4. As the title suggests, FOMO is not a strategy - charities should resist the pressure to adopt AI out of fear of missing out. They should focus on gradual, meaningful experimentation and innovation. Perhaps most importantly they should share with their peers, so the sector can learn collectively
3. Barriers to system change - successful AI implementation requires good data, clear processes, and investment in skills. The same kind of foundational requirements and challenges that charities have struggled with for years while working on "digital transformation". AI tech is not a silver bullet
2. Super fans drive adoption - enthusiastic early adopters (tech-savvy staff or innovation-driven leaders) are experimenting and learning - charities could create policies that empower these individuals to explore AI while ensuring they align with organisational values and objectives
1. Incremental gains, not transformations - AI adoption is leading to small productivity boosts for individuals rather than large-scale organisational changes. For charities, this means focusing on practical, task-specific use cases rather than expecting immediate, transformative outcomes
This article on generative AI by Rachel Coldicutt is excellent:
buttondown.com/justenoughin...
Some fascinating insights into how generative AI is being adopted in workplaces. Totally relevant to UK charities as they take steps forward in how to use AI:
4. As the article title suggests, FOMO is not a strategy - charities should resist the pressure to adopt AI out of fear of missing out. They should focus on gradual, meaningful experimentation and innovation. Most importantly they should share with their peers, so the sector can learn collectively
3. Barriers to system change - successful AI implementation requires good data, clear processes, and investment in skills. The same kind of foundational requirements and challenges that charities have struggled with for years while working on "digital transformation". AI tech is not a silver bullet
2. Super fans drive adoption - enthusiastic early adopters (tech-savvy staff or innovation-driven leaders) are experimenting and learning - charities could create policies that empower these individuals to explore AI while ensuring they align with organisational values and objectives
1. Incremental gains, not transformations - AI adoption is leading to small productivity boosts for individuals rather than large-scale organisational changes. For charities, this means focusing on practical, task-specific use cases rather than expecting immediate, transformative outcomes
Have you read anything by Brendan Leonard? I quite like his take on it... semi-rad.com/2017/01/i-ha... - which he's extended out into this book alpsinsight.com/stories/i-ha...
Acute lunch envy going on over here, that's a perfect combo 🥪
An inspirational day with awesome charity sector folks - thanks to everyone who was involved in organising and running it 💚
Thanks for an inspirational day! 💚
Love the front row seat eagerness @ellayanor.bsky.social !
You'd love it Mike!
Yes please! I'm here
A photo of post it's showing ideas for agenda discussions focusing on digital skills and open source collaboration
A great agenda coming together at #UKCharityCamp - it'll be hard to choose which session to go to!
Yep that's me!
Photo of a green post-it with a hand drawn sketch. The sketch shows a horizontal arrow with the words ‘E2E experience’. Underneath is a vertical arrow with the words ‘E2E org design + op model’.
Photo of a green post-it with a hand drawn sketch. The sketch shows 4 overlapping circles of different sizes. Inside the circles it says ‘Create an account’, ‘Order a card’, ‘Manage your finances’ and ‘Get financial advice’.
Photo of a green post-it with a hand drawn sketch. The sketch shows a cluster of 4 circles, with arrows going round the outside. It says ‘E2E customer experience’.
Why do so many strategic initiatives fail?
Too often, organisations focus entirely on the target customer experience, without thinking about how they’ll make it real. They want to create a new experience, but their operating model holds them back.
🤚 I'm going, see you there!
See you there! Hope you manage to get a replacement cuppa ☕
A view of a tree in a frosty park at sunrise, with houses and street lights in the background
Gorgeous morning for a cold walk to the train station for a day in Birmingham at #UKCharityCamp
Really looking forward to #UKCharityCamp next week - to seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones. Who else on here is going?
the sea at night. some big rocks in the foreground. all in a dark blue light. the water is still.
Night all.... Sleep well.
Episode 134 - Night waves rolling onto Coldingham Sands (34 mins *sleep safe*)
It's 3am on the path from St Abbs to the beach. Just the sound of gulls and the sea.
bit.ly/LenCoSa
The larger and more engaged a digital community, the greater the opportunity is to make a lasting impact! This very useful post features five practical tips to build and engage an inspired online community for your nonprofit: nptechforgood.com/2024/11/10/5... ✅
These inheritance tax protests have such Mrs Merton energy.
‘So, Mr Dyson, what is it about your multimillion pound estate that attracts you to opposing taxes on multimillion pound estates?’
I feel like I've gone back in time 10 years... Brexit hasn't happened, Trump is a TV sideshow, Gladiators is just a childhood memory
Thanks Michael! It definitely feels like a good place to be
Thanks!
Looking forward to #UKCharityCamp on Thurs 28th - going to be great to meet people in real life! Looking forward to chats on charity digital, innovation, content, transformation, impact, measurement and more