In December 1945 ā January 1946, Picasso created āLe Taureauā or āThe Bullā, a series of 11 stone prints that painstakingly explored the purest essence of a bull. With each successive print, a bull is simplified and abstracted. It is considered as an iconic representation of absolute simplicity. In 2008, Steve Jobs set out to teach employees at Apple this philosophy. āYou have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of…
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…
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…
How to Shift Your Mindset to Become Irreplaceable in the Age of AI
I joined enterprise industry legends Pascal Bornet, Ray Wang, and Vala Afshar to explore a new future forward and I’m feeling so inspired! ✨ Iāve known Ray Wang and Vala Afshar for years, too many to count. Iāve also followed the work of Pascal Bornet, also, for too many years to count. It was a coming home of sorts when I joined them on DisrupTV for a conversation about AI and the mindset needed to think beyond automation. This was…
Is Your Company Ready for the Future? Exclusive Bulk Deals on Mindshift Now Available
Hello friends! After years in development, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future will officially start shipping next week! 🎉 Iād love your support as we bring this much-needed book to leaders everywhere. 🙏😁 Believe it or not, this is my first business/leadership book since X: The Experience When Business Meets Design published in 2015 at SXSW. It feels incredible and, honestly, a little nerve-racking. 😅 But hereās the thingāMindshift is exactly the book we need right now….
