This is a fascinating interview by Parag Khanna (@paragkhanna) with Don Tapscott (@dtapscott). Tapscott discusses the potential upside and downside of collaborative revolutions for societies around the world and the implications for dissent, noting that:
"the Internet radically drops the cost of dissent"
It is interesting to read back on old posts sometimes. One I came across is titled: AI Changes Everything. Way back in June 2024 I travelled to Boston to speak at FEI: Front End of Innovation conference, invited by old friend Seth Adler to speak about how AI was about
The AI conversation is shifting. What began as a fascination with generative tools is rapidly evolving into something far more consequential: AI as an enterprise execution engine. The real challenge is no longer producing outputs, but delivering reliable, governed outcomes at scale.
As AI agents take real actions across your business, observability and assurance move from nice‑to‑have to non‑negotiable.
Data is no longer a static by-product; it is a flowing asset that powers automation and AI. When it is poorly governed, AI amplifies the problems - so managing data and its risks is now a strategic imperative.
