ChatGPT – New Genie In The Neighbourhood

Technology evolution and coping with it is not new to our generation. In the industrial revolution, steam engines and mechanization caused disruption but took off slowly.

However, the disruptions leave little room to wait and watch in the information technology and knowledge revolution era. Notwithstanding the ill effects of new technologies, the benefits accrued have been immense. From mainframe computing to client-server to internet technologies, organizations have adopted themselves and reaped enormous benefits.

The new buzz on the block is ChatGPT or its equivalent Generative AI technology that promises the moon but scares the unprepared. How to welcome the change than resist it and prepare the organization to benefit from it requires a calculated approach. The best way is to embrace it early, experiment with it and enhance it as quickly as possible.

Earlier in this century, when internet technology threw open unlimited opportunities, planning, preparation, and regulations to adopt, it was experienced and implemented by many of us successfully in our organizations.

Approaches for Successful Transformation

If I trace back the steps followed for a successful transformation, I believe the same could be used now for the ChatGPT opportunity that is looming large.

Awareness across the Organization

Firstly, awareness…