Beyond Bots: How AI Agents Are Driving the Next Wave of Enterprise Automation
Every job in the economy can be thought of as a bundle of tasks, shared between humans and machines. Over the years, software has picked off more and more of these tasks, but even today, humans still own the vast majority of business processes. In every function, headcount costs dwarf software expenditures by orders of magnitude.
^ADJ: This article will make you think and start to wonder how we are going to change the way we work - or are we going to be forced to change, because others have got ahead.
Double your productivity without more work or stress
People love to say that getting “1% better per day” makes you 37x better after a year, but this obviously makes no sense. But 2x better is possible.
^ADJ: 2% or 37x better - any improvement, 2 or 3x would bring a smile to most people - now the hard work: Identify the biggest perpetrators of low-velocity activity and eliminate them!
Four big strategic mistakes Nike needs to reverse
Outgoing CEO John Donahoe set Nike on the wrong trajectory, thanks to bad assumptions about product and distribution, and an insufficient focus on brand.
^ADJ: Thanks to Chris Williams - King St for passing this on, also well worth a read is this takedown which has a very simple lesson, never forget what got you here.
How to Improve Metabolic Health with HIIT, Circadian-Timed Eating, & Sleep
^ADJ: Show notes, quick summary and more, plus link to podcast - some great tips and ahha moments when I listened to this recently!
The Real Cost of Mediocrity
Recommended Podcast: The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference. This week, Pat and the team discuss the causes of mediocrity, and why it comes with costs beyond the financial.
Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four years—until now
Short version: The FBI has dismantled a massive network of compromised devices that Chinese state-sponsored hackers have used for four years to mount attacks on government agencies, telecoms, defense contractors, and other targets in the US and Taiwan.
^ADJ: Lesson - proactively understand where you are vulnerable