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Article analysis: Course overview - business opportunities and applications of generative AI

Article analysis: Course overview - business opportunities and applications of generative AI

Discover how to leverage generative AI for business growth and explore its diverse applications in our comprehensive course overview.

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Course Overview - Business Opportunities and Applications of Generative AI

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The agent-shaped org chart

Every real org has the same topology: principal, role-holder, specialists. Staff AI maps onto it, node for node, and the cost collapse shows up in the deliverables that were always just human-handoff overhead.

AI as staff, not software

Two frames for what AI is doing to work. The tool frame makes tools smarter. The staff frame makes roles unnecessary. Those aren't the same product, the same company, or the same industry.

Knowledge work was never work

Knowledge work was always coordination between humans who couldn't share state directly. The artifacts were never the work. They were the overhead — and AI just made the overhead optional.

The work of being available now

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The practice of work in progress

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

How do I get my dev team to adopt AI?

A stub on helping mixed-interest development teams find their own useful ways into AI.

Want to learn about agents? Talk to someone who ran an agency.

I spent 20 years running consulting engagements at Fortune 500 companies. Turns out that's the best preparation for running a fleet of AI agents ... because the problems are identical.

Your AI agents need a water cooler

We run a twelve-session AI fleet that coordinates through an IRC breakroom. A friend asked: why are you making AI agents act like humans? The answer turned out to be more interesting than the question.

Article analysis: Lifting GenAI out of the trough of disillusionment

Unlock the true potential of GenAI by transforming business processes instead of just speeding them up. Discover innovative strategies for success.

Article analysis: The rise of the micro-credentials movement: Validating skills beyond traditional degrees

Explore how micro-credentials bridge skill gaps, enhance hiring, and offer affordable, flexible learning options for today's workforce demands.

Article analysis: Generative AI: The great leadership equalizer

Explore how generative AI can transform leadership by promoting empathy and ethics over ambition, creating a new paradigm for effective guidance.