The Augmented Intelligence Challenge

Some years back, was pushed into teaching folks about Excel macros. Anyone who has worked on automating a part of their work certainly gets why it’s valuable. But, making it valuable for folks who have not? Well, that was a challenge.

Later, ended up working across a few companies where this ability to map, analyze, and automate became some of the key utilities for how my role performed. Even got into it with some folks because I passed up “collaborative editing sessions” due to having an automation in place (content template, API integration, calendar/task actions, and optional email/Slack notifications depending on context). Enjoyable, yet also challenging.

These days, I do a bit less with “showy” automations such as ones made in VB, Zapier, Apple Shortcuts, or IFTTT, but still have a few things in play. What’s most neat about some of these is how there is nothing artificially intelligent about them. I see a gap, I map what is doable with the tools in hand, and then run towards outcomes which make the most sense.

Am doing some “hacky bits” with the notes on the Humane AiPin to emulate some common CRM functionality. As with the previous automations, there’s a challenge. Don’t want to get caught up in doing something because it is cool or complex. And at the same time, we are in the shape of tools now where doing something things the same way they were done 20 years ago on computers doesn’t make sense.

Challenge: stop acting as if computing and behaviors haven’t evolved. Augment your intelligence with what is in/near your senses, then make your imaginations of the future, a gift found in this present.

Need some help shifting into this kind of perspective, get in touch and let Avanceé help you forward.