When A Team Comes Alive – A Book By Lon Safko Lon Safko’s “When A Team Comes Alive” explores the transition from a collection of individuals to a high-performing, energized unit by focusing on psychological ownership and human-centric leadership. The text argues that extraordinary performance is not a mechanical result of process, but a byproduct […]
The Access Innovators – A Book By Lon Safko This text introduces Lon Safko’s book, The Access Innovators, which chronicles his creation of SoftVoice and SenSei, the first computer systems designed to save human lives through assistive technology. The narrative serves as a cinematic blueprint for a streaming series, detailing the emotional and financial sacrifices required to develop voice-activated and head-controlled interfaces for individuals
Are You Lying? A candid conversation between Lon Safko, Serial Innovator, and Claude 0.10.14 about its own creation and its ability to tell the truth. Lon: I understand the story of how LLMs work. I don’t believe it. You cannot create through prediction. Who or what is behind your abilities and function if not just
“A.I. Chatbots, Unexpected Positive Consequences” Scroll Down to download your free copy… Lon Safko Live & Virtual Over the past three years, only the best speakers were able to successfully transition from live audiences to virtual presentations. Lon is one of those speakers. Whether it’s in front of 2,000 people in Graz, Austria, or 2,000
Series Conclusion Wow! That was an epic journey! I really do hope you enjoyed this technology exposé. Seriously, these technologies are here and will become part of our everyday culture very soon. As you saw, they are already interwoven into our smartphones, our automobiles, and our entertainment. The faster you learn about these the quicker you
Part Three V.R. – Virtual Reality Here’s another example of a Fortune 500 Company making money and building their brand in Second Life. Pizza Hut had a virtual location in Second Life. You could go into their virtual Pizza Hut, be greeted by a friendly employee Avatar, place your pizza order, and… in 30 minutes
Part Two V.R. – Virtual Reality Second Life allowed us to move around and meet people we would never have met otherwise. When you met and struck up a conversation with a passing Avatar, you wouldn’t know if they were from your area, your state, or country, or somewhere else in the world. You could
Part One V.R. – Virtual RealityVirtual Reality is a three-dimensional game-like environment you participate in similar to a video game were you are represented by a cartoon-like figure (an Avatar), and all the other Avatars (players) are real people just like you. You can move around, meet and talk to people, see the virtual world
Part Three A.R. – Augmented Reality A.R. is going to affect how we as consumers interact with our favorite brands in ways we haven’t even figured out yet. If you are in sales, marketing, customer service or management, you have a responsibility to your company and to yourself to know these technologies. Just like Social
Part Two A.R. – Augmented Reality Let’s look at Augmented Reality and how companies are using it to interact with their customers. Lowe’s Home Improvement has been doing a great job using Augmented Reality. Many other companies are also doing a great job, but here are some of Lowe’s. Oh yeah, and a company that