I started writing this blog in 2014, now, almost 12 years later, through ups and downs, on days I wrote, and days I couldn’t, through the good grammar and the bad, through the good comments and the bad, I’ve reached a number I never would have thought possible. 3,000 No AI (You’ve seen the grammar, right?) No Idea Generators (I mean, who would come up with some of these ideas?) Barely a blip on the…
It’s almost the end of summer and what did you do? Did it go as you planned? Did you fit in all your workouts and extra learning? Did you rest? Did you find time to look at the sky? If you didn’t, there is still time, and maybe you don’t want to do it anymore, and that is fine too. It’s your summer, as long as you’re happy with how it turned out—who’s to say…
It might not be the best feedback you’ve heard. It might take you down a peg. It might even make you tear up. But there are 8 billion other people on the planet who haven’t heard your idea and this idea, this thing, might be just what they are looking for and just what they need. Don’t throw it away, keep it, think about it, ponder it. But don’t accept it as the all encompassing…
Microsoft put out this fun article this past week on the Top 40 jobs threatened by AI and those that are seemingly secure. The full article is here. Hats off to the use of Top 40, invoking the vibes of Casey Kasem’s weekly Top 40 that I listened to as a kid for years. In the Top 40, most affected jobs… #5 Authors and Writers – Because we no longer will want creative, innovative thoughts…
Nothing ever works the first time. New ideas stumble over the finish line the first time, and once there, will probably need some help to get ready for the next race. The Unproven ideas, or even the “Not Proven Here” ideas, are the ones with the greatest Naysayers because they are rooted in change. Changing what you do. Changing what the team does. Feeling uncomfortable. Challenging the Unknown. That’s what Naysayers do, they don’t talk…