Human production and prosperity have always been attributed to the tools that we use. Our history can be traced back through the tools that we created and the resulting impacts of those new technologies.

First humans used fire, arrows, and spears – these tools set humans on a trajectory much different than the rest of the animal kingdom. Agriculture, plows, and irrigation led to human thriving and set the stage for societies to be built. Humanity saw important inflection points in our evolution through periods like the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, both of which leveraged science and engineering as a core solution to drive the species forward and away from problems of the past.

Today, humans live in a very exciting era of technological evolution. Over the last 50 years digital technology emerged and soon became a crucial piece of humanity’s toolkit. Digital technology put productivity and information sharing on an exponential trajectory, and today digital technology is intertwined with all that we do for work or for life. According to the National Skills Coalition, 92% of jobs now require digital skills. As has been the case for all of human history, we must adapt or be left behind.

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Most recently, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is creating yet another paradigm shift in the way humans leverage tools and technologies. The exponential rise in human productivity and knowledge will not slow down, and it’s up to each of us to adapt with these new technologies in order to thrive with the rest of humanity. It has never been more important, or complex, to develop skills that meet the requirements of the moment.

At FPOV, we pay close attention to new technologies and trends so that we remain on the forefront with our capabilities. Just like our ancestors learned to sharpen an axe or wield a hammer, today we must be intentional with mastering our own Digital Toolkit.

FPOV’s recently released Humalogy® Trends Report found that 81% of respondents believed high level technology skills are crucial for career advancement. In this blog, we want to highlight some of the methodologies and resources you can use to sharpen your digital and AI abilities.

There are an immense number of services, platforms, and tools powered by artificial intelligence. It’s important to learn about and leverage a suite of AI tools to supplement your daily routines – both personal and professional.

First you must determine which new technologies and AI tools would be helpful for your life or career. A few great resources for finding new technologies are AI Valley (https://aivalley.ai/) and Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/). Both are aggregators of emerging tools, focusing on trending and novel use cases.

The Humalogy® Trends Report found that business leaders are understanding the importance of utilizing AI tools, with 63% reporting they had used a generative AI tool for work. Many leaders, however, struggle with the implementation and governance of new AI tools with only 15% saying they have implemented an AI acceptable use policy.

When it comes to using AI tools, prompt engineering skills are becoming essential to harnessing the potential of AI. Prompt engineering involves carefully crafting the prompts fed into AI systems to produce desired outputs. Mastering this skill can help companies boost customer service, content creation, and more by utilizing AI more effectively.

It is important to be strategic in the ways that your organization is harnessing the power of AI. As our HUMALOGY® Trends Report highlighted, leaders are still struggling to understand how to build an organizational strategy around AI. Every application of AI be in the context of helping a person do their job better, and with the plethora of sources and techniques it can be very time consuming to understand the best use of AI for in business or everyday life.

Hands-on training tailored to an organization’s needs will be key for truly harnessing the capabilities of AI. That’s why we developed our AI Co-Working Program that provides team centric, hands-on training sessions to level up AI abilities within businesses and organizations. We tailor each program to your organization’s goals and work directly with your people to refine the AI skills most relevant to achieving them.

Whether you want to save time on content generation, increase automation across customer service, or improve efficiency in data analytics or development, we designed our program to deliver the right mix of knowledge and practical guidance.

The objectives of the program include:

  • Introducing AI content generation concepts and tools
  • Providing hands on experience with AI tools and techniques
  • Understand how to apply AI Tools to create efficiencies, higher quality, and faster results
  • Developing resources to build AI skills faster than peers
  • Foster a community around AI that creates fertile ground for inspired evolution
  • Understanding AI risk and responsible use
  • Developing a future vision of where AI will transform the organization in the future

Once again, it is important to be proactive about developing an AI strategy within your organization. These tools are going to rapidly advance, and your team members are going to use them. As a leader, it is important to give individuals the proper guidance on how best to use the tools to benefit your organization and their careers.

The pace of AI advancement isn’t slowing. Organizations that act now to develop cohesive AI utilization frameworks will gain a competitive edge. With AI’s forward march, having a strong AI toolkit is becoming essential for both individuals and companies. Start building your skills through experimentation with AI Tools and education like Learn Prompting’s free courses or FPOV’s AI Co-Working Program.

If you’re interested to learn more about equipping your team with organizational AI skills, reach out to info@fpov.com to learn more about the AI Co-Working Program and how to foster AI skills within your organization.

Also download our Humalogy® Trends Report to read up on the trends impacting business leaders today.

About the Author

Matthew Bertram is a Senior Consultant at FPOV specializing in business intelligence, artificial intelligence, strategic planning, and business process management. Matthew leads FPOV’s Citizen Data Scientist and Citizen Automation Specialist programs as well the Co-Working with AI program. Learn more about Matthew Bertram.