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0:02hey Hollis hi Heather hello everyone and
0:06welcome to a special edition of work
0:09your best life where we’re actually
0:10going to talk about the future future of
0:13work yes so we decided to put out this
0:17video be in response to all of the
0:21webinars research and articles on the
0:25future of work and how AI is impacting
0:27work this is an important convers ation
0:30because um work is in the midst of a big
0:34massive change and what we found out is
0:36a very exciting change there’s a lot a
0:39lot of positive to what is happening
0:42right now and we want you all to be on
0:43the Forefront of the opportunities that
0:46are in front of us in particular we’re
0:49going to be sharing a link to a webinar
0:51that we found useful it was through a
0:53deco there’s also a a giant research
0:56article and we’ll share that as well
0:59yeah I know that I get a ton of
1:01questions about um you know I want a new
1:04role or a new job but I want to make
1:05sure that AI doesn’t take that job in
1:08the future I know Hollis working with
1:10students um they actually are more
1:12embracing of now what can I do with what
1:15I know about AI it just keeps coming up
1:17in a whole bunch of different categories
1:19different age groups different careers
1:22um it seems to sometimes be exciting for
1:24others and sometimes to be really a
1:26threat and sometimes people are fearful
1:29of it so we want to just tackle all of
1:31that and figure out where indeed it is
1:34is it a threat is it a resource is it
1:37both what is it so and I think the
1:40webinar really um when I listened to it
1:43the summary what I gathered from it was
1:45a few key points the AI
1:49Revolution which no one’s really calling
1:51it that I made that up but the AI
1:53Revolution is kind of like the
1:55Industrial Revolution from a factory
1:58standpoint the Industrial Revolution
2:00made all these changes now this is more
2:01from a desk job type standpoint of all
2:04the changes that can be made so it’s
2:06really about efficiency um people
2:08immediately think o efficiency means
2:11taking away jobs we’ll talk a little bit
2:13about the strategy and how it doesn’t
2:15necessarily mean that but it is a scary
2:17time just because it’s change and so
2:20they talked a lot about that they also
2:22talked about what skills AI could
2:25replace in humans so some of that was
2:29very trans actional type Elements which
2:31everyone agreed it can definitely
2:33replace that but there was some debate
2:35on the panel during the webinar about if
2:37it could replace things like strategic
2:39thinking because a computer can be
2:42strategic but in the end a lot of the
2:45panalysts agreed that actually strategy
2:48needs a lot more human element and
2:50influence when you’re creating it so it
2:52necessarily doesn’t replace that the
2:54skills that they said would be most
2:56important moving forward is really not
2:59that much different than we’ve known um
3:01leadership skills decision making skills
3:03human influence skills um really
3:06listening to what’s happening and being
3:08able to customize and put your own human
3:11influencer element into that and um and
3:14then we’ll talk a little bit about the
3:16jobs that they said it could actually
3:17create instead of the ones that it would
3:20just take away so there’s more to it we
3:22highly encourage you to listen to the
3:23whole thing but that’s really a lot of
3:25the Key summary points that I think were
3:28important that’s great and in a summary
3:30of what I heard you say is that we are
3:33AI is absolutely here we are in the
3:36messy Middle where companies are trying
3:38to figure out what this means for their
3:41business it gives us an opportunity as
3:44employees if we want to own our own
3:46career and um create our own career
3:49strategy gives us a chance to be in the
3:51driver seat here and part of that change
3:54um and um directing how we use AI in our
3:59own personal lives yeah you get to
4:01design what you want it to be in your
4:04career at this stage if we wait too much
4:06longer you’ll probably be directed how
4:09it impacts your career but I think right
4:11now we can actually jump in and design
4:14and suggest different ways that we might
4:16be able to use it in our given roles and
4:19be on the Forefront of it and actually
4:21it could be a strength for all of us
4:23exactly so the webinar Focus mostly from
4:26a company standpoint what does this make
4:28mean for work in General we want to boil
4:31it down for all of you is what does this
4:33mean for you in your career so we’ve
4:35come up with the top five things that we
4:37find most valuable I’ll list them off
4:40and then we’ll go into detail so the
4:42first main point is AI is here and it’s
4:45happening second is upskill there’s so
4:48much opportunity for you if you
4:50capitalize on it now the third is most
4:53people unanimously believe that AI is
4:56going to help well-being fourth it can
4:59Propel you into leadership and fifth
5:02there’s tons of new opportunities coming
5:04down the pipeline because of AI so let’s
5:07jump into the first one it’s here and
5:09it’s happening Heather I know and it’s
5:12everywhere if you stop like I told you H
5:15the other day I L jumped on Zoom just
5:17like we’re on now and it has an AI
5:19companion on zoom and I was like huh
5:22what is this what does it do and you can
5:24just say recap this conversation and
5:26it’ll give you a little recap of the
5:28zoom webinar you were just how amazing
5:30is that if you are running out of time
5:32was it useful when you tested out that
5:35feature was it good I would say that
5:37Zoom is um not at the very Forefront of
5:41what their AI expert is doing it gave me
5:43a quick recap I would I tested it and
5:46asked it you know did that person seem
5:47engaged and it didn’t really couldn’t
5:50really tell that obviously but it did
5:52give me a recap of some of the high
5:54points that I might have forgotten that
5:56we talked about on the call so I thought
5:58that was really helpful because you know
6:00you get off a call and you’re like oh
6:02gosh what did we say at the beginning
6:03and you can ask it about a specific
6:05topic and it will give you a summary so
6:07yes and no I think it’s got some room
6:10for improvement but I thought it was
6:12helpful yeah that’s really good insights
6:15you know I was reminded during the
6:18webinar of a quote that I had heard a
6:20long time ago which is um you can be one
6:24of three people the person who creates
6:27what’s about to happen the one who says
6:30oh this is happening or the kind of
6:32person who says oh my gosh what the heck
6:34just happened and we’re in the midst of
6:37an opportunity to like you’re doing test
6:40features and figure out how do we want
6:42this to impact our career or if you’re a
6:44leader how do we want this impact
6:46business and what governance and
6:48opportunities could this create for a
6:50business we can be wait till we’re
6:53directed what to do with AI or we can
6:56fight it and go oh gosh what just
6:58happened now I need to catch up yeah and
7:01you know I’m not one of the first of
7:04early adopters you’re more that type
7:06than I and just your influence in hey
7:08let’s check this out has really helped
7:10me explore it I wouldn’t have thought I
7:13would have been in that last category of
7:15oh gosh what the hell just happened
7:17without your influence and so I think
7:20collaborating with other people and
7:22understanding and getting some
7:23suggestions from them is helpful because
7:25because you’ve mentioned it to me and I
7:27was like oh what is that AI companion
7:29and then you and I talked about oh maybe
7:31ask it this or what about this does it
7:32do this and that’s the cool exploration
7:36that I think can really help people not
7:38only explore the new technology but what
7:41they like about it and how their career
7:43can intermingle with it I have to say
7:46the more I learn the more exciting it is
7:49especially at this stage
7:51where uh not everyone is using it and
7:54the ways that it has cut down and
7:56created efficiencies and my life and my
7:59career I’m seeing all the upside at the
8:02moment yeah me too and I wouldn’t have I
8:04would have been ignoring it and now I
8:06kind of get excited about oh what about
8:08this is he smart enough to know this
8:10like it’s yeah it’s
8:12cool so second is upskilling
8:15opportunities so talk more about that
8:17Heather yeah I think in the upscaling a
8:20lot of it can be done in just what we
8:22just talked about exploring yourself
8:24finding when you see it as an option and
8:26whatever you’re um interacting with
8:29dayto day what can I do with that and
8:32you just exploring and going oh you can
8:35also obviously take Porsches on it and
8:38and learn more about it from more
8:39official certification standpoint I know
8:41LinkedIn has some courses themselves and
8:45exploring that area but I think just
8:47trying to understand how it impacts you
8:50and your daytoday is the best way to
8:53upskill just to make yourself aware that
8:55it
8:56exists I absolutely agree
8:59one of the easiest places to start is
9:02with chat
9:03GPT um because it’s an open source you
9:06ask it any question and not just a
9:08simple question that you put into Google
9:10but a much more complex question you can
9:13even have it summarize something for you
9:16or write something on your behalf that
9:18you could use as kind of an outline
9:20never just steal and take anything
9:22directly from chat gbt but I start with
9:25what am I worried about like gosh I’m so
9:27worried about being able to do
9:29everything in my day let me look and see
9:32if it could summarize this long research
9:35article or um or presentation so that I
9:39could decide if it’s worth my time or
9:41not so you can start with what you’re
9:43worried about and turn it into a Wonder
9:45like I wonder if chat GPT could do this
9:47for me and just test it out so that’s a
9:50that’s some easy loow hanging fruit for
9:52us yeah and do it you can do it even in
9:54your personal life like um ask it about
9:57a Halloween costume idea or something
10:00silly like that that has nothing to do
10:02with work just so you can start to
10:04understand the the parameters and the
10:06boundaries and how you can ask the
10:08question differently and um and it can
10:10be fun too not just workwise one thing I
10:14did last week was I put into chat GPT
10:19what my job was where I’m struggling and
10:22asked it how it could help and it
10:24answered me it said this is what I can
10:25do for you so that’s another cool thing
10:28um one thing I will say is if you are in
10:30the midst of a job search currently
10:33absolutely find some kind of
10:34certification or way to include AI on
10:37your resume it will set you apart
10:40because very few have it yet you know I
10:42think even Microsoft has some AI
10:45training that would look very credible
10:47on a resume and um you know it’s the
10:51differentiation point at the moment yeah
10:53Microsoft was actually part of the panel
10:55um on the webinar and they talked about
10:58how they used to to be a company where
11:00they felt like the culture was we need
11:01to know it all and chat gbt or AI is
11:05actually transferred their culture
11:08thinking into we need to learn it all
11:10instead of know it all and that growth
11:12mindset and so I think that’s important
11:15that everyone is learning it because it
11:17is a constant Evolution it being AI is a
11:21constant Evolution it’s constantly
11:22changing and getting better and doing
11:24different things and so if we’re all
11:26under that mindset I think it would be
11:28really helpful to get aligned with um
11:31where technology is going in terms of
11:33you your career and instead of feeling
11:35like oh I can’t learn that but to get
11:37into that growth mindset absolutely so
11:40the
11:41third um career strategy takeaway from
11:45the webinar was it can improve your
11:47well-being which I think naturally we
11:50see new technology and think oh gosh
11:53this is more something I have to learn a
11:55new added thing so I’m not sure most of
11:59the people who are listening to this
12:00would expect that to be one of our
12:02takeaways so would you share more on
12:04that Heather of course it’s my favorite
12:06because I love the well-being topic yes
12:08well-being I thought it was really
12:10interesting when they went down this
12:11road and I was like oh yeah it really
12:13can help in that way because it can take
12:15away some of the more
12:18meaningless tasks and let you focus more
12:21on the human
12:22relation aspect or maybe that like we
12:25were talking about before the human
12:26influence as it relates to strategy
12:28aspect aspect and I know for a lot of
12:30people that’s the more fun type work
12:33they feel like they’re making an impact
12:35creating a difference having meaning in
12:37their job and so it can just help you
12:40really love your work more and focus on
12:43the work that you want to do instead of
12:45the
12:46meaningless um task the transactional
12:49type task that AI might be able to take
12:51over so I thought it was really
12:53insightful and yeah I think it really
12:55can help to help people like their work
12:58more
12:59I love that you know I cannot tell you
13:02how many times I have said the phrase if
13:04I could only have a personal assistant
13:08and what do you know that’s what AI is
13:11honestly great for it’s a
13:14co-pilot in it’s not going to replace
13:17the need for human beings it’s going to
13:20replace a lot of the repetitive
13:23administrative notetaking things of that
13:26nature so if we can embrace it then it
13:29could actually be the thing we’ve all
13:31been waiting for um and hoping we could
13:34have I mean if you go back to like they
13:37mentioned the Industrial Revolution it
13:39took away some of the monotonous do over
13:41and over tasks and then they had to yes
13:44some people lost their jobs during that
13:46because that’s what they were trained to
13:48do but it then required people that knew
13:51how the machines worked and if something
13:54goes wrong what did they do about it and
13:56so it the again the human elements so
13:59it’s the same here it’s the same concept
14:01of of that so yes it could eliminate
14:04some jobs but if you’re upscaling ahead
14:07of time you could actually be learning
14:09how to do that next job and so it would
14:12not only replace your job you might get
14:14a promotion because you know how to do
14:16it 100% And when we look back
14:20on the the most
14:23requested um changes in people’s career
14:27it’s I want to get rid of the monotony
14:30I’m tired of all this
14:32paperwork um I’m tired of how much is on
14:34my plate and being in the
14:37weeds it kind of seems like this is a
14:40cool opportunity for the workforce to
14:43move
14:44into um more opportunities for the work
14:48that we are unanimously hearing from
14:50folks yeah it be the weed whacker get
14:54those weeds out yeah oh I love that I
14:57love that um um you know I think to
15:00summarize all of
15:01that I see AI is less of a threat and
15:04more as an opportunity cool yeah me too
15:08all right so fourth on our list is
15:11propelling into leadership and this is
15:13one that when you first said it I
15:14thought really and then you convinced me
15:17so will you share away yeah so I just
15:21think leadership it kind of goes back to
15:23that point I made earlier about the
15:25Industrial Revolution and how are you
15:27going to help other
15:29Embrace this and help them grow their
15:32career once you know how what it can do
15:35for you then it’s really about that
15:38human relationship element again of okay
15:42now that we know this and this
15:43transactional element is out it’s going
15:46to allow us to grow in the future in
15:48terms of um how we have an impact on the
15:52business the organization the culture
15:54really customizing the what we know
15:57about something
15:59um our knowledge our experience more
16:02than any more than our knowledge we know
16:05that customers the research shows this
16:07but we’ve actually seen how a customer
16:09feels we’ve seen how they react to that
16:11so combining the AI knowledge with the
16:15human oh I know this is what usually
16:18happens The
16:20Experience excuse me I think that’s
16:22where the leadership comes in so yes I
16:25think that the marriage of the two is
16:26pretty amazing absolutely I find one of
16:30the most cool important and cool
16:32features of AI and I think in this
16:35instance I may be talking more
16:37specifically about chat GPT and those
16:39functions that are being weaved into a
16:41lot of the software platforms we use um
16:44one of the coolest things is its ability
16:47to summarize and give context which it’s
16:51really very generative so as we think
16:53about how long it would take us to
16:55create a corporate strategy or
16:59opportunities it is doing a lot of the
17:02research and allowing us to learn
17:03quickly and get us up to speed quickly
17:06so that we can focus on What’s Next Big
17:09Picture moving forward you know a lot of
17:12um Blueprints and strategies so if if
17:15you learn how to use it strategically it
17:17could be your you know magic magic
17:21weapon here yeah and like I said they AI
17:25hasn’t had the actual experience of what
17:29your customer or your team or your
17:31organization has done in the past and
17:34how it relates to that specific strategy
17:37so again just the oh I get how these two
17:40fit together you’re the bridge between
17:42those two and allowing that and being
17:44the leader of your team and being able
17:47to
17:48tell excuse me a group
17:52of May you’ll have to take
17:57over sorry sorry but telling a group how
17:59that can function together and Bridge
18:02together is so valuable there’s not
18:04going to be any machine or computer that
18:07can that can do that element for sure
18:10love it which weaves us right into our
18:12fifth and final point which is AI is
18:15absolutely going to create new jobs and
18:19new job descriptions let’s be real it
18:22will eliminate current jobs as we know
18:25it however there will be an equal number
18:28of new opportunities that
18:30exist will you share what you think is
18:33most exciting about that well the one
18:36that they mentioned in the webinar there
18:38was they think there’s going to be a new
18:39job called authenticity expert and I
18:42think that is the coolest title I’ve
18:43ever heard so I was super excited I was
18:45like sign me up where can I be one of
18:47those um but yeah AI experts and again
18:50like I was saying any kind of liaison
18:52between the technology and your company
18:55or your team is going to be really
18:57important those jobs are going to come
18:59to the Forefront as we move forward and
19:01heck there’s so many others that don’t
19:04even have titles yet and I always tell
19:06students when I’m talking to them that
19:09how could you prepare probably the job
19:11you’re going to go get in four five six
19:13years doesn’t even exist yet so we don’t
19:15even know what they’re going to be
19:16called but I know that learning how to
19:19prompt AI um looking at cheat sheets on
19:22the different types of AI generative
19:24versus the other types are really
19:26helpful just to understand what your
19:29passion where your interest in your
19:30passion and even your past experience or
19:33talents where that can combine with any
19:36of the lingo or the cheat sheets on one
19:37of those is just you might create your
19:40own title you might be in an
19:42organization and go oh my gosh we need a
19:44liaison between this and that now that
19:47AI has taken over so what about this
19:49title how cool is that you get to create
19:51a new new
19:53job yes absolutely so I did a quick
19:56search before for this call on what jobs
20:00will El will AI potentially eliminate so
20:02that we can see the thread here and most
20:05importantly what jobs might it create so
20:07I’d love to give a little context to
20:09this um some of the jobs that it might
20:12eliminate are much more administrative
20:14things that um or or research based
20:17things that an AI bot could do on their
20:20own it um has the ability to learn very
20:24quickly and make decisions based on new
20:27data coming in so things like analysts
20:30um technical
20:32writing or coding so things that are are
20:36simply we need Manpower they’re learning
20:39how to allow AI to do those roles and
20:42what it will bring about is a ton of new
20:45opportunities in a space we hear a lot
20:47of people um really want compliance
20:49management
20:51integration um training with for
20:54teams um ethics as it relates to AI
20:59experiened designers so it’s really cool
21:03the opportunities that it’s going to
21:05create and um I think if we start to
21:09think about oh if I wanted that job what
21:11could I do now to get myself ready that
21:14we’d have a whole host of clients in
21:16jobs they love Yeah like even a coder
21:19like what what part of coding is going
21:21to be required that is actually where a
21:25job is is going to be created um it
21:28might not be a coder or even called a
21:30coder but why do you like coding and the
21:32why behind that might be one of these
21:34other roles that you mentioned that you
21:36might get really excited about so
21:38starting to investigate that now is
21:40important yeah for security Engineers
21:44which is still that same kind of Lane
21:46but now we’re talking about security and
21:48how do we write code for AI it’s just a
21:51different um aspect different
21:54applications yeah yeah and I’m curious
21:58did you ask chat gbt this or just
22:01Google I asked Google this I wanted the
22:04lists that are available out on the
22:06internet but I would love to go ahead
22:10and put into chat GPT this is my job
22:13here’s what I do you know in the future
22:16when you AI take over my current job
22:19what will be available for me in the
22:21future and I would imagine it would give
22:24me some answers yeah I think we we
22:26should that’s every every body’s
22:28homework go check that out put their job
22:30in and see what it says it’ll be
22:33interesting absolutely and I would love
22:35to hear from all of you of what are you
22:38most excited about when you think about
22:39AI what are you most worried about and
22:42most importantly what would you like to
22:44hear from us we want to help you get on
22:48the Forefront of this new technology and
22:50all the opportunities it could create
22:52for you so what kind of content or
22:55research can we bring you in this space
22:58yeah for sure we want to hear from
23:00everyone in terms of was this helpful
23:03and do you want to hear more of it and
23:05also what’s specific pieces because I
23:07know I want you to be excited about it
23:09instead of frightened about it and so
23:12that’s hopefully we’ve done a little of
23:14that today yes and to remind everyone
23:17the opposite of worry is Wonder so
23:19instead of worrying about it taking your
23:21job wonder what it can do for you and I
23:24suspect that will change a lot of our um
23:27approaches to to adopting or learning I
23:30love so good about asking that I what I
23:33wonder instead of worry it’s a an
23:36excellent reframe yep well thank you
23:39heather for talking through this with me
23:43and everyone who has made it to the end
23:45of this video yeah it’s been amazing
23:48you’ll check out the link that we’re
23:49going to provide on the Adco video um or
23:53any others that you see pass along any
23:55other resources for us that we can
23:57continue to learn in this space too and
24:00happy Friday talk to you later
24:03bye
0:02hey Hollis hi Heather hello everyone and
0:06welcome to a special edition of work
0:09your best life where we’re actually
0:10going to talk about the future future of
0:13work yes so we decided to put out this
0:17video be in response to all of the
0:21webinars research and articles on the
0:25future of work and how AI is impacting
0:27work this is an important convers ation
0:30because um work is in the midst of a big
0:34massive change and what we found out is
0:36a very exciting change there’s a lot a
0:39lot of positive to what is happening
0:42right now and we want you all to be on
0:43the Forefront of the opportunities that
0:46are in front of us in particular we’re
0:49going to be sharing a link to a webinar
0:51that we found useful it was through a
0:53deco there’s also a a giant research
0:56article and we’ll share that as well
0:59yeah I know that I get a ton of
1:01questions about um you know I want a new
1:04role or a new job but I want to make
1:05sure that AI doesn’t take that job in
1:08the future I know Hollis working with
1:10students um they actually are more
1:12embracing of now what can I do with what
1:15I know about AI it just keeps coming up
1:17in a whole bunch of different categories
1:19different age groups different careers
1:22um it seems to sometimes be exciting for
1:24others and sometimes to be really a
1:26threat and sometimes people are fearful
1:29of it so we want to just tackle all of
1:31that and figure out where indeed it is
1:34is it a threat is it a resource is it
1:37both what is it so and I think the
1:40webinar really um when I listened to it
1:43the summary what I gathered from it was
1:45a few key points the AI
1:49Revolution which no one’s really calling
1:51it that I made that up but the AI
1:53Revolution is kind of like the
1:55Industrial Revolution from a factory
1:58standpoint the Industrial Revolution
2:00made all these changes now this is more
2:01from a desk job type standpoint of all
2:04the changes that can be made so it’s
2:06really about efficiency um people
2:08immediately think o efficiency means
2:11taking away jobs we’ll talk a little bit
2:13about the strategy and how it doesn’t
2:15necessarily mean that but it is a scary
2:17time just because it’s change and so
2:20they talked a lot about that they also
2:22talked about what skills AI could
2:25replace in humans so some of that was
2:29very trans actional type Elements which
2:31everyone agreed it can definitely
2:33replace that but there was some debate
2:35on the panel during the webinar about if
2:37it could replace things like strategic
2:39thinking because a computer can be
2:42strategic but in the end a lot of the
2:45panalysts agreed that actually strategy
2:48needs a lot more human element and
2:50influence when you’re creating it so it
2:52necessarily doesn’t replace that the
2:54skills that they said would be most
2:56important moving forward is really not
2:59that much different than we’ve known um
3:01leadership skills decision making skills
3:03human influence skills um really
3:06listening to what’s happening and being
3:08able to customize and put your own human
3:11influencer element into that and um and
3:14then we’ll talk a little bit about the
3:16jobs that they said it could actually
3:17create instead of the ones that it would
3:20just take away so there’s more to it we
3:22highly encourage you to listen to the
3:23whole thing but that’s really a lot of
3:25the Key summary points that I think were
3:28important that’s great and in a summary
3:30of what I heard you say is that we are
3:33AI is absolutely here we are in the
3:36messy Middle where companies are trying
3:38to figure out what this means for their
3:41business it gives us an opportunity as
3:44employees if we want to own our own
3:46career and um create our own career
3:49strategy gives us a chance to be in the
3:51driver seat here and part of that change
3:54um and um directing how we use AI in our
3:59own personal lives yeah you get to
4:01design what you want it to be in your
4:04career at this stage if we wait too much
4:06longer you’ll probably be directed how
4:09it impacts your career but I think right
4:11now we can actually jump in and design
4:14and suggest different ways that we might
4:16be able to use it in our given roles and
4:19be on the Forefront of it and actually
4:21it could be a strength for all of us
4:23exactly so the webinar Focus mostly from
4:26a company standpoint what does this make
4:28mean for work in General we want to boil
4:31it down for all of you is what does this
4:33mean for you in your career so we’ve
4:35come up with the top five things that we
4:37find most valuable I’ll list them off
4:40and then we’ll go into detail so the
4:42first main point is AI is here and it’s
4:45happening second is upskill there’s so
4:48much opportunity for you if you
4:50capitalize on it now the third is most
4:53people unanimously believe that AI is
4:56going to help well-being fourth it can
4:59Propel you into leadership and fifth
5:02there’s tons of new opportunities coming
5:04down the pipeline because of AI so let’s
5:07jump into the first one it’s here and
5:09it’s happening Heather I know and it’s
5:12everywhere if you stop like I told you H
5:15the other day I L jumped on Zoom just
5:17like we’re on now and it has an AI
5:19companion on zoom and I was like huh
5:22what is this what does it do and you can
5:24just say recap this conversation and
5:26it’ll give you a little recap of the
5:28zoom webinar you were just how amazing
5:30is that if you are running out of time
5:32was it useful when you tested out that
5:35feature was it good I would say that
5:37Zoom is um not at the very Forefront of
5:41what their AI expert is doing it gave me
5:43a quick recap I would I tested it and
5:46asked it you know did that person seem
5:47engaged and it didn’t really couldn’t
5:50really tell that obviously but it did
5:52give me a recap of some of the high
5:54points that I might have forgotten that
5:56we talked about on the call so I thought
5:58that was really helpful because you know
6:00you get off a call and you’re like oh
6:02gosh what did we say at the beginning
6:03and you can ask it about a specific
6:05topic and it will give you a summary so
6:07yes and no I think it’s got some room
6:10for improvement but I thought it was
6:12helpful yeah that’s really good insights
6:15you know I was reminded during the
6:18webinar of a quote that I had heard a
6:20long time ago which is um you can be one
6:24of three people the person who creates
6:27what’s about to happen the one who says
6:30oh this is happening or the kind of
6:32person who says oh my gosh what the heck
6:34just happened and we’re in the midst of
6:37an opportunity to like you’re doing test
6:40features and figure out how do we want
6:42this to impact our career or if you’re a
6:44leader how do we want this impact
6:46business and what governance and
6:48opportunities could this create for a
6:50business we can be wait till we’re
6:53directed what to do with AI or we can
6:56fight it and go oh gosh what just
6:58happened now I need to catch up yeah and
7:01you know I’m not one of the first of
7:04early adopters you’re more that type
7:06than I and just your influence in hey
7:08let’s check this out has really helped
7:10me explore it I wouldn’t have thought I
7:13would have been in that last category of
7:15oh gosh what the hell just happened
7:17without your influence and so I think
7:20collaborating with other people and
7:22understanding and getting some
7:23suggestions from them is helpful because
7:25because you’ve mentioned it to me and I
7:27was like oh what is that AI companion
7:29and then you and I talked about oh maybe
7:31ask it this or what about this does it
7:32do this and that’s the cool exploration
7:36that I think can really help people not
7:38only explore the new technology but what
7:41they like about it and how their career
7:43can intermingle with it I have to say
7:46the more I learn the more exciting it is
7:49especially at this stage
7:51where uh not everyone is using it and
7:54the ways that it has cut down and
7:56created efficiencies and my life and my
7:59career I’m seeing all the upside at the
8:02moment yeah me too and I wouldn’t have I
8:04would have been ignoring it and now I
8:06kind of get excited about oh what about
8:08this is he smart enough to know this
8:10like it’s yeah it’s
8:12cool so second is upskilling
8:15opportunities so talk more about that
8:17Heather yeah I think in the upscaling a
8:20lot of it can be done in just what we
8:22just talked about exploring yourself
8:24finding when you see it as an option and
8:26whatever you’re um interacting with
8:29dayto day what can I do with that and
8:32you just exploring and going oh you can
8:35also obviously take Porsches on it and
8:38and learn more about it from more
8:39official certification standpoint I know
8:41LinkedIn has some courses themselves and
8:45exploring that area but I think just
8:47trying to understand how it impacts you
8:50and your daytoday is the best way to
8:53upskill just to make yourself aware that
8:55it
8:56exists I absolutely agree
8:59one of the easiest places to start is
9:02with chat
9:03GPT um because it’s an open source you
9:06ask it any question and not just a
9:08simple question that you put into Google
9:10but a much more complex question you can
9:13even have it summarize something for you
9:16or write something on your behalf that
9:18you could use as kind of an outline
9:20never just steal and take anything
9:22directly from chat gbt but I start with
9:25what am I worried about like gosh I’m so
9:27worried about being able to do
9:29everything in my day let me look and see
9:32if it could summarize this long research
9:35article or um or presentation so that I
9:39could decide if it’s worth my time or
9:41not so you can start with what you’re
9:43worried about and turn it into a Wonder
9:45like I wonder if chat GPT could do this
9:47for me and just test it out so that’s a
9:50that’s some easy loow hanging fruit for
9:52us yeah and do it you can do it even in
9:54your personal life like um ask it about
9:57a Halloween costume idea or something
10:00silly like that that has nothing to do
10:02with work just so you can start to
10:04understand the the parameters and the
10:06boundaries and how you can ask the
10:08question differently and um and it can
10:10be fun too not just workwise one thing I
10:14did last week was I put into chat GPT
10:19what my job was where I’m struggling and
10:22asked it how it could help and it
10:24answered me it said this is what I can
10:25do for you so that’s another cool thing
10:28um one thing I will say is if you are in
10:30the midst of a job search currently
10:33absolutely find some kind of
10:34certification or way to include AI on
10:37your resume it will set you apart
10:40because very few have it yet you know I
10:42think even Microsoft has some AI
10:45training that would look very credible
10:47on a resume and um you know it’s the
10:51differentiation point at the moment yeah
10:53Microsoft was actually part of the panel
10:55um on the webinar and they talked about
10:58how they used to to be a company where
11:00they felt like the culture was we need
11:01to know it all and chat gbt or AI is
11:05actually transferred their culture
11:08thinking into we need to learn it all
11:10instead of know it all and that growth
11:12mindset and so I think that’s important
11:15that everyone is learning it because it
11:17is a constant Evolution it being AI is a
11:21constant Evolution it’s constantly
11:22changing and getting better and doing
11:24different things and so if we’re all
11:26under that mindset I think it would be
11:28really helpful to get aligned with um
11:31where technology is going in terms of
11:33you your career and instead of feeling
11:35like oh I can’t learn that but to get
11:37into that growth mindset absolutely so
11:40the
11:41third um career strategy takeaway from
11:45the webinar was it can improve your
11:47well-being which I think naturally we
11:50see new technology and think oh gosh
11:53this is more something I have to learn a
11:55new added thing so I’m not sure most of
11:59the people who are listening to this
12:00would expect that to be one of our
12:02takeaways so would you share more on
12:04that Heather of course it’s my favorite
12:06because I love the well-being topic yes
12:08well-being I thought it was really
12:10interesting when they went down this
12:11road and I was like oh yeah it really
12:13can help in that way because it can take
12:15away some of the more
12:18meaningless tasks and let you focus more
12:21on the human
12:22relation aspect or maybe that like we
12:25were talking about before the human
12:26influence as it relates to strategy
12:28aspect aspect and I know for a lot of
12:30people that’s the more fun type work
12:33they feel like they’re making an impact
12:35creating a difference having meaning in
12:37their job and so it can just help you
12:40really love your work more and focus on
12:43the work that you want to do instead of
12:45the
12:46meaningless um task the transactional
12:49type task that AI might be able to take
12:51over so I thought it was really
12:53insightful and yeah I think it really
12:55can help to help people like their work
12:58more
12:59I love that you know I cannot tell you
13:02how many times I have said the phrase if
13:04I could only have a personal assistant
13:08and what do you know that’s what AI is
13:11honestly great for it’s a
13:14co-pilot in it’s not going to replace
13:17the need for human beings it’s going to
13:20replace a lot of the repetitive
13:23administrative notetaking things of that
13:26nature so if we can embrace it then it
13:29could actually be the thing we’ve all
13:31been waiting for um and hoping we could
13:34have I mean if you go back to like they
13:37mentioned the Industrial Revolution it
13:39took away some of the monotonous do over
13:41and over tasks and then they had to yes
13:44some people lost their jobs during that
13:46because that’s what they were trained to
13:48do but it then required people that knew
13:51how the machines worked and if something
13:54goes wrong what did they do about it and
13:56so it the again the human elements so
13:59it’s the same here it’s the same concept
14:01of of that so yes it could eliminate
14:04some jobs but if you’re upscaling ahead
14:07of time you could actually be learning
14:09how to do that next job and so it would
14:12not only replace your job you might get
14:14a promotion because you know how to do
14:16it 100% And when we look back
14:20on the the most
14:23requested um changes in people’s career
14:27it’s I want to get rid of the monotony
14:30I’m tired of all this
14:32paperwork um I’m tired of how much is on
14:34my plate and being in the
14:37weeds it kind of seems like this is a
14:40cool opportunity for the workforce to
14:43move
14:44into um more opportunities for the work
14:48that we are unanimously hearing from
14:50folks yeah it be the weed whacker get
14:54those weeds out yeah oh I love that I
14:57love that um um you know I think to
15:00summarize all of
15:01that I see AI is less of a threat and
15:04more as an opportunity cool yeah me too
15:08all right so fourth on our list is
15:11propelling into leadership and this is
15:13one that when you first said it I
15:14thought really and then you convinced me
15:17so will you share away yeah so I just
15:21think leadership it kind of goes back to
15:23that point I made earlier about the
15:25Industrial Revolution and how are you
15:27going to help other
15:29Embrace this and help them grow their
15:32career once you know how what it can do
15:35for you then it’s really about that
15:38human relationship element again of okay
15:42now that we know this and this
15:43transactional element is out it’s going
15:46to allow us to grow in the future in
15:48terms of um how we have an impact on the
15:52business the organization the culture
15:54really customizing the what we know
15:57about something
15:59um our knowledge our experience more
16:02than any more than our knowledge we know
16:05that customers the research shows this
16:07but we’ve actually seen how a customer
16:09feels we’ve seen how they react to that
16:11so combining the AI knowledge with the
16:15human oh I know this is what usually
16:18happens The
16:20Experience excuse me I think that’s
16:22where the leadership comes in so yes I
16:25think that the marriage of the two is
16:26pretty amazing absolutely I find one of
16:30the most cool important and cool
16:32features of AI and I think in this
16:35instance I may be talking more
16:37specifically about chat GPT and those
16:39functions that are being weaved into a
16:41lot of the software platforms we use um
16:44one of the coolest things is its ability
16:47to summarize and give context which it’s
16:51really very generative so as we think
16:53about how long it would take us to
16:55create a corporate strategy or
16:59opportunities it is doing a lot of the
17:02research and allowing us to learn
17:03quickly and get us up to speed quickly
17:06so that we can focus on What’s Next Big
17:09Picture moving forward you know a lot of
17:12um Blueprints and strategies so if if
17:15you learn how to use it strategically it
17:17could be your you know magic magic
17:21weapon here yeah and like I said they AI
17:25hasn’t had the actual experience of what
17:29your customer or your team or your
17:31organization has done in the past and
17:34how it relates to that specific strategy
17:37so again just the oh I get how these two
17:40fit together you’re the bridge between
17:42those two and allowing that and being
17:44the leader of your team and being able
17:47to
17:48tell excuse me a group
17:52of May you’ll have to take
17:57over sorry sorry but telling a group how
17:59that can function together and Bridge
18:02together is so valuable there’s not
18:04going to be any machine or computer that
18:07can that can do that element for sure
18:10love it which weaves us right into our
18:12fifth and final point which is AI is
18:15absolutely going to create new jobs and
18:19new job descriptions let’s be real it
18:22will eliminate current jobs as we know
18:25it however there will be an equal number
18:28of new opportunities that
18:30exist will you share what you think is
18:33most exciting about that well the one
18:36that they mentioned in the webinar there
18:38was they think there’s going to be a new
18:39job called authenticity expert and I
18:42think that is the coolest title I’ve
18:43ever heard so I was super excited I was
18:45like sign me up where can I be one of
18:47those um but yeah AI experts and again
18:50like I was saying any kind of liaison
18:52between the technology and your company
18:55or your team is going to be really
18:57important those jobs are going to come
18:59to the Forefront as we move forward and
19:01heck there’s so many others that don’t
19:04even have titles yet and I always tell
19:06students when I’m talking to them that
19:09how could you prepare probably the job
19:11you’re going to go get in four five six
19:13years doesn’t even exist yet so we don’t
19:15even know what they’re going to be
19:16called but I know that learning how to
19:19prompt AI um looking at cheat sheets on
19:22the different types of AI generative
19:24versus the other types are really
19:26helpful just to understand what your
19:29passion where your interest in your
19:30passion and even your past experience or
19:33talents where that can combine with any
19:36of the lingo or the cheat sheets on one
19:37of those is just you might create your
19:40own title you might be in an
19:42organization and go oh my gosh we need a
19:44liaison between this and that now that
19:47AI has taken over so what about this
19:49title how cool is that you get to create
19:51a new new
19:53job yes absolutely so I did a quick
19:56search before for this call on what jobs
20:00will El will AI potentially eliminate so
20:02that we can see the thread here and most
20:05importantly what jobs might it create so
20:07I’d love to give a little context to
20:09this um some of the jobs that it might
20:12eliminate are much more administrative
20:14things that um or or research based
20:17things that an AI bot could do on their
20:20own it um has the ability to learn very
20:24quickly and make decisions based on new
20:27data coming in so things like analysts
20:30um technical
20:32writing or coding so things that are are
20:36simply we need Manpower they’re learning
20:39how to allow AI to do those roles and
20:42what it will bring about is a ton of new
20:45opportunities in a space we hear a lot
20:47of people um really want compliance
20:49management
20:51integration um training with for
20:54teams um ethics as it relates to AI
20:59experiened designers so it’s really cool
21:03the opportunities that it’s going to
21:05create and um I think if we start to
21:09think about oh if I wanted that job what
21:11could I do now to get myself ready that
21:14we’d have a whole host of clients in
21:16jobs they love Yeah like even a coder
21:19like what what part of coding is going
21:21to be required that is actually where a
21:25job is is going to be created um it
21:28might not be a coder or even called a
21:30coder but why do you like coding and the
21:32why behind that might be one of these
21:34other roles that you mentioned that you
21:36might get really excited about so
21:38starting to investigate that now is
21:40important yeah for security Engineers
21:44which is still that same kind of Lane
21:46but now we’re talking about security and
21:48how do we write code for AI it’s just a
21:51different um aspect different
21:54applications yeah yeah and I’m curious
21:58did you ask chat gbt this or just
22:01Google I asked Google this I wanted the
22:04lists that are available out on the
22:06internet but I would love to go ahead
22:10and put into chat GPT this is my job
22:13here’s what I do you know in the future
22:16when you AI take over my current job
22:19what will be available for me in the
22:21future and I would imagine it would give
22:24me some answers yeah I think we we
22:26should that’s every every body’s
22:28homework go check that out put their job
22:30in and see what it says it’ll be
22:33interesting absolutely and I would love
22:35to hear from all of you of what are you
22:38most excited about when you think about
22:39AI what are you most worried about and
22:42most importantly what would you like to
22:44hear from us we want to help you get on
22:48the Forefront of this new technology and
22:50all the opportunities it could create
22:52for you so what kind of content or
22:55research can we bring you in this space
22:58yeah for sure we want to hear from
23:00everyone in terms of was this helpful
23:03and do you want to hear more of it and
23:05also what’s specific pieces because I
23:07know I want you to be excited about it
23:09instead of frightened about it and so
23:12that’s hopefully we’ve done a little of
23:14that today yes and to remind everyone
23:17the opposite of worry is Wonder so
23:19instead of worrying about it taking your
23:21job wonder what it can do for you and I
23:24suspect that will change a lot of our um
23:27approaches to to adopting or learning I
23:30love so good about asking that I what I
23:33wonder instead of worry it’s a an
23:36excellent reframe yep well thank you
23:39heather for talking through this with me
23:43and everyone who has made it to the end
23:45of this video yeah it’s been amazing
23:48you’ll check out the link that we’re
23:49going to provide on the Adco video um or
23:53any others that you see pass along any
23:55other resources for us that we can
23:57continue to learn in this space too
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