RSSAmplifier

Blog

Blog - Dave Duarte

daveduarte.netRSS feed ↗14 posts

Latest posts

The Next Decade Belongs to People Who Redesign Their Jobs Now.

Most conversations about AI and work get stuck on the wrong question: “Will AI replace my job?” That question is too blunt to be useful. It treats a job as a single, indivisible thing, when in reality, every job is a bundle of smaller pieces. If you want to stay useful in the age of AI, you need a more accurate lens. You are not defending a job title. You are redesigning a stack of tasks. Jobs,…

Authentically Being vs. Seeming in an AI Era

When intelligence can be simulated and communication can be generated, authenticity can no longer be read from the surface of things. It has to be located somewhere deeper.

When AI Makes Your Job Easier, You'll Get More Work (Not Less)

Experts predicted that super-accurate AI radiology would kill radiology jobs. Instead it increased demand. This is Jevon’s paradox, and it’s going to happen in your industry too.

AI Voices in Transformation: Doomers, Gloomers, Bloomers, and Zoomers

Contrasting AI voices create resilient transformation strategies that avoid both paralysis and reckless adoption.

Why AI Makes Human Skill More Important, Not Less

If you really want to gain productivity, invest as much in training as you do in tech.

The Four Phases of AI Transformation

A four-phase framework for leaders ready to move from using AI to a new kind of business. The difference between opportunity and disruption is having a vision for the change.

Case Study: Can an AI Run a Store Without Losing Its Marbles?

How an artificially intelligent shopkeeper taught us the difference between being smart and being focused

Banking on Intelligence: Introduction to AI for Southern African Investment Banks

A high level briefing provides essential context for banking executives navigating the AI transformation.

Context Beats Creepy: A Human-AI Approach to Marketing

Contextual relevance is often more effective in marketing than personalisation at the top of the funnel.

Speaking Again, With More to Say

Over the past few years, I’ve been quietly doing some of the most exciting work of my life—guiding organizations through high-stakes transformation, building a purpose-driven agency, and learning deeply in the midst of change. Now, I’m excited to return to a stage I’ve always loved: public speaking.

From Automation to Transformation: The Four Phases of AI Adoption

A framework to help leaders get going with AI. There are still a lot of questions, so a gradual approach while the organisation builds up literacy & skills is helpful.

Neural Leadership

You’re not building faster factories. You’re building smarter networks. Leadership today isn’t about controlling the system—it’s about connecting it. Equip your people, hold the story, and let the system learn. That’s real intelligence at scale.

You Can’t Automate Human Connection

AI can provide incredible efficiencies, but let’s not forget that human networks are the original super-computers.

Developing Character Strengths for a Happier Life #characterscience

The thing about character is that it's not a fixed state. We can develop our strengths through deliberate practice.