Artificial Intelligence, Competition and Balloons
W. Edward Deming taught that quality is achieved by measuring as much as possible and reducing variations, and reducing variation is achieved by improving the system, not just pieces. Japan widely...
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What Artificial Intelligence can Teach Us
Most of us understand that artificial intelligence (AI) offers opportunities for productivity improvements in the form of speed, automation, standardized actions and responses, plus the opportunity for continuous improvements via...
Digital Technologies and the Compression of Time and Distance
Professor Paul Virilio, a philosopher of speed, urbanist and cultural theorist, wrote at length about the impact of speed on society. He wrote that speed compresses both time and distance. Where...
Patterns, Platforms and Automation
Any significant business process that can be documented and best practices identified – will be. Any defined process that can be standardized – will be. Standardized processes that can be...
Digital Transformation and the New Rules for Start-Ups
I have had the opportunity to work for and around a good many start-ups during the course of my career. Often the start-up founders would simply define a problem, develop...
Digital Transformation and the Leadership Mandate
I have read several articles recently about projects designed to teach digital systems to think more like humans. For example one article was about teaching chatbot systems to communicate empathy to...
