The time for Incremental thinking is over

We are in the midst of an AI revolution that is shattering our preconceived notions of how rapidly disruption can occur. Each day, new AI capabilities emerge that have the potential to upend entire industries and render traditional business models, institutions and workforce paradigms obsolete virtually overnight. And the pace of change is only accelerating - this is the slowest rate of change we will ever experience again. Let that sobering reality sink in.

What will you and your organisation be doing in 5 years? Answering this question with any confidence is becoming vastly more difficult. Why? Because our planning horizons are collapsing, and our ability to reliably map the future is dissipating.

Yet almost none of you reading this will have a substantive contingency plan in place, nor have you seriously grappled with what your organisation must do to survive this era of change.

This is not hyperbolic rhetoric - it is the new reality we are living in, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.

There is a very real possibility that up to 20% of the professional, middle-class workforce could see their roles displaced within just 18 months. 80% of Universities may no longer exist within a few years. Legacy corporations and institutions too inflexible to adapt will see their public trust evaporate and business models implode. Make no mistake - this is an extinction-level event for those unprepared. A state of emergency.

The AI revolution is barreling towards us whether we attempt to ignore it or not. How well the UK adapts will depend entirely on the foresight and courage...I implore our nation's leaders, executives and those with the capability to be concerned to embrace this challenge with the utmost urgency.

The future has no patience for indecision nor ideological rigidity. Adapt, or be rendered obsolete.