It seems like AI will have a big impact making us more effective, more efficient, helping us generate ideas more quickly and perhaps even making us better understand our audiences and to tailor content and design to meet their needs.
Dennis Oswald is Brand Experience Manager at Netgen in Zurich and like most of us, he is just another curious human being trying to figure out what's going on with AI.
In a recent member call, Dennis looked at how AI will change the creative process and the broader impact for design leaders.
As expected from a field that’s cooking faster than a microwave dish, we covered quite some ground. As Dennis said, doing the slides for the call was a creative wakeup call, but I think, that the call the same impact on most attendees.
Creative CVs welcome
It's tricky to find talented new colleagues and building the right culture takes much more than just academic qualifications.
Jan Zerkowski is Innovation & Design Partner at Roche in Basel, Switzerland and he was recently a guest star in one of our Future Workplace peer groups. In the session, he mentioned the idea of hiring using 'creative CVs', where you highlight life skills, like film making, music, or like me elite running and learning quite a bit from working in a supermarket.
In a recent member conference call, Jan elaborated on the idea and he shared how he encourages different applicants and what he looks for in CV’s.
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Just last month, Dropbox announced their plans to go Virtual First. This means that remote work (outside an office) will be the primary experience for all employees and the day-to-day default for individual work, also after COVID. It also means non-linear workdays and it’s Dropbox’s take on creating a sustainable, thriving workplace for the future.
In a recent member conference call, we heard from Marc Pazcian at Dropbox on what going virtual first means in practice and how this impacts creativity and collaboration. Marc is Solutions Architect and Cultural Ambassador at Dropbox DACH region. He's based in Hamburg, Germany.
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