Digitize your knowledge-powered culture to double the impact of A.I.

Abstract

This article aims to show that, to more effectively use artificial intelligence to prosper, corporations also need to develop a digital knowledge-powered culture. This article is not to present data and comes from our 30 years of observations and consulting work experience in the fields of organizational transformation and emerging technology in the world. In this article, we propose that organizations develop a digital knowledge-powered culture to effectively address these concerns and increase the positive impacts of artificial intelligence technology in their corporations. The corporate world has never been the same since the invention of artificial intelligence technology and never will be. In today’s AI-centric era, shaping equals transformation. Shaping means changing the shape. In the cyberspace of AI, real-time transformations take place on the stage. The emerging technology of artificial intelligence is a powerful weapon but a neutral agent, and executives in the US and the other developed world now have two options: develop a digital knowledge-powered culture to use it or ignore such a culture to lose it. We particularly show that if executives select to use artificial intelligence, they should be aware that there is also one concern regarding an effective transformation for AI: cultivating an effective digital knowledge-powered culture for corporations.

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artificial intelligence digital knowledge-powered culture digital leadership agile companies organizational innovation

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