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Executive Support: Learning to Co-Exist with Robots


Busy executives must prepare for life in the age of Artificial Intelligence, with all of the related new technologies. It's exciting, if not intimidating - we are all wide-eyed in an era of unparalleled progress! 

We are witnessing the titans of the 4th Industrial Revolution - watching them invent, stabilize and solve the larger issues of security, data privacy, data management, speed, new computational models and more. People are embracing the technological changes, slowly but eagerly. Businesses are adapting, and will need to define flexible technology and business roadmaps... and start down the road now called, Industry 4.0.

 In the short-term, people and enterprises will achieve efficiencies, and realize the benefits of using new toys and acquiring new skills. It’s estimated that 77% of Americans have smartphones. US IT spend is almost doubling each year. Cloud computing has gained a foothold, and an estimated 27 billion IoT (Internet of Things) devices are already in use.

Longer-term, people will interact with unimaginably cool products, and adapt to new ways of living and working. Enterprises will drive the evolution of new product categories, new businesses, new collaborative business models, new manufacturing models, diverse workforces, digital marketing strategies and more. It's not just on the factory floor - automation will be integrated everywhere. 

My goal is to assist busy business leaders and business owners who want to be more efficient, and to fit things like technology roadmaps onto their already full plates. It's all new and there is no blueprint for success - we're using a white board!  

As a community, together we share the responsibility for ensuring technology is used for good. Simply put, we are all learning to co-exist with robots.

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Related: Executive Support: Meet Your New Sales Team 

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