The Saudi Ministry of Media announced on Thursday the launch of the ImpaQ Impact Makers Forum, set to take place on Dec. 18-19 in Riyadh. The landmark event, announced by media minister Salman bin Yousef Al-Dosari, will be Saudi Arabiaās largest gathering for influencers, digital content creators and industry experts, aimed at redefining the role of influence in the rapidly evolving digital landscape. The forum is expected to bring together more than 300 influencers from around the world, spanning diverse…
What is a Mindshift and Why Now? Plus Updates, Offers, and a Personal Request
Before we jump in, I have some updates, offers, and a personal request. Let me start by wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Holidays! 🎄✨ Travel I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Vienna, where I participated in the Global Drucker Forum. I still need to take some time to write about my experience thereāit truly inspired me to think like I did in the early days! A heartfelt thank you to Stephan Balzer for hosting…
AInsights: From Conversation to Creation, How ChatGPT 4o’s Canvas Transforms AI Collaboration
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AIā¦ My new book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future, just launched. I’m catching up on the biggest news coming out of the genAI world. Here’s more from OpenAI. The company recently announced its competitor to Google Search and in some respect, Perplexity, but so far, only in specific applications such as writing and coding. Canvas, provides a new window into collaborating with generative AI. On…
AInsights: OpenAI Introduces SearchGPT; Disrupts Google Again
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AIā¦ With the launch of my new book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future, I’m a little behind in covering some of the industry’s biggest genAI news! So, let’s jump right in… During the summer of 2024, OpenAI previewed a prototype of AI search, designed to offer fast and timely answers with āclear and relevant sources.ā It was marketed as a new way to search. On…
AInsights: Nvidiaās Bold Move: Open-Source AI That Challenges GPT-4 and Democratizes Innovation
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AIā¦ My new book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future, just launched! Please join me on the journey to inspire a new genre of leadership and innovation! Nvidia just dropped a bombshell: NVLM 1.0, an open-source family of large multimodal AI models designed to compete head-to-headāand even outperformāOpenAI’s GPT-4. The highlight of this release is the NVLM-D-72B, a 72 billion parameter powerhouse that excels at both…
Futurist Brian Solis to Keynote Integrated Systems Europe ISE 2025 in Barcelona
Brian Solis will keynote ISE 2025 in Barcelona. The digital analyst and author, who is head of global innovation at ServiceNow, will share his vision on how the pro AV and systems integration sector can innovate through developments in AI. The head of global innovation at cloud-based platform ServiceNow will share his vision on how the pro AV and systems integration industry can change and innovate through the latest developments in AI. Solis is an eightātime best-selling author, known for…
Mindshift is a USA Today BestsellerāThank You!
I can’t even believe I’m writing this. Mindshift has officially made the USA Today bestseller list! This milestone is beyond anything I could have imagined, and itās all thanks to your incredible support. After five years since my last book, I felt both excited and uncertain about releasing Mindshift. Quite honestly, in a world that’s changed so much since the release of Lifescale in 2019, I wondered if anyone would remember me or be interested in anything I had to…
Andrew Keen and Brian Solis discuss how to reshape the future before it reshapes us
Andrew Keen and I have been friends for the better part of almost two decades. We’ve crosses paths many times during the shift from Web 1.0 to 2.0, the rise of the iPhone and the mobile revolution, and now the consumerization of AI. We’ve also shared the stage around world and even crossed each other in airports around the world! Not only am I proud to call him a friend, I’m also a big fan of his work and thinking….
The First Review of Mindshift is In and Here’s What It Says…
John Pearson over at Pails in Comparison published the first Mindshift review and I just had to share it with you. To be honest, I was nervous. Like anyone who cares about their work, you wonder how others will experience it. Let me just share the highlights with you… I canāt praise this book enough! Why? Before you host your next same-old/same-old strategic planning task force meetingāinspire everyone to read this important book. Mindshift is next to impossible to review…
AInsights: Google’s NotebookLM Will Turn Any Executive into an Expert Researcher, Analyst, and Podcaster?
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AIā¦ Iām not going to lie, when I first heard about the Google Notebook, officially named NotebookLM, itās new AI pilot program, I thought that it would be limited to use by students and educators. Iāve since changed my mind. You could say I shifted my mindset. So what is NotebookLM? Is it just another tool like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta.ai, or Claude? Yes and no. NotebookLM is powered…
