Month: November 2024
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Perspective blindness, and using AI to challenge your thinking
‘20 years after my own graduation I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliche about teaching you how to think is actually shorthand for a much deeper more serious idea. Learning how to think really means learning how to
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‘Good enough’ prompting
I really liked Ethan Mollick’s thoughts this week about ‘good enough’ prompting for AI tools. He references a study of Doctors using GenAI tools which revealed some interesting observations around algorithmic aversion (our hesitancy to take advice from machines when they conflict
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Do social media algorithms flatten culture?
It’s a good question. Years ago I wrote about different types of content curation, positing that there were three main types – algorithmic (we see stuff because of algorithms), professional (people who are paid to curate such as editors and commissioners) and social
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The Six Types of Wealth
I have a sticky note on the wall in my office which lists the six types of wealth: Money, Time, Relationships, Health, Knowledge, and Experiences. I put it there as a constant reminder that there are different types of wellbeing and wealth,
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Tanks, innovation and transformative thinking
One of my favourite models for navigating technological-driven change (and realising the opportunity of technology-driven innovation) is SAMR, which stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition. Drawn from education, the framework relates to the fundamental options for how new technology can enhance capability: it