FROM GREG’S DESK

Because your real job is change.

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Talking (and Thinking) Carefully about AI

Lots of noise and shiny object waving out there regarding Artificial Intelligence. I try to cut through at least some of that and to advance leader (board and management) consideration (thinking and talking) about AI

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Timing is Everything

Here’s a brief piece in Work@Wharton article drawing on my research with retired FDNY first responders on 9/11.

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6 Steps to AI Governance in Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence is here. It constitutes change in and of itself as well as precipitating other organizational change. I offer another of my articles about AI and leading change and hope that you will find it useful.

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More Music, More Hope

In case you missed it. Find a good sound system and a large screen. Invite a few friends. Pour adult beverages of choice for all….

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A Most Memorable Lunch and Honoring July 4

..may this July 4th contribute to our renewed commitment to the work at hand, including our rediscovering our bonds of historic affection along with our bonds as an evolving yet still aspiring people, a people committed to furthering the work begun so long ago: Work marked with a national birth certificate on this day in 1776, work that remains so incomplete, so vulnerable, work, to date, so laboriously and, far too often, slowly and painfully advanced…work that is now ours.

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Just another day at my Antarctic office.

Just another day at my Antarctic office.

When leaders and their organizations face challenges, there's a lot at stake… The “hard stuff” is often the “soft stuff”— like building and maintaining strong working relationships among leaders and their people. Challenging times place special demands on organizations and everyone in them. Through this blog, I will share insights and lessons from my research and field experience on the perspective, skills, and support you need to handle those demands.

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