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Digital transformation #mindcandy 23 July 2025
The topics are AI, organizational agility, career ladders, automation, data, rethinking IT, synthetic data, scaling AI, impact, Meta and you are the upgrade.
What I Learned About AI at the World’s Most Famous Museum
https://every.to/context-window/what-i-learned-about-ai-at-the-world-s-most-famous-museum
Geography matters less than physics. Move fast enough to test multiple ideas. Stay focused enough to solve real problems. Build where the ecosystem advantages compound in your favour.
Why Organizational Agility Is Key For Digital Transformation Success
The focus has shifted toward digital agility, aiming to build capacity and capability for ongoing change. That’s a big mindset shift and one that requires more than just a good IT roadmap.
AI isn’t coming for your job—it’s coming for your whole org chart
The career ladder is breaking.
Inside the Smart Line: How Automation Is Catching What Humans Miss
The future of manufacturing runs on AI, and it’s already changing how factories operate. From catching microscopic defects to predicting equipment failures, smart systems are doing more than just keeping up. They’re setting a new standard for precision, speed, and efficiency.
Embracing the Data Revolution: Turning Insights into Action
The distinction between weaponizing data and leveraging it for strategic advantage.
Rethinking and realigning IT for the AI era
https://www.cio.com/article/4022981/rethinking-and-realigning-it-for-the-ai-era.html
CIOs from a range of industries discuss how AI’s emergence as a transformative force is leading them to adapt and reimagine how IT operates to better harness the technology’s potential to revolutionize their business.
Synthetic Data Helps Open-Source AI See Like A Pro
https://scienceblog.com/synthetic-data-helps-open-source-ai-see-like-a-pro/
Researchers have created a tool that uses synthetic data to teach AI how to understand complex, text-heavy images.
Before scaling AI, fix your data foundations
https://martech.org/before-scaling-ai-fix-your-data-foundations/
Even the best genAI plans fail without data readiness. Here’s how to assess your current state and align your data strategy for success.
Why ‘Go Big or Go Home’ Doesn’t Work for AI
https://www.thedailyupside.com/cio/enterprise-ai/why-go-big-or-go-home-doesnt-work-for-ai/
AI doesn’t need to make radical changes to have real impact.
Meta, a fish rots from the head
You are the upgrade
You are the upgrade, augmented natural intelligence as the only way forward
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
