{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68357ec21b846c88bdcd7480/68a1dc65bf1254c505d0e7b9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"118: Don't put all your lettuce in one carriage","description":"<p>What does a failed lettuce shipment from a Steinbeck novel have to do with your AI strategy? Everything, as it turns out.</p><p><br></p><p>In this one, we're doing it, we're stepping into the world of AI adoption. I mean, surely <em>someone</em> should start talking about this AI thing? </p><p><br></p><p>Ahem.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about why a bunch of what companies are doing with AI is ruinous efficiency theatre – and what they oughta learn from a hapless lettuce entrepreneur out of classic novel <em>East of Eden</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>We explore the parallels between infrastructure booms (railroads then, AI now), why 70% of companies see zero efficiency gains from AI, and how to avoid becoming the laughing stock of your industry.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The \"lettuce man paradox\" - when you're right but early, you're wrong</li><li>How 20% of bees ignore the waggle dance (and why you should too)</li><li>The antifragile barbell strategy: boring investments + wild experiments</li><li>Tom's \"expert panel of dissenters\" AI prompt that will tear your ideas apart (in the best way)</li><li>Why setting up a fence around a playground is more important than setting up goals and objectives</li><li>Container ships, steel plants, graphics chips and compute: what to do with <em>what gets left behind</em> after boom-bust cycles</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>References:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>East of Eden</em> by John Steinbeck</li><li><em>Antifragile</em> by Nassim Nicholas Taleb</li><li>Dave Snowden's Ritual Dissent method <a href=\"https://cynefin.io/wiki/Ritual_dissent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://cynefin.io/wiki/Ritual_dissent</a></li><li>Ken Stanley's Myth of the Objective (playground thinking) <a href=\"https://youtu.be/VDuF4onPmuE?si=4vEfNLBIZyaDvB4h\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/VDuF4onPmuE?si=4vEfNLBIZyaDvB4h</a></li><li>Strathern's reframing of Goodhart's Law <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law</a></li><li>Adam Mastroianni (of Experimental History) Bag of words, have mercy on us <a href=\"https://www.experimental-history.com/p/bag-of-words-have-mercy-on-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.experimental-history.com/p/bag-of-words-have-mercy-on-us</a></li><li>Episode 044: The one with the bees <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/triggerstrategy/episodes/044-the-one-with-the-bees\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/triggerstrategy/episodes/044-the-one-with-the-bees</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>For a copy of Tom's prompt, or with questions, comments, historical corrections or love notes, ping us at <a href=\"mailto:tentacles@crownandreach.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tentacles@crownandreach.com</a></p>","author_name":"Tom Kerwin"}