AI workshops for boards and management
See Dr Duignan’s media comment on chatbots and AI. Impacts on politics, education, jobs, government and society.
Boards and Management
Those that ‘understand the significance of this change - and act on it first - will be at a considerable advantage’ Ethan Mollick, HBR.
Learning to Love the Bot™ Strategic Challenges of AI and Chatbots For Boards and Management - a one-hour presentation, or more extended workshop, to spark in-depth board or management strategic conversations about the challenges that AI and chatbots now present. Tech companies are obviously hyping the numerous positive opportunities of AI. But boards and management also need to grapple with the fact that AI may massively disrupt, and in some cases virtually eliminate, certain types of business models. Boards and management are already working on leveraging AI within their current operations. But they also need to focus on how AI will transform their current markets and whether AI may reduce or eliminate their customer base sooner rather than later. We have identified 14 ways in which AI is likely to impact on society, and boards and management need to understand the social trends and reactions that maybe unleashed by the AI chatbots revolution.
Feedback from Learning to Love the Bot™ Workshops by Dr Paul Duignan
'Excellent.'
’I like that the presentation leads to a lot of thinking about impacts of AI and how we can handle/embrace it.'
'Very interesting presentation. This was a great introduction to raise awareness about ChatGPT and how fast it is growing, and its implications (thinking about policies, psychological effects).’
’So interesting. Super fast and full of interesting insights.'
'In such a short time, there was so much - thank you".
’A great intro to chatbots - super interesting - there's a lot to process!'
’Great, learnt a lot, going to investigate now, but I am a bit freaked out.'
So much information delivered in easily digestible, relevant chunks.'
Dr Paul Duignan’s experience in Technology impact
During his career, Paul has been a researcher on the impact of new technology, involved in discussions regarding the effects of new technologies such as the introduction of electronic barcoding into NZ, involved in national IT workforce planning discussions, involved in presentations, training and promotion of the use of the internet and web to groups in the health and community sector and groups such as the NZ Institute of Directors. Did strategy work on how the NZ government should move to more digital interaction with citizens and undertook work for the Royal Society of NZ on public consultation regarding the management of technological risk. He was involved in setting up a system of Access Grids in NZ universities (early multimedia internet-connected hubs for research on the NZ KAREN academic network) and ran a startup developing award-winning strategy visualisation software. Wider experience includes: facilitating strategy work across all sectors. He was the director of the Labour Research Unit at the NZ Parliament. He has also been a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Urban Institute in Washington D.C. In addition, Paul has undertaken consulting work internationally, for instance with international organisations such as the IMF.