AI ❇️ HP Way: Applying what I learned years ago in the world of AI
I grew up in an earlier world where people mattered. Where leadership meant walking the floor Not just watching targets or managing KPIs, dashboards or manipulating systems. Those lessons – practised decades ago at Hewlett-Packard – have stayed with me through the times, every job move and every wave of change. When I first joined HP in the 1980s, the idea of leadership wasn’t about control or scale. It was about trust, contribution, and respect. Managers were expected to walk the floor, listen, and understand what was happening on the ground – we called that ‘Management by Walking Around’ (MBWA). Today, as leaders and technologists working with AI, we face a similar challenge – except now, “walking around” is now digital. Metaverse is becoming real. The systems we build make decisions, shape opinions, and influence lives. MBWA in the AI era means staying close to the data, the users, and the unintended consequences. I will call that “The AI WAY”. Like The HP Way, it’s not a process – it’s a mindset. ~~ 🌿1️⃣ PURPOSE – before PROFITJust as HP believed profit was the result of doing the right things well, the same applies to AI. The goal isn’t to replace humans; it’s to amplify what humans do best. AI that serves a genuine purpose will always create sustainable value. 🌿2️⃣ RESPECT – for PEOPLE and DATAAt HP, respect was at the core of every decision.In AI, respect must extend to data – how it’s collected, used, and interpreted. Behind every data point is a person, and behind every model is a responsibility. 🌿 3️⃣ FIELD OF INTEREST – FOCUS on what you can do bestHP focused only on fields where it could make a true contribution.In AI, that means not chasing hype – but choosing problems where AI genuinely improves outcomes. Clarity of purpose beats breadth of ambition. 🌿4️⃣ GROWTH – through LEARNINGAI is moving fast. But growth shouldn’t just mean more models or more compute – it means continuous learning: testing, adapting, and understanding the boundaries of what’s right. 🌿5️⃣ MBWA – Management By Walking Around, DIGITALLYIn the AI era, this means engaging with the people affected by your systems – users, developers, policymakers. Leadership still starts with listening. ~~ The HP Way taught me that technology and humanity don’t conflict – they are partners. And in this coming next era, as we shape how AI lives alongside us, we’ll need to remember what Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard knew all along: 👍 DO THE RIGHT THING FIRST – AND THE RESULTS WILL FOLLOW. So, what’s your perspective?
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