4 Ways to Make Work More Meaningful

by John Coleman for Harvard Business Review Curiosity is critical to professional success. A curious mind will spot and solve problems, while being unafraid to try something new. It will seek out the insights of others, and open itself to expanded thinking. A curious person will never succumb to apathy, instead pushing consistently for growth, innovation, and improvement. Anyone seeking to build a successful career must embrace curiosity.  But curiosity isn’t just essential to professional advancement — it’s central to crafting purpose and meaning at work. We all want to feel that our work is meaningful, and we all have an opportunity to make it so. But…

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Imagine the possibilities

by MARK DANCER for Mark Dancer on Flourishing Business Consider what’s possible Reid Hoffman’s new podcast, Possible, is on a mission to explore the brightest possible version of the future. His latest book, Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, written with GPT-4 as an author’s co-pilot, explores how we might use AI on a quest to “make life more meaningful and prosperous,” to “help solve our hardest challenges,” and to “expand opportunities for self-determination and self-expression.” I love it. All of this is the right stuff for supply chain innovators as we seek not just to fix what’s broken but to build…

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Creatives are more than a remix

by ALEJANDRA CÉSPEDES AND SEBASTIAN CUERVO for 42 Slash Advertising uses graphic representations to connect brands with buyers. The more your brand resonates, the easier you can capture value and turn it into revenue. In the B2B SaaS world (and digital marketing in general), these visual models are often called "creatives." While the name is not wrong- they result from creative processes- "creatives" often are distant from genuine creative work. Why is that the case? How does it affect marketing? Creatives aren't creative... but they should. In marketing, creatives usually refer to adding an image to a previously prebuilt copy. This text…

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Genuine vs. Generative: Is AI Going to Work for B2B?

By Gordon Ritter & Jake Saper, General Partners at Emergence for Surfacing 2022 was a year that personified AI. Many of us had moments last year playing with ChatGPT and DALL-E where we saw the future. Some applications were more practical, such as students getting help with their homework or software engineers de-bugging their code, while some were more fun, such as asking the model for a new mac n’ cheese recipe or chatting with dead celebrities. While these applications have strong potential for consumer audiences and new marketing techniques—as evidenced by the fast growth of companies like Jasper AI—we don’t believe that…

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