Role Models for Japan Today: (L to R) Masamichi Tanaka, Takashi Kitao, Yuki Nakanishi, and Shuji Tanaka From Cool Japan to Cooled Japan It was the late 1980s and the Japanese yen was supercharged. Japanese corporations opened up factories and offices all over the world. Thousands of Japanese managers and engineers, many of whom had… Continue reading Agency Abroad: The Japanese Who Learned by Leaving
Category: Self Awareness
The AI-Augmented Leader: When Intelligence is Instant and Cheap, Humans are the Difference
They were the excel whizzes and the PowerPoint masters, those who could synthesize a rambling meeting into a sleek deck before lunch, or provide the minutes of a meeting held in English, but explained in your native tongue. In my years overseeing leadership talent reviews for MNCs in Asia, managers would often identify, perhaps over-emphasize… Continue reading The AI-Augmented Leader: When Intelligence is Instant and Cheap, Humans are the Difference
AI’s Greatest Gift: What it Means to be Human and the Emerging Authenticity Economy
It's been a long time since I was fully gratified by a film I had longingly wanted to see – A Complete Unknown, about the Nobel-prize winnin’, free-wheelin’ Bob Dylan. The story was immersive. The actors were embodiments of the originals. And the music was real - no overdubs, no lip-synch, no AI. Timothée Chalamet… Continue reading AI’s Greatest Gift: What it Means to be Human and the Emerging Authenticity Economy
AI Reasoning is Coming: The Smarter AI Gets the More Adept at Calling Bull$#!+ Humans Need to Be
Would you rather be Sherlock or Rain Man in today's world? We are fascinated with people who have photographic memory, like when Dustin Hoffman portrayed the autistic savant, Raymond in the 1988 film Rain Man, suddenly spitting out the telephone number and address of a diner waitress because he had read the local phone book… Continue reading AI Reasoning is Coming: The Smarter AI Gets the More Adept at Calling Bull$#!+ Humans Need to Be
The Rising Occurrence of Self-Censorship and the Rising Need for Critical Thinking
It was a simple question posed by the Thai filmmaker. What did these six film and TV productions have in common? Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy JFK, directed by Oliver Stone Social Network, directed by David Fincher The Crown, created by Peter Morgan All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula A… Continue reading The Rising Occurrence of Self-Censorship and the Rising Need for Critical Thinking
Losing and Finding Yourself: A Perfect Five-Minute Scene From Ted Lasso
In the middle of the journey of my life I awoke in a dark wood where the true way was wholly lost. - Dante Alighieri The precocious young manager of West Ham was out of a job, with all the time in the world to wallow in self-pity. The owner of the AFC… Continue reading Losing and Finding Yourself: A Perfect Five-Minute Scene From Ted Lasso