Articles for category: Drive

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

Finding Someone to Keep Up

When you’re younger, everyone is pushing you to keep up It’s an all-out assault on the senses as every person you meet is giving you advice on what you should and shouldn’t do. There is a big push to keep up as there are invariably more people ahead of you then behind (its just numbers). Finding someone to keep up with is easy; even in professional circles, there are many, many places for you to look. Eventually, things shift as more people try to keep up with you, and the pressure wanes as you no longer need to keep up

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

What would you make your Agent do?

I love this definition of an AI agent today – “Brilliant, but lacks expertise.” This is 100% how I see AI agents today. I found this video interesting, if only because it gave a non-hyped version of agents. You wouldn’t hire a developer to manage your network, and that’s the same way you should approach the development of your agents – one size does not fit all.

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

Who’s the Real Expert?

If you want to rank who is an expert in your company from 1 to n, you might be surprised where you land. This happens because we invariably rank ourselves in the context of the skills that we have, and not the skills that we need to have and/or don’t have. I.e., when you rank yourself, you’re ranking yourself against your own yardstick, not everyone else’s. Who sits at the top might surprise you because it’s not a skill that would lead you to think of being an expert in the company. What’s this all to say? You’re not an

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

Changing Direction

Go outside, run as fast as you can. Then, without planning, spin around as fast as you can and go in the complete opposite direction. What happens? Someone who is a runner might navigate the change well, turn and go, ready for the next challenge. Someone who is an occasional runner might have to slow down, lose momentum, and work to catch up. Someone who isn’t a runner might stop, or possibly fall over, question why they were running in the first place, then turn around and start walking, apprehensive of what might happen next. Add in some snow for

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

Generalist or Specialist?

Good news, the debate between generalists and specialists has raged on for decades. Even better news, AI will not change it. If Captain Picard can captain a starship and somehow know how to reprogram the deflector dish, there is still hope out there for all of us. Head down, back to work, ignore the hype.

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