CATEGORY: Growth Mapping, Opportunity Catalyst / TAG: AI, Corporate Teams, Experience Design, Founders, Opportunity Catalyst, Private Equity
The real question for technology founders and corporate innovators isn’t “How do we build the next frontier AI model?” but rather “How do we leverage AI as infrastructure to solve specific problems?”
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In 2011, Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Today, that prophecy has been fulfilled—but there’s a plot twist that’s reshaping how we think about software’s role in business success.
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The idea of sustainability is a two-fold goal for climate-conscious businesses that have made addressing our climate crisis their mission. Because no matter how noble it is to develop an environmentally sustainable product or solution, if a company cannot find its footing and sustain operations, it will never achieve the impact it is striving for.
Read moreCATEGORY: Growth Mapping / TAG: AI, Growth Strategy, Product Innovation
Trying to determine where to invest? Looking to drive top-line revenue? Can’t focus on what opportunities to pursue? Growth Mapping is an approach that clarifies unidentified or unrealized opportunities.
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Artificial intelligence can do amazing things, but in many cases, we have no idea how those systems make their decisions. The lack of visibility, transparency and usability inherent to foundational AI technologies is often attributed to the nature of the AI “black box” — or how models can only be evaluated by their outputs.
Read moreCATEGORY: Concept Confidence, Growth Mapping, Opportunity Catalyst, Product Realization, Solution Design / TAG: AI, Experience Design
If we want AI systems that get better over time and truly fulfill their potential, they will have to be implemented in a way that allows for new divergent paths and course correction. Otherwise, we’ll find ourselves running in loops.
Read moreCATEGORY: Concept Confidence, Growth Mapping, Opportunity Catalyst, Product Realization, Solution Design / TAG: Corporate Teams, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Experience Design, Founders
Generative AI products GPT-4 and ChatGPT are clearly groundbreaking innovations. But can they generate transformative new ideas? New products, services, and businesses will certainly be built using AI — potentially with greater speed and efficiency than ever before. But don’t confuse the novelty of seemingly cogent outputs from language models with meaningful results — or valuable outcomes.
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