Joe McKendrick

5 days ago | forbes.com | Joe McKendrick

Technology companies are often held up as open, forward-looking enterprises capable of quickly adapting and moving on innovations. Indeed, many do function as autonomous sets of creative teams, with little formal management to hinder their progress. Still, there’s a crisis that has been bubbling within tech culture that often derails such innovative spirit. That is, they tend toward “bro cultures,” closing off more diverse points of view and possibilities for innovation.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Joe McKendrick

A few decades back, management guru Peter Drucker made the observation that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” meaning that without a responsive, forward-looking corporate culture, even the most meticulously planned business strategy will fall flat. In other words, just as people make the world go ‘round, and people make the business go ’round, it’s going to take people to make artificial intelligence go 'round.

1 week ago | rtinsights.com. | Joe McKendrick

Physical AI promises to reinvent industrial automation with more efficient ways to train and control entire digital workforces of autonomous mobile robots. Factory robots, those arms seen on assembly lines doing welding spots or painting parts, have been around for decades. Now, we’re starting to see more mobile, almost human-like robots carrying on more of the grunt work that is part of industrial sites.

1 week ago | rtinsights.com | Joe McKendrick

Physical AI promises to reinvent industrial automation with more efficient ways to train and control entire digital workforces of autonomous mobile robots. Factory robots, those arms seen on assembly lines doing welding spots or painting parts, have been around for decades. Now, we’re starting to see more mobile, almost human-like robots carrying on more of the grunt work that is part of industrial sites.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Joe McKendrick

Could ongoing economic turbulence – or a recession – result in even more widespread adoption of AI and AI agents as a cost-saving move? There’s a risk to business leaders thinking in the event of sour times they could simply lay off workers and swap in AI systems to replace them – such a choice could be extremely counter-productive.