Over half of leaders regret replacing people with AI: Will you be next?

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There's a rush by organizations to incorporate AI in the workplace processes, and also a rush for candidates to gain AI skills through various courses.
However, there are timew when it's felt that they should have taken more time to consider factors, including the future before taking the decision.

For eg., I wonder if those rushing to learn MLL, have considered that one day, they might be made redundant by AI systems that they have created.

Here's a thought-provoking article on why there are regrets for replacing people with #AI.

From the article: "your competitors will buy AI technologies similar to, or better than, those you are using to replace your people. Any first-mover advantage will be quickly lost.".

Read the entire article here

4 Ways to Create a Learning Culture

Super read on how to create #learningculture in your #team

I'm not sure about point 1 which is about rewarding learning, since research shows that rewards don't do a great job of drive either #learning or #retention of content, never mind applying the learning.

Point 3 which is about #leadingbyexample is spot on, cannot be emphasised enough.

Read the article here.

Why Your Brain Needs More Downtime

 Fascinating read on the importance giving downtime to your brain on a regular basis instead of just being extremely busy in the pursuit of your goals. This reminded me of Tom Hodgkinson's book 'How to be Idle' which has mentioned these ideas sans the research (which probably wasn't available).

From the article:"Throughout history people have intuited that such puritanical devotion to perpetual busyness does not in fact translate to greater productivity and is not particularly healthy. What if the brain requires substantial downtime to remain industrious and generate its most innovative ideas? "Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets," essayist Tim Kreider wrote in The New York Times. "The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration—it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done."

Read the rest of the article here.