Leadership

The Rise of the Empowered Workforce: A New Era for Leaders and Organizations

AI, Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

In my work as a Business Futurist, I’ve been exploring a fascinating, transformative trend I call “The Rise of the Empowered Workforce.” This shift is fueled by a perfect storm: a critical global skills shortage driven by declining birthrates and amplified by rapid AI adoption, colliding head-on with an increasingly discerning (some would say picky) […]

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From Polycrisis to Polyopportunity: Why Scenario Planning is Your Best Business Insurance

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

If the past few weeks have taught us anything, it’s that the world can change – fast! Case in point, we saw a dramatic shift in geopolitical alliances, with the U.S. making a sudden pivot towards Russia, unsettling its long-standing relationships with Western allies. One moment, a meeting between Trump and Zelensky was front-page news;

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What Followers Want

Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

Wow, just wow. Look at this stat by @Gallup from their Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want. 56% of 72,439 responses across 52 countries and territories say the thing they need most from their leaders is hope! Not a pay rise, not additional perks, not even flexible work. Hope, followed by trust, compassion and stability.

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10 Warning Signs of Purpose Crises for Leaders

AI, Future of Work, Hiring, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

November 2024 onstage at BoldHaus\’ annual conference. I said that one of the biggest concerns I have about job disruption from AI is a lack of purpose and the challenge to people\’s identity. One of the women in the audience (and a dear friend), Ani Anderson of Somatic Coaching Academy told me later that she

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Transforming Words into Realistic Videos: A Quick Demo

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

In today\’s #everydayAI video I give a short demo of creating videos – from just a few words or lines of text. They are so realistic. WARNING – it\’s quite addictive! #FutureOfWork #leadership #AI

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OpenAI\’s Launch of Autonomous Agents

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

HUGE news from OpenAI. #autonomousagents / #aiagents are here! I\’ve been saying for the last 6 months that Autonomous Agents will make Natural Language Processing models seem quaint and to expect them in 2025. There have been a few apps that claim to be #ai agents, but none that I\’ve seen that lived up to

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AI Will Be Creating Jobs!

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

FINALLY! I\’ve been quoting the World Economic Forum\’s figures for years that said that by (insert year here…it kept changing) 85 millions jobs could be displaced by AI but 97 million more will be created. I\’ve been waiting for years for these figures to be updated and they finally have. According to the WEF 2025

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Is AI Really Taking Our Jobs?

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

There has been a lot of talk about AI taking our jobs. But the reality, according to global CEOs, is that they are increasing headcount as a result in GenAI investments. This graph tells the story and it\’s a compelling one. 17% of global CEOs have increased headcount as a result of investing in #AI.

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This is a Certified Game-Changer

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

Have you tried NotebookLM? This is a game-changer. With the click of a button, you can create a training course from a one or a set of documents, you can summarize them for a client, a town hall or another group of people, you can even create a podcast where two #AI generated voices

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Impacts of GenAI in 2024

AI, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

I love how the heading on this graph is, \”CEO predictions about the impacts of GenAI in 2024 turned out to be slightly optimistic.\” I think a better heading might have been 56% increase in efficiency, 34% increase in profitability and 32% revenue increase with Generative AI. Remember this technology is only just over 2

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