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Writer's pictureJames Lawn

The Responsible Business Intelligence Transition

If Responsible Business Intelligence (RBI) stems from the three concepts of:


  • The responsible use of Business Intelligence (BI)

  • The responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • The application of BI and AI by Responsible Businesses


The 𝖮𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 for RBI is that t𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗐𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝖨 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 within a generation, for all humanity, in partnership with the organisations and businesses that society chooses to trust.


The C𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾 for RBI is that the 𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝖨 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗀𝗎𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 the rate at which 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒, 𝗀𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍s, businesses – and even the 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁 businesses 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇-𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖼𝖾 communities developing these new AI technologies - 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝖺𝗉𝗍.


The more 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒, 𝗀𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 can engage on the opportunities that AI advancement presents, the better equipped we will all be to engage on, and mitigate, the challenges.  𝖨𝖿 we 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖠𝖨 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 - the existential threats that society looks to Responsible Governments and Responsible Business to protect against and resolve, including: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare, Resource Scarcity, Climate Crisis, Pandemics.....and the list goes on.


In 1930, John Maynard Keynes, wrote an article in “Essays in Persuasion” titled "Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" imagining a 2030 future with a 15-hour workweek, driven by technological advances, where society's main challenge would be adjusting for a lifestyle of increased leisure time and improved quality of life. As Keynes pointed out, possibly society's greatest challenge - assuming we could work together responsibly to avoid the existential threats - was how to adapt:


"Yet there is no country and no people, I think, who can look forward to the age of leisure and of abundance without a dread. For we have been trained too long to strive and not to enjoy. It is a fearful problem for the ordinary person, with no special talents, to occupy himself, especially if he no longer has roots in the soil or in custom or in the beloved conventions of a traditional society." 

It took much less than the seismic shift in employment rates Keynes is predicting to overturn societal order in Europe only a few years after he wrote his essay.

Whether or not we are prepared for the unprecedented rate of change we will experience over the next few decades, this change is coming.  The more Responsible Governments and Responsible Businesses can partner with all of society to engage on the real and perceived risks and opportunities that humanity is facing, the better equipped we will be to make this transition successfully.

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