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7 hard-won lessons from deploying AI at scale

7 hard-won lessons from deploying AI at scale
This week, we got access to the motherlode of AI strategy advice at our AI Strategy Summit. Here are the 7 biggest takeaways every leader should read, then read again.

Your team doesn’t know what to use AI for
Change management is likely not the biggest bottleneck to your AI deployment anymore: Our latest AI Proficiency Report shows that people want to use it, but they can’t figure out what it should be used for.

Is AI the end of Saas?
Right now, I’m sure you can’t imagine life without your CRM or CMS. Edmundo Ortega bets you won’t be able to imagine life with one as AI continues to evolve.

AI could be the end of fast fashion
The retail industry is fraught with waste and sunk costs. Can AI fix that? Diarra Bousso is proof that it can.

How to know if NFTs are right for your business
Pop quiz. When you hear the word NFT, do you think:
💪 I know exactly what an NFT is and how to use it for my business
🤔 I think I understand what NFTs are, but I have no clue if they’re relevant to me
🤢 Argh! I should know what NFTs are, but thinking about them makes my head hurt
If you answered the latter two options, you’re not alone. Don’t worry – we sat down with NYU Stern Professor Sabrina Howell to simplify it for you.

Self-assessment: Does your team trust you?
I’m sure you’ve had a manager you didn’t trust.
Maybe that manager said she valued your time – but then canceled your 1:1 at the last minute because she just had to run out and get a smoothie.
Maybe he called you out in front of the team for a mistake he made. (Truly an unforgivable offense).
Whatever it was, you know that once trust is lost, it’s hard to get back...
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Why most corporate learning offerings suck (and how to fix it)
What percentage of employees actually use the skills they learn in L&D programs at their jobs?
Twelve percent.
If these numbers sound rough, that’s because they are...

The three skills that actually matter to business growth
Do you ever look at a company like Google or Netflix and think, “I know we could be that successful – if only we had their people on our team”?
The bad news: It’s impossibly expensive to recruit talent from the top tech companies.
The good news: You can develop this type of talent in-house, if you zero in on the skills that actually matter to drive business growth.
To help you, our research team looked at 100 of today’s top-performing organizations and identified the business skills that matter.
These are the skills that should be your top priority in talent development. So let’s get started.