Automating CEO-Level Work with LLMs A large portion of what Fortune 500 CEOs do could be automated or at least augmented using LLMs, AI agents, and other digital tools. Below is a breakdown of what can and cannot be automated, the skills still required for human oversight, and the potential […]
There is a lot of talk about AI taking jobs away and automating what us humans do. AI isn’t the first threat to taking away jobs. In the end, the machines find a useful existence and us humans learn new ways of working with new tools and find additional opportunity […]
I had the pleasure of talking at the UACon 2024 Winter Talk Conference. It’s a virtual conference but a bit different. Things we pre-recoded but you had to watch/participate on the day that that talk was given. Derek Lane puts this conference together and it’s a lot of work even […]
Establishing shared understanding in service of innovative product development. If you are in product management and wish that discovery would take much less time – this paper is for you. Throughout many fields of work, we find numerous examples of visual models and representations that facilitate early discovery of what […]
This talk was based on a white paper I wrote when at Turnberry Solutions. We need to really think about two key things: Efficiency and Effectiveness For so long the world has been focusing on efficiency within a team building a software product. Sure – this can be a good […]
trans·par·en·cy /tran(t)ˈsperənsē/ noun Does transparency scare the living $#*! out of you? When you are forced onto these glass floors at extreme heights, it’s darn scary. Imagine you are new to a team. Let’s say you’re even new to a career. With both of those conditions, you know you want […]
Using Zero Distance and Product Tools to Innovate in Healthcare – A Case Study Presented by: Creg Schumann, Nathan Koering, & Jim Christy – Turnberry Solutions & Optum Behavioral Health This panel presentation will describe how a group was put together to explore in “dark space” to find solutionswhere none […]
So often, people’s very best intentions to make a tool work better for us inadvertently make the tool work against us. Our schemes for the perfect tool configuration frequently miss what we think is a rare case but is actually an all-too-common occurrence for a few – if not many – teams. It’s at […]
How do you approach innovation? This talk was a case study and some ideas that can help when innovating. During this engagement I ran across some of the best innovation and creativity conversations and writing I have found to date. I’d suggest you look at what Emergent Futures Lab is […]
Gender creates a rigid construct that can cause harm. Debra Chasnoff created Ground Spark to produce a number of amazing films. Most of them are documentaries whose stories are told through the combination of childrens’ voices and thoughts. About Straightlaced From girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image […]