Week 20

As AI becomes more powerful, it faces a major trust problem. Consider 12 leading concerns: disinformation, safety and security, the black box problem, ethical concerns, bias, instability, hallucinations in LLMs, unknown unknowns, potential job losses and social inequalities, environmental impact, industry concentration, and state overreach. Each of these issues is complex — and not easy to solve. But there is one consistent approach to addressing the trust gap: training, empowering, and including humans to manage AI tools.

Improving cost management can be an integral part of an enterprise-wide transformation. Successful cost campaigns take a holistic approach to transform the business efficiently and effectively for the long term. And they focus equally on what needs to change and how the changes will be carried out.

In so many ways, the future is an attitude, a state of mind. So, as CEO, you should talk up your company’s chances and, if things go well, you should keep going. If they don’t go well—and there will be times when nothing you do seems to work—then you should course-correct by finding solutions.

CPG in the Age of AI – Our Guidebook

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In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, AI isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a game-changer for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. AI is reshaping every aspect of CPG operations, from supply chain optimization to personalized marketing strategies.

CPGs must ensure they are more valuable than their products, and where they valorise their total business to drive commercial success. They need to think information first (data + intelligence), and go beyond making products that sit on a shelf, to serving a human-need with their total business footprint.

In this playbook, we talk about: AI and its impact on CPG businesses, The solution: Information Enterprises, Top priority strategies by functional areas, Success Strategies, Pathway to success