There are some very sweeping generalisations here and show little or no encouragement to adopt tech aids or "AI" as as something to be wary of.
There also are some very simple solutions that can help save a great deal of time, effort straight out of the box just using readily avialable hardware in most people's pockets.
A Samsung s23 has the capability of "listening" to a meeting, providing a bullet point summary and talking full minutes at a level of accuracy far greater than the standard "human".
If there is a marketing department out there who aren't using the basic form of Canva or similar are frankly, wasting a lot of time and ultimately money as someone with basic digital skills can master the professional marketing campaigns can be produced at speed.
Play with these things, you wont break them.
Employ someone if your org is big enough to do just that. Products can then be cherrypicked to provide the best improvements to organisations saving time and improving productivity with minimal training.
The myth that "AI" is complicated to use is another fallacy. The whole thing is it needs to be simple to use and safe: that's what it's created for.
Work smarter not harder and prevarication is the thief of time.
Hi Simon - thanks for taking the time to comment! Your 'very simple solutions' I would argue fall into the category of neat productivity hacks, and won't go anywhere near delivering on some of the claims of millions, if not billions, of pounds saved from public sector budgets.
What I am saying is that for those kinds of savings to be made, organisations need to be far more strategic in their choices and do a lot of grunt work to get ready to implement whatever solutions they settle on.
This is the main problem with the way most people approach the problems created by the ever widening digital divide.
Imagine life is a train. As you travel through this accelerating world if you aren't on the train your journey is impeded by prevarication.
Not addressing or ackowledging that "something needs to be done" is asking for problems down the line.
The main point is that a flexible approach and acting with speed is the way to progress. Only those who optimise the tools available will have the advantage of a more progressive future.
The whole way of working is changing and simply saying it's "a bit tough" is not very helpful.
Use the tools on offer to work smarter not harder.
There are some very sweeping generalisations here and show little or no encouragement to adopt tech aids or "AI" as as something to be wary of.
There also are some very simple solutions that can help save a great deal of time, effort straight out of the box just using readily avialable hardware in most people's pockets.
A Samsung s23 has the capability of "listening" to a meeting, providing a bullet point summary and talking full minutes at a level of accuracy far greater than the standard "human".
If there is a marketing department out there who aren't using the basic form of Canva or similar are frankly, wasting a lot of time and ultimately money as someone with basic digital skills can master the professional marketing campaigns can be produced at speed.
Play with these things, you wont break them.
Employ someone if your org is big enough to do just that. Products can then be cherrypicked to provide the best improvements to organisations saving time and improving productivity with minimal training.
The myth that "AI" is complicated to use is another fallacy. The whole thing is it needs to be simple to use and safe: that's what it's created for.
Work smarter not harder and prevarication is the thief of time.
Hi Simon - thanks for taking the time to comment! Your 'very simple solutions' I would argue fall into the category of neat productivity hacks, and won't go anywhere near delivering on some of the claims of millions, if not billions, of pounds saved from public sector budgets.
What I am saying is that for those kinds of savings to be made, organisations need to be far more strategic in their choices and do a lot of grunt work to get ready to implement whatever solutions they settle on.
This is the main problem with the way most people approach the problems created by the ever widening digital divide.
Imagine life is a train. As you travel through this accelerating world if you aren't on the train your journey is impeded by prevarication.
Not addressing or ackowledging that "something needs to be done" is asking for problems down the line.
The main point is that a flexible approach and acting with speed is the way to progress. Only those who optimise the tools available will have the advantage of a more progressive future.
The whole way of working is changing and simply saying it's "a bit tough" is not very helpful.
Use the tools on offer to work smarter not harder.
Change is the only way to progress.
Err, ok.