Approaching generative AI with a beginner’s mindset
Aug 26, 2024
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Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI, is a leader in harnessing artificial intelligence for business innovation. She discusses the importance of a growth mindset in navigating the rapid changes brought by generative AI. Clara emphasizes how AI can transform customer interactions and enhance workflow efficiency while addressing challenges in change management. The conversation also delves into the need for building trust in AI, ensuring data privacy, and advocating for women's empowerment in tech.
Adopting a growth mindset is crucial for businesses to navigate the rapid changes and opportunities introduced by generative AI.
The integration of generative AI requires employees to adapt and reskill, as traditional job roles evolve through automation and enhanced collaboration.
Deep dives
Navigating Change in the Era of AI
The rapid advancement of large language models is reshaping business practices, prompting leaders to adopt a mindset of curiosity and openness. Staying adaptable is essential for capitalizing on disruptive moments presented by generative AI, as traditional methods of handling data are becoming obsolete. For instance, the ability to analyze unstructured data—like chat transcripts, emails, and videos—opens up vast new possibilities for knowledge work. Emphasizing change management, business leaders need to prepare their organizations to fully embrace AI technologies and their associated workflows.
Unlocking the Power of Unstructured Data
Generative AI provides an unprecedented opportunity to leverage unstructured data within organizations, which represents a majority of the data available. Conventional software architecture primarily dealt with structured data; however, the integration of both structured and unstructured data with large language models enhances business operations. For example, businesses can streamline customer interactions by utilizing AI-generated responses grounded in official knowledge, significantly reducing resolution times for customer inquiries. This innovative use of AI allows for greater efficiency and improves the overall customer experience.
The Future Landscape of Work with AI
The integration of generative AI into the workplace is transforming job roles across industries, ultimately requiring employees to adapt and reskill. Knowledge workers must familiarize themselves with AI tools, including learning how to effectively prompt large language models, to thrive in the evolving job landscape. With routine tasks becoming increasingly automated, there is an opportunity for employees to concentrate on higher-level functions that drive innovation. As organizations shift from being composed solely of human workers to a blend of human and digital workers, the nature of collaboration and service delivery will fundamentally change.
Applying a growth mindset is the best way for businesses to approach the rapid changes born of generative AI (gen AI), says Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge podcast. Shih speaks with McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee about the transformative power of gen AI to help accelerate workflows, the importance of change management, and the top questions business leaders are asking about AI adoption.