A few days ago, David Linthicum published a summary on LinkedIn about an article he wrote on InfoWorld about this topic.
However, besides the points made in the article, I believe that some strategic thinking can also help here. There is always something else after the hype: they call it the “Trough of Disillusionment”. Knowing this raises questions:
- can we be smarter now to spend less time “there”?
- what can we do now to ensure that trust between stakeholders remains “healthy” when those “bad times” come? (and get out quicker)
- is there space for “self-funding” initiatives?
- which budget lines will get “commoditized” by GenAI (and “when”) so those (currently locked up) resources can be freed to fuel “creative destruction” and fulfill “unserved demands”?
- which problems can be re-visited and re-solved in different ways thanks to GenAI so that those (currently locked up) resources can accelerate this “virtuous cycle”?
- is the fiscal period the “right” framework to do the analysis?
- is “budget” the “problem”?
- are we framing problems correctly? Are we doing the right questions?
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Many variables. Many unknown unknowns. Uncertain Risk-Reward relationship. Sounds familiar, isn't it? :). This is how Complex Problems look like …