by paulgolding | Sep 9, 2022 | cognitive, data, Innovation
The Manifold & Mantra Hypotheses: Why AI works, and why it doesn't. Business leaders: pay attention. AI works because of a fact of nature that is sometimes expressed by the Manifold Hypothesis — that complex things can be explained via simpler mechanisms...
by paulgolding | Apr 17, 2022 | cognitive, data, Innovation
100 of 10 Rule Or, why you should bet everything on AI. It is common to use heuristics to frame innovation. Whilst this can easily tend towards a kind of bias wherein the heuristic becomes more precious than the execution, it is hard to cope with lots of ideas and...
by paulgolding | Nov 27, 2020 | Innovation
Learn Selling, not Fads Why fads are best ignored. As a hands-on, no-nonsense practitioner of innovation, I feel it’s “on brand” to warn my audience, if one exists, of the bullshit that pretends to be business theory. There’s always a...
by paulgolding | Nov 25, 2020 | Innovation
Discovery …is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. I am often staggered by how some folks appear to think that the opportunities for innovation are somehow narrowing due to intense market competition and low barriers to entry for technology. Nothing...
by paulgolding | Sep 24, 2020 | cognitive, Innovation
5 Reasons Digital Transformation Fails You’re not as smart as you think you are. Most of my work takes place within the context of an “Innovation Lab” or similar program that is often part of a wider transformation effort. Within that rubric, I have...
