Digitally curious : your guide to navigating the future of AI and all things tech / Andrew Grill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grill, Andrew (Futurist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business enterprises--Technological innovations.

Business enterprises.

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2025.

Summary:

"Main ideas: Business leaders need simple explanations of current and future technologies alongside practical examples of how leading companies are deploying these today. Ideas and examples provided in Digitally Curious will help the reader better understand technologies they are responsible for but may not fully understand. Relevant business concepts, such as the future of work, will be examined from a technical and human-centric view. Andrew will cover a broad range of current and upcoming technologies and platforms, each with examples relevant to any business. Key benefits of the book: Recent and relevant examples are explained in an accessible way from interviews with leaders across a wide range of fields. Actionable insights are provided at the end of every chapter, with short links to further information and resources for the reader on a dedicated website authored by a 30-year technology veteran. Points of customer pain: Business leaders are being bombarded by new technology terms, apps and platforms daily. When trying to run a business or division, keeping up with new technologies can be difficult. Those leaders who become digitally curious are more likely to grasp these concepts earlier and take advantage of them, beating their competitors and becoming more successful on a personal and professional level."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Are You Digitally Curious?

Why This Book, and Why Now?

Curious Five

Chapter 1 Becoming Digitally Curious

What is an Actionable Futurist?

What are the Traits of the Digitally Curious?

How to Assess Your Digital Curiosity

Chapter 2 Why Being Digitally Curious is Good for Your Career and Your Business

The Starbucks Test

Winning New Business Thanks to AI

Going Digital or Born Digital?

Part I Curious About … AI

Chapter 3 From Turing to Transformers

The History of AI

Clarifying Terms in AI

GenAI

The Rise of GenAI

What This Means for You

Chapter 4 Deploying AI in the Workplace

Demystifying AI: What AI Can Do vs What it Cannot Do

Where Can AI Provide the Most Benefit?

Conscious Bias

Starting Small with AI Projects: Pilot Projects, Proofs of Concept, MVP

The Importance of Change Management when Implementing an AI Prototype or Hackathon

Intelligent Implementation

Chapter 5 Tools to Get You Started with AI

GenAI Enablers

Part II Curious About … Technology

Chapter 6 The Promise of 5G

The Rise of 4G

So, if 4G Promised Us "Broadband-Like" Speeds, is 5G Just Faster Than 4G?

What's the Business Benefit of 5G? Why Introduce Private 5G?

The Rise of Connected Clothing with 5G

Frictionless Shopping Becomes the Norm

Chapter 7 Let's Talk - The Power of Voice

What is Conversational AI?

Google Duplex

Voice Recognition Software

The Potential of Conversational AI

Chapter 8 Cloud Computing

What is Cloud Computing and What Does it Mean for My Business?

Cloud Computing Providers

Understanding Where Your Data Is in the Cloud

What is Data Sovereignty?.

The Impact of Cloud Computing

Public vs Private Clouds

Hybrid Cloud

Multi-Cloud

Common Hybrid Cloud Use Cases

Edge Computing: Extending the Cloud

So, Where is the "Edge" in Edge Computing?

Chapter 9 The Internet of Everything

What Technologies Have Made the IoT Possible?

How Does the IoT Work?

Why is the IoT So Important?

What Industries Can Benefit from the IoT?

Part III Curious About … The Internet

Chapter 10 The New Internet

Web 1.0 - Read-Only Data

Web 2.0 - An Interactive Internet

Web 3.0 - Owning Our Data

What are the Core Components of Web 3.0?

The Future of the New Internet with Web 3.0

The Challenges of Web 3.0

How Can You Embrace the New Internet?

Chapter 11 The Metaverse

Where Did the Concept of the Metaverse Come From?

How Has the Metaverse Evolved?

An Interoperable Metaverse

NFTs in the Metaverse

Use Cases for the Metaverse

Gaming and Gen Alpha

The Evolution of Extended Reality Headsets

Chapter 12 Bitcoin and Blockchain

How Blockchain Works

Creating Consensus

Experimenting with Bitcoin

The Power of Blockchain

Ethereum and Smart Contracts

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations

Chapter 13 Tokenisation and NFTs

Non-Fungible Tokens

The Potential of NFTs

Brand NFTs - A Next-Generation Loyalty Programme

Applying Tokenisation and NFTs in the Workplace

What is Tokenomics?

Part IV Curious About … Your Data

Chapter 14 Your Digital First Impression

Analogue Networking

What Happens When a Client "Googles" You?

Your Online Strategy Drives Your Digital First Impression

Public vs Private

How to Manage Your Online Presence

Chapter 15 Staying Safe in the Age of AI.

The Best Password is One So Long and Complex You Can't Remember It

So, Why Should You Use a Password Manager?

The Power of Multi-Factor Authentication

Passwords vs Passkeys

Why is This Important in Business?

Chapter 16 Creating Your Digital Legacy

Who Owns Your Digital Content?

What Steps Have You Taken to Protect Your Professional Digital Legacy?

Chapter 17 Data Privacy and Regulation

Data Privacy as a Human Right

Regulating Data Privacy

Ethical Data Use

A Global Change

Part V Curious About … The Future

Chapter 18 The Future of AI

What is AGI?

Sam Altman and AGI

Expert Predictions on AGI

AGI is Firmly on the Agenda

Technology Required

Chapter 19 The Future of Work

Pre-Pandemic - The View from Dom Price

Workers Displaced by AI

So, What is the Future of Work in the Age of AI?

Chapter 20 Quantum Computing

What is Quantum Computing?

Who is Developing Quantum Computers?

Quantum AI

Q-Day

Preparing for Quantum Computing

Chapter 21 Sovereign Identity

The Risk of Centralised Data Storage

Marie Wallace on SSI

The Impact of SSI

Bring Your Own Identity

Things to Look For When Exploring SSI Solutions at Your Workplace

Where is SSI Being Used Already?

Chapter 22 Everything as a Service

The Subscription Economy

The Rise of the Super-Subscription

Curious About ... What's Next?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781394217007

1394217005

9781394217014

1394217013

9781394309399

1394309392

OCLC:

1458544341