Before deploying AI, organizations must align decisions, assign ownership and prepare people to act on AI insights.

Where leadership is strong, AI can become a force multiplier. But where leadership is weak, it can accelerate confusion and amplify risks.

By adopting a human-centric approach, we have the opportunity to quash the fears surrounding AI transformation well in advance.

Transformation begins not with technology, but with a shift in mindset.

The key to successful AI adoption is harnessing the power of AI while still safeguarding the human ability to maintain...

According to recent research conducted by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Rembrand Koning, women are adopting AI tools at a 25% lower rate than men

HR, here’s what to focus on as you integrate AI more and more into your organization, according to Kamales Lardi, author of Artificial Intelligence For Business, in this exclusive UNLEASH OpEd.

Kamales Lardi, author of Artificial Intelligence for Business and CEO of Lardi & Partner Consulting, is a bold and strategic thinker in digital and business transformation, blending over 25 years of deep cross-industry expertise with the latest digital, technology, and neuroscience-backed solutions to deliver measurable business results.

In the 1980s, I distinctly remember a wave of fear surrounding the use of microwave ovens. There were numerous stories about how "nuking" food with microwave ovens was removing nutrients from it, or even worse, causing food to become radioactive.

Decades of research have disproved these claims, proving that microwave energy changes to heat as it is absorbed by food, and does not make it radioactive or contaminated. Today, although microwave ovens have become a staple in most households, fears and anxieties surrounding their use still exist. Fresh waves of anxiety and fear often accompany innovation and new technologies; we fear what we do not fully understand or control.

Artificial intelligence has rapidly gone from a niche topic to a household one in recent years. As more companies continue to adopt AI technology and tools, developing employees’ AI literacy should be a key priority for leaders.

Picture this: You are a technology leader in a packed board room, ready to present a groundbreaking solution that could save the company millions and significantly improve their ways of working. Yet, after your presentation, a silence hangs in the air.  Finally, the head of operations leans forward, arms stubbornly crossed, and says, "I don’t see how we can change the way we do things; this is how we have always worked." You hear murmurs of agreement ripple through the room, and that is when you realize, they are clinging to the comforts of the status quo. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having an "It Girl" moment - everyone wants it or claims to have something to do with it. And frankly, the transformative potential of AI can be witnessed across many industries, reshaping how businesses operate and compete. As organizations are sold on the incredible potential of AI applications in business, leadership teams are increasingly viewing AI as a “silver-bullet” solution for business challenges and growth opportunities.

As companies face the "next normal" business landscape — full of rapidly shifting consumer trends and new working models — digital solutions can create a competitive advantage and drive sustainable results.

A starting point for any organization in AI solution deployment is to assess the current digital maturity of the organization.

As companies embrace the accelerated digitization of their customers, supply chain interactions and internal operations, the significant impact of digital transformation on working models, roles, organization structures and employee engagement should not be ignored.

Obwohl bereits seit den 1950ern Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich künstliche Intel­ligenz (KI) betrieben wird, hat sie erst in den letzten Jahrzehnten signifikante Fortschritte ge­macht.

As entrepreneurs, we tend to equate growth with expansion. Looking at how other businesses have developed over the years, it seems like a logical equation. Yet, before a business expands, there are several areas that the owner needs to take into consideration. Scaling and developing a business's current operation is more than just increasing its size and number of employees. Overhead costs and logistics also need to factor into the decision.

Companies often wish to hire employees that can add value to their existing teams, but they don’t always take the time to clearly communicate those values to potential candidates, leaving candidates scrambling for answers. To cut through the fog of ambiguous hiring practices, 14 members of Forbes Business Council laid out their best strategies for finding candidates who suit the role. 

TikTok has become an interesting part of many business' marketing campaigns, which can be wildly successful if the clips tick all the right boxes. Below, members of Forbes Business Council share some of the most creative ways businesses can use this popular platform to advertise their products or services. 

Below, 12 members of Forbes Business Council provide helpful advice on what entrepreneurs ought to consider before setting out on the road to expansion, and explain why these elements are so critical to pay attention to.

If you want to engage an audience, you need content that makes them sit up and take notice. Here, 12 experts from Forbes Business Council discuss how businesses can make their content grab audience attention to send their engagement rates through the roof.

In the palm oil industry, the use of blockchain technology combined with mobile apps and other related technology, such as QR Codes, RFID tags and Internet-connected sensors, could result in near-perfect sustainability records.

Supply chain management has emerged as one of the major use cases for blockchain technology, offering an efficient and almost fully tamper-proof way of tracking the cradle-to-cradle life cycle of goods. The blockchain translates chain of custody across the value chain into a distributed, immutable, digital trail that asserts the circularity of products.