I have to tell you, I am absolutely loving the Digital Outliers podcast series and I hope you are too. In this episode, I get to talk with Brenda Cooper who among many things, is the CIO for the city of Kirkland, Washington. She is also a futurist and the author of nineĀ science fiction and fantasy books. Her most recent novels areĀ POST (Espec Books, 2016) and Spear of LightĀ (Pyr, 2016).Ā Ā Her other works includeĀ Edge of DarkĀ (Pyr, 2015),Ā The Creative Fire(Pyr, 2012), andĀ The…
Employees Swipe Right to Personal Tech in the Workplace
The consumerization of IT has been long in the making. While it’s nothing new, the employee-driven trends of social media, BYOD (bring your own device) and BYOA (apps) in the workplace are only accelerating and proliferating. In addition to managing enterprise technology infrastructure and digital transformation roadmaps, IT must now balance the sanctioning and connectivity of new technologies while also managing and mitigating costs, compliance, security and data risks. At the same time, employees will say, and attentive organizations will…
A Real-Time Conversation About AI and the Future of Work
Ā I recently had one of the most fast-paced, fun and provocative conversations I had in a while. It wasn’t something that happened in IRL. Instead, this real-time conversation took place on Twitter. Ā Organized by Cognizant and Pega prior to #Pegaworld, I joinedĀ Ben Pring, author of What To Do When Machines do Everything as well as Cogizant and Pega executives and AI/FoW experts on Twitter,Ā to discuss the unfolding reality ofĀ Ā AI and its role in the future of work. And, more importantly,…
Crossing Over to the Darkside of Digital and Seeing the Light
āYesterday is not tomorrow; we canāt innovate, we canāt do new things by opening old doors.ā Paul Miller spends a lot of time thinking about the future of work. In fact, he wrote a book on the subject, “The Digital Renaissance of Work: Delivering digital workplaces fit for the future.” I greatly respectĀ Paul’s work and I’ve been lucky to know him for quite some time now.Ā In fact, I was honored to write the foreword to his book. Following that, Paul…
Would you make a decision to join or leave a company based on how you work?
Did you know that employees and employee prospects judge the immediate and long-term potential of a company by their reliance on desktop phones? To some it makes total sense. Why would any company have tethered devices to talk to someone else? Don’t we have mobile devices and apps for that? Besides, I’m always on the go. On the other hand, some might wonder as to why we would be having this conversation at all. Of course there are desktop phones!…
Facebook is Becoming a Social Operating System for Human Beings and Robots
At f8 2017, Facebook aims to become your social network for reality, augmented reality and virtual realityā¦really. In the heart of Silicon Valley, Facebook once again hosted its highly-anticipated developer conference, which, for the record, appeals to anyone who follows, designs for, or uses the worldās largest social network. Drawing an estimated 4,000 attendees from all around the world, Facebookās news blurred the line between reality and virtual reality and human and robot engagement for users in their personal and…
In 2016, Resolve to āDisrupt Yourselfā
Guest post byĀ Whitney JohnsonĀ (@johnsonwhitney), author of Disrupt Yourself Oft-spoken though it is, ādisruptionā is not a catchword; itās a powerful force transforming organizations, communities, and ultimately the world. But it starts small, as an individual choice to change. Companies and organizations donāt disrupt unless their people do. Individual disruptors upend their companies in ways not always welcomed by their associates. Disruptors can be seen as a fifth column, undermining the familiar and comfortable status quo, not to mention their colleaguesā…
Help! My Boss Is a Millennial (and Iām not)
Guest post by Ā Liza Bennigson (#StartupMom),Ā a non-millennialās take on the millennial mindset Iām not your typical start-up employee. Iām 37 with two young kids, and I still have an iPhone 5. My idea of a wild night is staying up till 11pm to watchĀ The Voice. My boss, the CEO and co-founder of ourĀ start-up, is 26. Constantly on the go, Jayne Ronayne can talk, type, text, walk and drink coffee at the same time. She is at some networking event or…
Like Every Business, We Too Stand on the Path of Disruption
Guest post by Jay Samit (@jaysamit), a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book Disrupt You! Your career is going to be disrupted.Ā I guarantee it.Ā Office automation is expected to make 40% of the current workforce obsolete by 2020.Ā 3D printing is anticipated to eliminate 320 manufacturing jobs; further impacting the millions of truck drivers replaced by autonomous vehicles.Ā We are now living in an era of endless innovation where technology continues accelerating exponentially while businesses struggle to…
The Expertise Gap is Real and Employees Need Your Attention Now
The biggest challenge is not in the understanding or expertise associated with new technology. We can learn that. The biggest problem is our inability to recognize that the experience we have today is not the experience we need going forward. A notable separation exists between the expertise people have or are learning and the jobs companies need to hire for in an increasingly digital economy. This means that current employees possess expertise to perform jobs that are losing prominence in…
