The Most Important Changes to the EU AI Act Under the Digital Omnibus The EU’s Digital Omnibus on AI has changed several important parts of the EU AI Act. It is not merely a proposal: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 entered into force on 27 July 2026. These are the most important changes for organisations. 1. AI literacy remains mandatory—but the obligation is softer Providers and deployers of AI systems must take measures to support the...
Corporate Upskilling, Reskilling and Right-Skilling Explained If you follow discussions about the future of work, learning and development (L&D), HR or talent management, you have probably come across the terms upskilling, reskilling and right-skilling. Today, these concepts are widely used by consulting firms such as McKinsey and by HR and L&D professionals around the world. They are also discussed extensively on LinkedIn. Although...
Tony's Toxic Workplace Survival Guide More and more people online have questions about how to survive a toxic workplace and toxic leadership. Here's a breakdown of some of the most common questions about those topics and my personal answers after leaving a very toxic workplace and a toxic boss suffering from a burn-out myself in 2011. Identifying the Toxin: Q: What are the warning signs of a toxic work environment? Tony: Watch out for excessive...
Right-Skilling For The AI-Powered Economy - How To Survive The Great AI-Layoff In The New Age Of Work - eBook Since the second half of 2022 and the launch of ChatGPT, Dall-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion a transformative trend has emerged in labour markets offline and online worldwide: The Great AI Layoff. But instead of fearing this shift, let's explore the substantial benefits and outcomes it can bring when we approach it with the right...
AI-Upskilling, AI-Reskiling And AI-Right-Skilling Explained AI-skilling, or actually 'AI-right-skilling' for your personally, acquiring new relevant soft and hard skills related to artificial intelligence (AI) in Financial Services, is critical if you want to survive and thrive in the AI-powered economy and be more creative and productive as you can learn from this new management ebook: You can do that hybrid working, or working at home or in...
What Is An AI-Powered Virtual Organisation? One of the great myths from the Industrial Revolution and in the old wrld of dinosaur model and methods is that your organisation has to grow into a bulky large organisation, a 'Fat Firm', with many management layers if you attract and have to serve more customers. In our current time of the Internet, fast bandwidth and smartphones and especially with easy to use and inexpensive AI, that is actually...
What is a side hustle? The transition from a fixed job to another fixed job in a different sector or to become a succesful solopreneur can be a rather difficult one without proper preparation. That is why I recommend you to do the same thing as I did after 1997 and that is start 'side hustling' next to your day job. What is a side hustle? "A side hustle is an additional job of additional work or 'gigs' in the offline or online gig economy that...
26% of European Software And Tech Firms to Cut Jobs Due to Generative AI With ChatGPT According to a survey conducted by Sortlist Data Hub, it has been found that 26% of European software and tech companies are planning to reduce their workforce due to the emergence of ChatGPT and ChatGPT-based apps. Right-skilling for the AI-powered economy is therefor key to secure the future of your work and income, whatever career change to want to make or...
26% of European Tech Firms to Cut Jobs Due to Generative AI With ChatGPT According to a survey conducted by Sortlist Data Hub, it has been found that 26% of European software and tech companies are planning to reduce their workforce due to the emergence of ChatGPT and ChatGPT-based apps. Finance companies also face a potential decrease in jobs, with 22% of them considering the same action. Interestingly, while 23% of tech workers perceive...
Approximately 300 million full-time jobs worldwide could be automated in some way by the latest wave of artificial intelligence, of generative AI, that platforms such as ChatGPT have brought about, according to economists from Goldman Sachs. They predicted in a report on March 29, 2023 that 18% of work worldwide could be automated, with the effects being felt more deeply in advanced economies than in emerging markets. This is partly because...
