Work-life balance and working remote (working from home) is a topic that usually instigates a debate like a discussion on God. Both sides vehemently posit their point of view by citing examples and data from various sources rarely coming to a conclusion or a common ground. In traditional and large companies, ‘working from home’ is… Read More: Working remote or remotely working? »
A while ago I mentioned in one of my blogs how AI can replace the HR department and bring more objectivity to the staffing, hiring and other HR processes. But what if, the AI itself introduces a bias? After all, the algorithms are developed by ‘natural intelligence’ and the training and validation data sets are… Read More: Beware the bias… in your AI algos »
My most recent book provides a primer on essential soft-skills for managing your career. During my own career of 30+ years, I focused on sharpening my soft-skills along with the hard-skills required to do my job. A lot of times I was told that it’s only the hard-skills that create a differentiator and learning about… Read More: Soft-skills, the hidden differentiator »
Hyperboles and fear-mongering aside, in few years the reach and pace of AI adoption in all aspects of our lives and business will accelerate. We are fast approaching the hype phase where plastering AI, in bold letters, on a slide deck will pique VC interest and unlock some funding. Use of AI will be touted… Read More: AI – Where to next? »
On an average more than 250,000 patents get filed every year in US alone. Every company worth its salt, especially in hi-tech, is notorious about protecting their intellectual property. They hire teams of lawyers to make sure no one steals or copies their ideas; even if these patents never see light of the day in… Read More: Use AI to unlock ideas and innovation… how? »
In every organization there are stellar sales folks who have a touch of gold. For an outsider it appears that they walk in and close a deal over a handshake. Others in the sales team try to mimic their style or observe and learn but never seem to be able to match their throughput. What… Read More: AI helps close the deal… how? »
One of the challenges that all enterprise face is to identify the right leaders and build a robust leadership pipeline to secure the company’s future. For any organization that intends to stay in business long after the founders have retired or are gone, the worst nightmare is to have layers of mediocrity in its leadership… Read More: You think you are a leader… Will the AI agree? »
Now that I have grabbed your attention with sensational headlines, continue reading if you’d like to use AI for hiring transformation and talent management. Over the decades, HR and Staffing have earned a bad reputation. The workers blame them for always siding with the management, while the management blames them for not adding any value.… Read More: AI takes over as massive layoffs continue in HR &… »
Let’s start with the low hanging fruit before I get into the domain of using AI for line-of-business. Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) became absolutely necessary because of big-data. If it were not for ML and AI, most of the social media platforms would have been rendered useless from the get go. Consider… Read More: We need to use AI against AI. How? »
I vaguely remember the day but somewhere between Nov 1994 – Jan 1995, I got my hands on the Netscape browser. With every click on the hyperlink of static web-pages my excitement and visions of the possibilities and the future exploded unbounded. During the course of my career, I have never bothered my family with… Read More: Artificial Intelligence – The new shiny object. Is it really? »