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‘No, he’s not funny. He’s big. Big is not funny’ - Seth Cohen (10 points for getting that reference!) Given that Facebook had only just been invented when that line was written, it paints a pretty accurate picture to me - how often do we assign value to stuff just because it penetrates through the noise, as opposed to because it actually has any merit? I think it’s very easy to become influenced by people and things because they shout the loudest or are simply proximate - neither of which correlate to being correct. When I have decisions to make about anything, and especially when taking advice from others (which I do a lot - the field I’m in seems to be a pretty collaborative one), I always just take a beat to consider whether some else’s opinion or advice is as right for me as they seem to think it is for them. Two things I really value are making well-reasoned decisions, and my own decisions. Thinking critically enables us to do this, and make the best of positive influences, and take whatever we want from negative ones. Next time you have to make an important decision, think more like Seth Cohen. Specialist Risk Group Collins Aerospace DYNAFIT Salewa Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team (AFPST) Veeam Software Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Team Forces ACRE Capital Real Estate LLP Angus McKendrick Adaptive Grand Slam The Invictus Games Foundation

Markets suggest an increased likelihood of a second #Trump presidency. What's the likely #tech agenda? This interview with Kara Frederick of the Heritage Foundation is worth watching, particularly for her honesty and criticism of big tech's performance. Kara has an excellent background for this interview: ex-intelligence analyst; ex-Meta. Her contention with regard to big social media is twofold. Firstly, it's hugely difficult. She paints an interesting picture of what amounts to an ops room at the time of the attempted assassination. Secondly, even in this context, she's critical of big tech's performance, stating that it has repeatedly made poor calls surrounding misinformation as a whole. I have stopped the video at the point where Edward Ludlow asks what Trump's tech agenda is. Note Kara's candidness in starting with "We don't know what's in Trump's mind..." before going on to outline a pro-crpyto, pro-AI, and pro-space agenda. This edition of #Bloomberg Technology starts with the broad market reaction to last weekend's attempted assassination, including the rise of Trump Media and Technology Group, #tmtg and #Apple. Will we see a bull market compounded? https://lnkd.in/gi3qVJ9e Adriana Menezes Whiteley, Shivika Pratap

Everything you need to know about competing on technical potential, investing in a "digital transformation" and following the herd of AI-for-everything visions to save humanity from itself: "In 10 years of writing this column, I’ve interviewed thousands of people, tried hundreds of gadgets and services, and, let’s be real, made more than my share of boneheaded pronouncements and predictions," writes Christopher Mims, technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, yesterday. “Here are five big lessons those blown calls and boneheaded pronouncements have taught me along the way. 1. Disruption is overrated Economic historians have been picking apart the notion of business-model disruption for a long time, and yet hardly a day goes by when a startup, investor, or journalist — including yours truly — doesn’t trumpet the power of a new technology to completely upend even the biggest and most hidebound of industries. Don’t believe it. In a world in which companies learn from one another faster than ever, incumbents have an ability to reinvent themselves at a pace that simply wasn’t possible in the past...." ********** The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast isn't expertise with new technology, it's better strategic thinking. It can be expensive confusing the two. Share with your network before you/they blow your/their budget. #QuentinTarantino

Dear fellow “hot messes”: “We’ve got more power than we think. Having all the wealth and technology in the world doesn’t matter if we don’t have the wisdom to use it in the right manner.” “What’s the number one factor governing the pace of technological change? If you said R&D spending, a country’s net brain power, or any of the other factors experts typically cite, you’ve made the all-too-common error of technological determinism—the fallacy that all it takes for the next big thing to transform our lives is for it to be invented… …what’s most often holding back mass adoption of a technology is our humanity. A new technology has to fit with the quirky, unpredictable, and far-from-rational set of predilections, needs and biases resident in all of us. People who study how humans interact with technology call their field “human factors,” and one of their primary insights is that we are all hot messes.” #christophermims #WSJ #innovation #technology #realestate #humanity

✨ Stay ahead with these top AI news of the day so far: 1. Foxconn to build Taiwan’s fastest AI supercomputer with Nvidia Blackwell | VentureBeat 2. Navigating STEM careers with AI mentors: a new IDP journey | Frontiers 3. Foxconn eyes AI-driven platforms at 2024 tech day | Digitimes Asia 4. How ‘perfctl’ malware infected millions of Linux servers undetected for years | CSO Online 5. OpenAI Makes History Again, This Time by Scoring Billions From Investors | CNET Check out more at mosaik.news #AI #artificialintelligence #MosaikNews

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Too often, business initiatives get mired in bureaucracy, overconfidence, and lack of ownership. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Andrew McAfee explores reasons for the dysfunction—and how to fix it. "[The] book is entitled The Geek Way. It brings up the question, “What do you mean by geek?” That word originally meant a young person who was way too into computers, and that certainly applies in my case. Luckily, as I have grown up, the definition of that word has broadened. I now think it means two things. First of all, it means somebody who’s willing to go deep, somebody who gets obsessed with a hard problem and just wants to wrestle with it. Those people are very tenacious about the problem or the situation that captivates them." "Second of all, if their solutions to the hard problem they’re working on are unconventional, that’s OK. Geeks are not bound by the mainstream. They’re not incredibly fond of the status quo. They are willing to be unconventional. So my shorthand for a geek is two words: obsessive maverick. In The Geek Way, I use geek as a noun, and I’m particularly referring to the business geeks—the people who got obsessed with the hard problem of running a company over a long period of time. But I also use geek as an adjective to describe the companies and the practices that they have come up with." by McKinsey & Company #geek #mindset

Important points to reflect if you sit on a corporate board overseeing strategy, innovation and technology. 1. Disruption is overrated 2. Human factors are everything 3. We’re all susceptible to this one kind of tech B.S. 4. Tech bubbles are useful even when they’re wasteful 5. We’ve got more power than we think #CEO #KSgems #Innovation Manuj Aggarwal https://lnkd.in/e6PC-G2Z

Seven Fears or Concerns around Digital Technology 😱Transitioning from fear and concerns to a place of fearlessness and confidence is a powerful journey towards 🎓embracing new possibilities and opportunities. Understanding how you feel is crucial when navigating the complexities of digital technology. I can relate to harboring fears and concerns about the ever-evolving digital landscape. It's comforting to know that these sentiments are widely shared. Through my own experiences, I've come to realize that addressing these apprehensions is the first step towards embracing the potential and possibilities that technology offers. Let me share with you what I discovered on this journey of understanding and overcoming such common fears and concerns. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 "𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.  I hope you'll find value from them. IF you'd like to be tagged in the next seven posts so you can see all of them enter 𝐓𝐀𝐆 in the comments and I'd be happy to share them with you. #DigitalTransformationFears #TechConcerns #DigitalDilemmas #TechAnxieties #CyberSecurityWorries