Over the past few years, I have watched businesses in Pakistan respond to extraordinary inflationary pressure. The responses have been understandable. Sometimes prices were increased and sometimes there was sharp focus on costs. Hiring slowed and investment was postponed as organisations found ways to do more with less. In my advisory work, I have increasingly […]
Ready For The Future ?
We often respond to disruption by adopting new technology, changing structures or launching transformation programmes. I believe the more fundamental question is whether our organisations have developed the capability to learn and adapt. In my latest op ed for Dawn, I explore why technology alone cannot transform an organisation and why people, judgement, learning and […]
Missing foundation of AI readiness
Over the years I have had the opportunity to discuss with many leadership teams their thoughts about digital transformation, automation and, increasingly, AI. Almost every organisation is excited about what these technologies can do. But when the conversation goes a little deeper, a different picture often emerges. Many organisations are eager to adopt AI, but […]
AI Is Not the Next Internet. It May Be the Next Electricity?
I have been trying to educate myself about AI and, like many non-technical people, I sometimes struggle to separate the hype from the reality. At first, I thought of AI as the next Internet. For my generation, the Internet was the defining technology of our time. It transformed access to information, enabled global communication, and […]
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