I help organisations become future-fit. Digital transformation #mindcandy scenario prompts are designed to stretch your imagination and sharpen situational awareness. Find out more here.
Today´s prompt: describe the soul of your company’s AI
What’s the soul of a new machine? A fascinating document that purportedly describes the “soul” of AI company Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Opus model.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-soul
CEO question
If someone leaked the “soul document” of your company’s AI tomorrow, what would it reveal about your strategy, values and blind spots – and would you be comfortable seeing that on the front page of the FT?
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You are the upgrade
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Why AI credibility will define the next wave of brand storytelling
Why earned trust is becoming a competitive advantage for marketers.
https://www.thedrum.com/news/why-ai-credibility-will-define-the-next-wave-of-brand-storytelling
What’s Lost When We Work with AI, According to Neuroscience
When we consistently offload our attention, we miss opportunities for deeper thought, and sacrifice our moments of insight, we risk dulling the very qualities that make us human
https://hbr.org/2025/12/whats-lost-when-we-work-with-ai-according-to-neuroscience
Beyond Reality: How Immersive Technologies Are Becoming the Engine of Enterprise Transformation
https://www.burrus.com/ar-vr-mr-digital-twins-enterprise-transformation-2026/
For years, immersive technologies like Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and digital twins were viewed as futuristic novelties. They were often limited to areas like entertainment, gaming, or marketing. But that perception has shifted dramatically in recent times and will shift even further in 2026 and beyond.
AI can help shore up democracy
We can steer AI away from addictive intelligence that lures people in … into assistive intelligence, where AI systems are steered by the community in service of communities
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/12/04/2003848297
Stop Operating Like It’s 1999: Why Digital Transformation Demands A Whole New Mindset
Many business leaders are still stuck in the past. They don’t understand the capabilities of the technology and, because they lack that knowledge, they treat digital transformation the wrong way.
Agentic AI Is the New Frontier in Customer Service Transformation
Advanced AI can transform customer service operations from a reactive cost center to a proactive value creator—but success depends on building the right operating model.
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/new-frontier-customer-service-transformation
The Conversational AI Revolution Is Struggling. Here’s How To Fix It
If 89% of business leaders think their customers are satisfied with their conversational AI experiences, while only 59% of consumers are, we’re facing a wide gap between AI perception and reality.
https://thenewstack.io/the-conversational-ai-revolution-is-struggling-heres-how-to-fix-it/
