with 256GB of storage and various throw-ins--the Solo Knit Band, Dual Loop Band, Light Seal, Light Seal Cushions, Apple Vision Pro Cover and polishing cloth--and the uptake for this first-generation device will be fascinating to watch.
Twilio said Khozema Shipchandler has been appointed CEO to succeed Jeff Lawson. Shipchandler was President of Twilio.
The enterprise communications company has been under fire by activist investors Anson Funds and Legion Partners. The two firms are pushing Twilio to either sell itself or divest its data and applications unit. Twilio's core business is its API-driven communications platform, but it also runs a customer data platform via the Segment acquisition.
DisrupTV Episode 347: The Art of Speaking Up – Insights from Amy Edmondson & Matt Abrahams
In DisrupTV Episode 347, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling conversation with two distinguished experts who delve into the nuances of communication and leadership: