Christine Haskell, Ph.D.'s Blog, page 2
January 21, 2025
Generative AI vs. Predictive AI: Comparing Apples and Oranges
The AI revolution is upon us, with businesses pouring billions of dollars into generative and predictive AI solutions. From crafting unique marketing campaigns to optimizing supply chains, these technologies promise to transform industries. Yet, there is a perplexing paradox: the savings and efficiencies promised by predictive AI far outstrip those of generative AI, yet both receive nearly equal investment and attention. What e...
January 20, 2025
AI’s Newest Employee: Who Bears the Burden of Your Digital Coworkers?
Digital coworkers are no longer hypothetical. AI-driven agents—agentics—are creeping into every function, every decision process, and every interaction within organizations. In some ways, they are the executive dream—they don’t need coffee breaks, demand raises, or call in sick. And yet, they’re reshaping work in ways few leaders are prepared to handle.
But here’s the real question: Who actually bears the burden of these AI-driven coworkers? Who trains them, maintains them, and—when they inevitab...
December 27, 2024
2024 Annual Letter
As we reflect on 2024 and look ahead to 2025, one truth stands out: in an era of unprecedented AI advancement, human capabilities become more crucial, not less. This pa...
December 18, 2024
The Merkel Mirror: Leadership Lessons for the Digital Age
Angela Merkel’s recently published memoir Freedom arrives at a pivotal moment for organizational leadership. As Yascha Mounk notes in his recent Financial Times analysis, Merkel’s legacy reveals how competent management can coexist with systemic failure. This paradox resonates deeply in today’s digital transformation landscape.[1]
...November 27, 2024
The Great Responsibility Shift: From Corporate Stewardship to Individual Burden
In the 1950s, if you bought a Coca-Cola, you’d pay a deposit on the bottle. When you finished your drink, you’d return it to the store, and Coca-Cola would collect, wash, and reuse these bottles up to 50 times. This system worked efficiently for decades, with return rates often exceeding 95%. [1]
Today, that bottle is your problem.
This shift didn't happen by accident. Through carefully orchestrated campaigns and lobbying efforts, corporations like Coca-Cola helped create the narrative that recycl...
November 12, 2024
A student declaration of rights: Protecting Education in the Age of AI
In my years studying the intersection of technology and human development, I've observed a concerning pattern: our tendency to embrace technological solutions before fully understanding their impact on our core human experiences. Nowhere is this pattern more evident – or more concerning – than in education.
Today, I'm sharing news of an initiative occupying my thoughts and research: the Global Student & AI Rights Pledge & Declaration. These are two initiatives I architected as part of presentatio...
The Human Element: Protecting Education in the Age of AI
In my years studying the intersection of technology and human development, I've observed a concerning pattern: our tendency to embrace technological solutions before fully understanding their impact on our core human experiences. Nowhere is this pattern more evident – or more concerning – than in education.
Today, I'm sharing news of an initiative occupying my thoughts and research: the Global Student & AI Rights Pledge & Declaration. These are two initiatives I architected as part of presentatio...
November 10, 2024
Publishing, Authors Tables, and Moody Tapas Waiters
Day 1 included pre conference sessions and my first Author Showcase. Loved speaking with interested faculty and clients and the promise of driving greater understanding, leadership, and marketable skills in the current programs.
The nice part of conferences turning into communities is reconnecting with wonderful people like the indomitable Fiona Allison from Emerald Publishing who encourages, supports, and champions her authors. So excited to be working with her on an upcoming project for 2025!
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Sitting in the Fire, With Maria
Last year, I had a very special meeting with MariaGuajardo , who is a beloved professor at Soka University in Japan. She and I witnessed first hand the impacts what happy when people aren’t “practicing their craft.”
...The Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai, known simply as #Hokusai, was a Japanese painter and printmaker born in 1760. His career spans decades of artistic evolution, culminating in his most famous work, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," part of the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.
Hokusai's reflection on his progress at different ages illustrates lifelong learning as a master craftsman. The Wave, his greatest work (and innovation) didn’t occur until the end of his career.
All I have done before the age of seventy...
