This highlight video is from April 11, 2024 session Generative AI Will Redefine The Workplace For All Organizations
Session Focus: Generative AI Will Redefine The Workplace For All Organizations
Source: Forbes (February, 2024)
In the eye-opening session "Generative AI Will Redefine The Workplace For All Organizations", Mike Song issued a call for organizations to foster "technology quotient" (TQ) as a critical new skillset alongside IQ and EQ. As Mike stated: "If I help people with their IQ and EQ I've got to be thinking about TQ because it's part of this puzzle of their day."
With generative AI rapidly advancing, simply learning how to use new technologies is no longer enough. Mike's "TQ Theory" provides a framework for continuously building the exploration skills and growth mindset required to adapt to an ever-evolving tech landscape. Here are three key takeaways:
- Developing "technology quotient" (TQ) through continuous exploration, learning shortcuts, and sharing tech knowledge is vital for success in the AI-driven future of work.
- Having a growth mindset and being willing to play around with new technologies informally is important for building TQ skills.
- Organizations should embrace and enable a learning culture that celebrates finding new tech tips and empowers all employees as "tech-perts" who can coach each other.
Mike emphasized the need to move beyond just teaching software capabilities to instilling a spirit of "tech-ploring" - being curious, creating templates/prompts, and even making useless but fun outputs, all in the spirit of playful mastery.
In the words of Mike, "The upside potential for us to help each other get better with technology is tremendous." By prioritizing TQ alongside IQ and EQ, we can future-proof our workforce for the generative AI era.