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Insights on Strategy and Integrity - Beyond The Obvious
You must not sleep!
If you keep on ignoring the injustice done to others, then one day, when injustice befalls you, there will be nobody to help you. Courage is not about absence of fear, it is about doing what you believe is right even when you are afraid.
You must not sleep!
Vårens styrevalg er tid for klokskap, ikke bekjentskap
En klassiske tilnærming til styrevalg er "hvem kjenner vi" - faktisk så mange som 80% av norske styremedlemmer hentes inn på dette grunnlaget. Jeg legger godviljen til og velger å tro at dette handler om opplevd trygghet, fordi vedkommende har lang fartstid og bransjeerfaring. Utfordringen er at den verden vi nå står i krever en langt større bredde i ferdigheter og kunnskap enn det man har trengt tidligere. Samtidig har styrenes rolle endret seg fra å være en ren kontrollinstans til også å være en strategisk motor for selskapet.
DeepSeek is a whale shark, not a Black Swan
I'm not surprised by the launch of Deepseek. I'm surprised by all the intelligent people out there who are surprised about the launch of Deepseek. Many an investor has called Deep Seek a Black Swan over the last few weeks.
The transformer technology is well-known. It's open. Altman's empire was built on a perceived oligopoly, where OpenAI as perceived market leader held the throne. Strategically, it was only a matter of time until some company somewhere launched an approach to LLM which is much more efficient than OpenAI's tech stack.
My Father’s Legacy I: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
I have for a long time let my father's heritage collect dust. It's time to continue his work and remind the world of the horrors of facism and nazism. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, George Santayana (1905).
AI literacy is not optional
A key element in responsible and value-creating adoption of AI is competence. In fact, Chapter 1 Article 4 of the EU AI Act makes it mandatory to provide training to achieve relevant AI literacy. This article comes into force February 2nd 2025.
Digitalization Gone Astray
Digitalization in general and artificial intelligence in particular is often proclaimed to be the solution to most, if not all, sustainability challenges. We tend to think that digital is sustainable, because the data are just flying wirelessly through the air. We are, however, behaving like the mythical ostrich with its head in the sand. As we enter the festive holidays, consumption is surging. Wrapped in glossy paper we give and receive the latest and coolest within digital electronics, “powered by AI”.
2024 - the year of friction and alignment
Predictions for developments within artificial intelligence in 2024
Are you doing business in the public library?
ChatGPT is a useful tool for individual efficiency and productivity. It is, however, not a tool of strategic importance for a business.
AI is dead, long live AI!
Basic understanding of AI should be compulsory for any C-level or board director.
Memorize! Don't memorize!
Memorization is an important component of a skillfully delivered keynote. But how much should you memorize, and how to do it?
If you want to persuade, there is no such thing as ad hoc delivery
Have you ever been asked to do a talk/keynote/presentation, and felt like you don't have enough time to prepare properly?
Bias - a question of human stupidity, not the diversity of the tech team
To reduce bias in machines, we need to become better versions of humans. The future is not human less, it is human more.
Digital is Not Necessarily Sustainable
If I asked you what your company's most important action towards achieving the 1,5 degree target is, how likely is it that you would answer "digitalization"?