Unique or interchangeable?

𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘀? 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗲 / 𝗜𝗵𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 / 𝗜𝗵𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻? 𝗪𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗵𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮̈𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 “𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗴”? 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝗲 / 𝗜𝗵𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗴?

We have to ask ourselves these questions again and again in the age of the next/permanent digital transformation. Strictly speaking, this is nothing new. 𝗘𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁.

For millions of years, evolution has shown us that further development is an important principle of survival. That not everyone has to be equally “good” at everything, but that diversification and combination produce the best results.

So if we as people / teams / companies / society are worried today about being replaced by the next digital transformation, then we should simply ask ourselves the question 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁 and what cannot be done by an AI.

Here we quickly come to the realization that these are, for example, “𝗪𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 / 𝗘𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮̈𝘁”. A technical system may automate things wonderfully, never get tired, generate consistently high quality, produce and find data – it will never 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 “𝗮𝗻𝗳𝘂̈𝗵𝗹𝘁”. It will also have no intuitive access to terms such as “good” or “bad”, it will find it difficult to think “around the corner”.

The concept of values also includes “𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁” 𝘂𝗻𝗱 “𝗭𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗼̈𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗸𝗲𝗶𝘁”. A successful project completion, which is achieved together (and celebrated accordingly), welds people together – teach that to an AI…!

Despite all the hype surrounding the new technologies, they are “just” tools. Crazy, powerful, insanely great tools, but just tools. The decisive factor is what we humans do with them.

Companies/teams/individuals should therefore focus on what sets them apart from others and how we can develop these strengths even better with the help of the new tools. 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗻 𝗵𝗮̈𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝗳𝘁!

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P.S.: we men, for example, have proven to be terribly bad “gatherers”, but fortunately we have discovered “hunting” for ourselves. And in combination with the strengths of others (thanks to all women), we have ensured our survival and further development. If we take a similar approach to digital evolution, something really great could come out of it!