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

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 🥪

Thanks for an inspirational day! 💚

Love the front row seat eagerness @ellayanor.bsky.social !

You'd love it Mike!

Yes please! I'm here

Yep that's me!

🤚 I'm going, see you there!

See you there! Hope you manage to get a replacement cuppa ☕