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Empowering Everyone: How AI Can Deliver Executive-Level Training & Coaching For Your Entire Workforce
Empowering Everyone: How AI Can Deliver Executive-Level Training & [...]
Like Clockwork: How AI “Prompt Engineering” is Like Watchmaking
Like Clockwork: How AI "Prompt Engineering" is Like Watchmaking [...]
How Robots Read: The Ultimate Guide to Using Documents as Data Sources for AI
How Robots Read: The Ultimate Guide to Using Documents [...]
Is AI Video Ready for Prime Time? (What the History of Netflix and Computer Games Tell Us)
Is AI Video Ready for Prime Time? (What the [...]
5 Risks of Using AI at Work
5 Risks of Using AI at Work There [...]
What If Every Human Worker Had an AI Coach?
What If Every Human Worker Had an AI Coach? [...]
Case Study: Creating Healthcare Simulation Training with AI
Case Study: Creating Healthcare Simulation Training with AI [...]
Case study: Creating Interactive Sales Training Role-Plays for Financial Advisors with Generative AI
Case Study: Creating Interactive Sales Training Role-Plays for Financial [...]
5 Ways to Use AI in Workforce Training
5 Ways to Use AI in Workforce Training [...]
Calibrating the Difficulty of AI Simulations (or “Is Your Training Challenging Enough to Be Worthwhile?”)
Calibrating the Difficulty of AI Simulations (or “Is Your [...]
AI is an Evil Genie (or “How to Ensure AI Interprets Instructions as Intended”)
AI is an Evil Genie (or “How to Ensure [...]
How do You QA Test AI Interactions?
How Do You QA Test AI Interactions? [...]
Developing Job Skills with AI Simulations: How Realistic Do Practice Simulations Need to Be?
Developing Job Skills with AI Simulations: How Realistic Do [...]
Teaching AI to Emulate Human Irrationality (or “Why Can’t the Machine Make All the Decisions?”)
Teaching AI to Emulate Human Irrationality (or “Why Can't [...]
3 Ways to Use AI Generated Simulations and Role Plays in Education and Workforce Training
3 Ways to Use AI Generated Simulations and Role [...]
How IT Departments Can Make Peace with Generative AI
How IT Departments Can Make Peace with Generative AI [...]
Gen Z Employees Love Remote Work (Until They Have to Manage a Team!)
Gen Z Employees Love Remote Work (Until They Have [...]
Sonata Notes: Want to Recruit Ex-Google Employees? Remote Work Can Give You an Edge
Want to Recruit Ex-Google Employees? Remote Work Can Give [...]
Sonata Notes: Surviving the “Great Shift Change”
The long-predicted skilled labor shortage in fields such as engineering, manufacturing, and construction is upon us and is expected to last for most of the 2020s. Given that most companies haven't prepared adequately for the departure of their experienced staff, how can we accelerate the recovery of labor pipelines?
Sonata Notes: Should You Outsource Field Service, or Train Your Own Technicians?
The shortage of skilled field service technicians is a major challenge for capital equipment and infrastructure companies. Is outsourcing a reasonable "quick and easy" solution for covering those gaps - or is it giving up a future revenue stream?
Sonata Notes: Hybrid Work: Best or Worst of Both Worlds?
While they differ on when and how often people should return to the office, most employers and employees agree that the future of work will be “hybrid”, with some people on-site and others at home, depending on the day. A Vergesense survey found 74% of organizations intend to adopt some kind of hybrid model long-term.
Sonata Notes: Is Remote Team Productivity Sustainable?
While multiple studies confirmed a 5-8% jump in productivity since the great shift to remote work, leaders are divided on whether this is a temporary anomaly or the dawn of a new era. There are a few asterisks to consider with the pandemic productivity figures:
Sonata Notes: Why Managers Struggle with Remote Teams
Multiple studies have found remote workers are 5% to 13% more productive than on-site workers, but you might not know it from talking to their managers.
Sonata Notes: Why Do Managers Distrust Remote Workers?
While studies during the pandemic have shown virtual teams are highly productive, many managers can’t shake the suspicion that remote employees are doing laundry or going out for lattes when they’re supposed to be working.
