Short-form insights you can read in under 5 minutes.
Any mode of communication (AI assisted or not) is going to be used by people to assuage their needs and wants. How to reduce the harm of the outcome is a topic for the ethical use of technology. It is also a debate over social justice and morality.
Humans need to own accountability for actions they take informed by data generated with AI assistance. We also need to apply its use equitably and with consideration for the harm it might create.
“Rite Aid deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology and used it to falsely flag some consumers as previously identified shoplifters, the FTC said… Deployed in hundreds of stores, in New York and Los Angeles, Rite Aid deployed the technology in largely lower-income, non-white neighborhoods.”
Turns out the world is full of capable people trying to make a positive impact - maybe not “full of” - but many, many. Enough to imagine spending my remaining time collaborating with them and not abetting not them.
Viewed outside the fortifications of self, all we are is what we do and the impact that has on others.
With generative AI, when we get a poor response, we iterate, rephrase, and clarify the question. We don’t expect a better result by scolding it to work harder. Or condescending to it, yelling at, or insulting it. But that’s how we treat humans. How’s that working out for us?
“Responsible technology is an approach that aligns technological advancements and organizational conduct with the wellbeing of people and the planet.”
Highlights privacy by design, ethical use of AI, DEIB, accessibility, and carbon consumption.
My immediate question to myself is in my day to day work, how do I succeed or fail to approach a “responsible tech mindset?”
It takes discipline and courage to incrementally improve the things around us and our own behavior, especially when fear yells ‘Run!’ and disappointment whispers ‘Give up.’
As a child, I didn’t feel a right to anger. Embarrassed by its force. Lacking means and ways to reddress its causes. Middle aged, I am a work in progress. I fear its unreason, self-pity and righteousness. But I have come to love anger’s spark and indispensability. The demand it places on me to defend the things I care about.
Wrapping up my CTA coaching class. Six months of learning alongside interesting, passionate people with diverse life experiences and missions for their life’s work. All of them dedicated to helping people make their own decisions and navigate their lives with joy and kindness.
Theater did not prepare me for leadership and a career in corporate America. It made me want to help change what those things mean and I’m eternally grateful. #leadership #companyculture #creativity
My answer to the lawn dart of a question, “should scrum master be a fulltime role?”…
A full throated consulting, “it depends.”
Saying a team is running Scrum and has a Scrum master is data without information.
Is the team proficient and performing? Is the scrum master a capable coach or just a facilitator/project manager. Does the org invest in learning, team leadership and continuous improvement?
It’s like a sport where most teams aren’t allowed to practice, don’t field all the positions, and are coached by an office admin. Then asking if that coach is necessary.
What value are they creating, what harm are they creating, what outcome does the team and org need, and can they learn and adapt?
Theater didn’t prepare me for corporate cultures I found myself in over twenty years ago. It showed me an ethical leadership style that’s popularized but still not popular and that I continue to aspire towards. #leadership #companyculture #creativity