The Corporate Entrepreneur

Coping with the dynamic process of a corporate cultures evolutionary change accentuates the need for a new understanding of Human Factors, AI, DI, robotics and the level of complex adaptive capabilities your employees and management teams need. Observing and understanding of how organizational cultural will be affected by the introduction of AI/DI and advanced robotics will transform cognitive and...

Management thinks AI/DI is here to eliminate employees.  They may not realize DI may also be here to transform management. For years, companies have used “hatchet man” leaders to do the dirty work — cut jobs, absorb the blame, and then disappear.  Today, many organizations are using AI/DI in the same way.  It sounds cleaner, more strategic, more inevitable.  I can hear it now "We had no choice. AI...

The core engine of modern collaboration no longer lives only in the office. It lives in the digital environment. That is where information moves fastest. That is where international collaboration happens. That is where enterprise data can be accessed, organized, questioned, and turned into usable knowledge. That is where true knowledge management can finally become more than a corporate slogan. Th...

What if the biggest competitive risk in your organization is not AI… but the slow erosion of your ability to think? In a world of dashboards, deadlines, and nonstop noise, critical thinking is becoming a lost discipline. And yet it is still the difference between reacting and leading, repeating and innovating, compliance and courage. My latest podcast explores a simple but uncomfortable truth: if...

Language matters because language shapes expectations. DI Is Not Coming. DI Is Here  This is not the behavior of a society interacting with a glorified calculator. This is the behavior of a society already turning to a new form of intelligence. “People are not just using DI to automate tasks. They are using it to think.” If DI is already here, why do so many people still speak as though it belongs...

Entrepreneurial leaders today are inheriting the aftermath of the command and control mindset—and many are refusing to repeat it. Mutual Benefit is the Next Evolution in business culture. The future belongs to entrepreneurs who recognize that strength comes not from extracting value at all costs, but from building systems where doing what is right for the company is also doing what is right for th...

We asked for it, we got it! - How Our Quest for Convenience Birthed the Perfect Employee - Enter the Ideal Worker: AI/DI and Robotics in the Modern Enterprise - The Paradox of Progress: When the Dream Becomes Displacement - The Human Advantage: Critical Thinking in the Age of Automation - Rapid Thought Switching: The New Cognitive Superpower - The New Division of Labor: Machines Execute, Humans Na...

While there are many amazing benefits to implementing AI, it is more important than ever to identify the potential repercussions. We must identify how the integration of artificial intelligence will affect your processes, operational requirements, training, human resources, and the company in general. These findings are necessary BEFORE AI is fully integrated so that changes can be made to ensure...

In the span of just a few decades, humanity has undergone a profound shift. Children once learned about the world by exploring backyards and talking to friends; now they explore virtual worlds and talk to chatbots. Parents once soothed their kids with stories and conversation; now screens handle much of that work. Employees once asked mentors and colleagues for guidance; now they increasingly seek...

“The holiday spirit involves employees at all levels communicating, negotiating, and taking action in a way where all employees at every level want to help each other (Mutual Benefit). There is a strong desire at this time of year to show this support for others, that seems to fade after the new year.” -Marc Gilenson Learn the - six attributes of a Mutual Benefit Culture - three pillars that will...

By 2050 almost half the jobs that we see today will be replaced by AI and Robotics. Are our kids ready or will the percentage be even higher? Critical thinking has long been recognized as a cornerstone of intellectual development, yet its integration into formal education—particularly as a central pillar of middle and high school curricula—remains inconsistent worldwide. School districts will poin...

“We’ve spent decades building tools. Now we’re building minds. Digital Intelligence isn’t here to replace us—it’s here to reason with us. But only if we’re ready to think critically.” From A Tool...To A Partner DI is not just a tool—it’s a thinking partner. But partnership requires dialogue, not deference. We must learn to question DI not because it’s broken, but because it’s evolving. Its weaknes...

The Rise of Digital Intelligence (DI): Why AI, DI, and Robotics Can No Longer Be Ignored The Corporate Blind Spot: AI/DI as Strategic Leaders Education’s Resistance to DI: A System Stuck in the Past AI/DI & Robotics: Real, Not Artificial Intelligence! Mutual Benefit Culture: The Path to Harmonizing Humans & DI Conclusion: The Choice is Ours

You can't know if it is going to be an advantage until you fully understand the, why and how! I will discuss the 8 components of Critical Thinking. The Rapid Thought Switching Framework for Critical Thinking has 6 components... Learn them here.

This is a skill critical (pun intended) for staying ahead of AI advancements that is not currently taught in schools nor rewarded in corporations. Learn the 6 components of the Rapid Thought Switching Framework, an integral part of critical thinking Understand the 8 things you need to do to be a critical thinker... they are not easy! How to use it in everyday life

It is time for a new deal. For everyone’s sake, let’s unleash the power of the RTS to create a new era of education, learning, and work. An era where we include all voices… remove the politics… share what we know… expose the risks…change the game… inspire action…free each person to contribute their absolute best, and then discover the amazing outcome together, because there is no better feeling th...

Have managers forgot what it is like to do your job? Do they want you to kiss ASS, to feed their ego? Are their friends getting ahead and hard workers being left behind? We discuss how relatability is key to the new style of leadership and culture development

in order not to be complacent, we discuss: 13 Corporate Entrepreneurial Principals 9 daily affirmations of corporate entrepreneurs  

This podcast is an updated version of my newsletter in February of 2023 The newsletter and this podcast would like to acknowledge David Woods, Professor of Cognitive Systems Engineering and Human Systems Integration at Ohio State University.  I used some of his early work to develop the 2/23 newsletter as well as this podcast.

May Edition: in this edition we discuss: - Major AI players and their focus - Where they stand on AGI and Robotics - Advancements and - How Critical Thinkers look at these advancements - The benefits to Humanity - What we can do to help our children

This episode discusses the Metaverse and how it currently and will affect our lives in the future. We incorporate AI and a brief discussion of how this all ties into the RTO discussion that has reignited. "Corporate Metaverse – a virtual-reality space in which employees, management, vendors and customers can interact within a familiar computer-generated environment that creates a Mutually Benefici...

- Control Negative Habits - understanding the survival impulse and the ego impulse - Eliminate Business Disease - they lie silently until it may be too late - Speak Your Mind - speak up and release all that stress

The S.M.A.R.T. Framework was developed to help companies become better, help their leaders become better, run better projects, create better processes, and help every employee become better. The S.M.A.R.T. Framework includes the three idea components wisdom, understanding and knowledge, and the five implementation components… Systemic, Measurable, Alignable, Relatable, Tailorable. The five impleme...

- Ego - good and bad - Creation - something from nothing - something from something- something from almost something - Eliminate Obstacles

- Have your teams do what you want them to do, and have them want to do it - Create a "Business Family" and they will work best for the whole organization - Don't spoil yourself or your employees