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Using Comfy, a third-party app, <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> employees are now able to monitor and personalize their workspace temperature at the company’s Mysuru office. The app is compatible not only with smartphones, but also with laptops and desktops. 
 
The app, based on the building management system, provides instant streams of cool air while also recording the occupants' feedback so that it can make necessary changes in the temperature. 
 The last one year has seen <keyword id="3450295" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="infosys-mysuru-campus">Infosys Mysuru campus</keyword> implementing several measures for sustainability initiatives, including smart water meters, which are linked to the central command center for continuous monitoring. 
 
Not only this, the Bengaluru plant has also been given a biogas plant, which with its optimized design and detailed engineering, can treat two tonnes of food waste per day. 
 
To build energy efficiency, the IT giant has partnered with several institutions like Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley; Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore; and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. 
 
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Infosys employees can control AC temperatures using a mobile app

POSCO and the <keyword id="6367820" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="adani-group" source="Orion">Adani Group</keyword> have agreed to explore business cooperation opportunities, including the establishment of a green, environment-friendly Integrated Steel Mill at Mundra, Gujarat, as well as other businesses. The investment is estimated to be up to USD 5 billion. The non-binding MoU signed between POSCO and Adani intends to further collaborate at the group business level in various industries such as renewable energy, hydrogen, and logistics in response to carbon reduction requirements. Both parties are examining various options to cooperate and leverage the technical, financial, and operational strengths of each company. The collaboration includes evaluating a joint Integrated Steel Mill at Mundra, Gujarat, based on POSCO's state-of-the-art technology and cutting-edge R&amp;D capability. POSCO and Adani intend to utilize renewable energy resources and green hydrogen, in line with both partners' ESG commitments to sustainability and energy efficiency. Jeong-woo Choi, the CEO of POSCO, said, "POSCO and Adani are able to come to great synergy in the steel and environment-friendly business with POSCO's state-of-the-art technology in steel making and Adani's expertise in energy and infrastructure. I hope this cooperation will be a good and sustainable business cooperation model between India and South Korea." The Adani Group, founded in 1988, is the largest and fastest-growing portfolio of diversified businesses in India with interests in Logistics (seaports, airports, shipping and rail), Resources, Power Generation and Distribution, Renewable Energy, Gas and Infrastructure, and other sectors. Adani has recently announced a massive investment plan to become the world's largest renewable energy company and produce green hydrogen in the future. Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, said, "We are very pleased to announce the partnership with POSCO, the world's most efficient and advanced steel manufacturer, in steel production and carbon reduction. This partnership will contribute to the growth of India's manufacturing industry and the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme championed by the Government of India. It will also help to strengthen nIndia's standing in green businesses." POSCO runs POSCO-Maharashtra, a 1.8-million-ton cold-rolled and galvanized mill regarded as the most advanced automotive steel supplier in India, and four processing centres in Pune, Delhi, Chennai and Ahmedabad. It is anticipated that this business cooperation between POSCO and Adani will bring dominant partnership synergy in the Indian steel industry. POSCO and Adani have also signed a MoU with the Government of Gujarat for support and cooperation from the Government for the collaboration. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/zomato-offers-12-lakh-insurance-grant-to-family-of-delivery-executive-killed-in-a-road-accident/articleshow/88874578.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Zomato employees will contribute ₹12 lakh to the family of delivery partner who was killed in a road accident</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/swiggy-will-deliver-stuff-on-tvs-motors-electric-scooters-following-footsteps-of-zomato-amazon-and-flipkart/articleshow/88872404.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Swiggy will deliver stuff on TVS Motors’ electric scooters</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/tcs-vs-infosys-vs-wipro-how-indias-three-it-giants-stack-up-against-each-other/slidelist/88860676.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">TCS vs Infosys vs Wipro Q3 results – here’s how India’s three IT giants stack up against each other</a>

South Korea's POSCO and Adani will spend $5 billion to set up an integrated steel mill together

<ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 90% of executives said ESG spending delivered returns within a few years in a new survey.</li><li>But companies remain more motivated by how ESG can improve their reputations than their profits.</li></ul>This article is part of Insider's weekly newsletter on sustainability, written by Catherine Boudreau, senior sustainability reporter.A possible recession and high inflation don't bode well for corporate investment in environmental, social, and governance initiatives in the new year — especially because many executives aren't convinced such efforts are linked to higher profits.Companies are slightly more motivated by how sustainability can improve their reputations than their bottom lines, found <a href="https://www.infosys.com/about/esg/insights/esg-radar-report.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored">a July-to-September online survey of more than 2,500 leaders</a> involved in ESG efforts at large companies across the US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, and China. You can't blame some of the execs for being skeptical. The explosive growth in ESG spending has created a lot of confusion about its influence on corporate performance and investor returns, and research examining the trend has found mixed results. In the US, ESG investing <a href="https://newsletter.businessinsider.com/click/29919646.28796/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS9jb25zZXJ2YXRpdmUtcG9saXRpY2lhbnMtZXNnLXN1c3RhaW5hYmxlLWludmVzdGluZy0yMDIyLTY/628bdf90094963f5ad0eef3eB2d1a20de" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">is under attack by Republican officials</a>, and regulators are amping up scrutiny, muddying the waters. The ESG survey commissioned by Infosys, a global IT consulting and outsourcing firm based in India, found that there was concern about budgets, the timeline for a return on investment, and whether there would be a payoff at all. All this uncertainty explains why companies are more focused on ways ESG can enhance how customers and investors perceive them, Jasmeet Singh, executive vice president and global head of manufacturing at Infosys, said in an email. The benefits for a brand are the clearest path to a return on investment, Singh said.But, he said, companies that see ESG efforts only as good public relations risk overlooking more-tangible benefits. "Early initiatives — reducing energy and water usage, more efficient use of materials — provide measurable financial benefits in the form of savings," Singh said. "Some firms are able to parlay a commitment to ESG into new markets and business models, although that's rare."Still, more than 90% of executives surveyed said ESG spending delivered "moderate" to "significant" returns within a few years. None reported losses. Further analysis by Infosys found that a 10-percentage-point increase in ESG spending correlated with a profit growth of 1 percentage point.Singh added that many companies still didn't perceive ESG as a "value creator."Budget increases for ESG work are unlikely because of the economic uncertainty and high inflation; spending in these areas could be on the chopping block. In a mid-2022 <a href="https://assets.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg/us/pdf/2022/08/ceo-outlook-report.pdf">KPMG survey of more than 1,300 CEOs</a> around the world, 59% said they planned to "pause or reconsider" their ESG efforts within six months.Even so, there are changes a company can make that don't cost any money but deliver returns, Singh said. Governance had one of the strongest correlations with profit growth. Installing chief sustainability and diversity officers, putting an ESG committee at the board level, and allowing chief sustainability officers to sign off on funding for new projects all lead to better financial outcomes, the Infosys study found. But only about one-quarter of those surveyed said their company had all those elements in place, and 71% said there were no plans to hire a chief sustainability officer.Embedding those roles at the senior-executive level ensures they have the authority to accomplish ESG goals, Singh said.

Execs aren't convinced ESG investments deliver profits. The skepticism might undercut sustainability budgets.

<ul><li>The Sensex was trading 1.67% lower; while the Nifty was down 1.6%.</li><li>These were the top losers and gainers in the Nifty pack. </li><li>These are the top stocks that are buzzing in trade today.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/">Check out the latest news and updates on Business Insider.</a> </li></ul>Indian benchmark stock index, Sensex plunged over 650 points on Friday amid the global sell-off. The Sensex was trading 1.67% lower; while the Nifty was down 1.6% compared to the previous close. These were the top losers and gainers in the Nifty pack: <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Top Nifty Gainers </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Top Nifty Losers </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Infratel </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Adani Ports </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Maruti Suzuki </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Hindalco </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Britannia </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Wipro </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Cipla </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">JSW Steel </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Hero MotoCorp </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Zee Entertainment </td></tr></tbody></table>*as of September 4, 10:00 am These are the top stocks that are buzzing in trade today: Future Retail locked in a lower circuit for the third day in a row The shares of Future Retail were locked in a lower circuit for the third day in a row. The fall was just 5% in comparison to the 10% lower circuit on the previous days. The stock-exchanges have revised Future Retail price band from 10% to 5%. The company is slated to report its first-quarterly earnings today. Vodafone-Idea jumped 6% on hopes of the fundraising plan Vodafone-Idea shares rallied nearly 6% as the company board is slated to meet today to consider a $1.5 billion fundraising proposal. ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, SBI and other banking stocks The Bank Nifty Index was trading 2.30% lower at 9:43 am with the shares of ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank and SBI down nearly 2% following the SC verdict on the moratorium. The apex court has adjourned hearing in the loan moratorium case till September 10 and directed banks that the accounts, which were not declared as non-performing assets till August 31 this year, shall not be declared NPA till further orders. Infosys down 2% in a volatile market Shares of IT major Infosys were 2% on September 4, when the market was down 500 points. Infosys acquired a US-based product design and development firm Kaleidoscope Innovation for up to $42 million. Kaleidoscope Innovation designs microsurgical instruments, devices used in minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery devices for ophthalmic therapies and user-centric wearables. Tata Motors down 1% Tata Motors shares lost 1% during the morning trade on September 4, despite the company winning an order from Energy Efficiency Services to procure 250 electric vehicles. Tata Motors will supply 150 Nexon XZ+ electric compact SUVs for the government use. However, EESL will procure Tata Nexon at ₹14.86 lakh each, ₹13,000 cheaper than its ex-showroom price. Maruti and Hero MotoCorp only gainers in the auto industry Maruti and Hero MotoCorp were the only gainers in the auto industry despite the volatile market. The shares of Maruti were up 2% whereas Hero gained nearly a percent. Jubilant FoodWorks open 2% lower The shares of Jubilant FoodWorks, the food chain which operates Dominos and Dunkin Donuts in India tanked 2% after the company posted a consolidated net loss of ₹74.47 crore for the quarter ended June 30. The company’s revenue from operations declined 59.07% to ₹388.41 crore. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-future-retail-indusind-bank-sbi-vodafone-idea-infosys-hal-tata-motors-jubilant-industries-and-more/articleshow/77922853.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Top stocks to watch— Future Retail, IndusInd Bank, SBI, Vodafone-Idea, Infosys, HAL, Tata Motors, Jubilant Industries and more</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/vodafone-idea-may-need-up-to-18800-crore-in-next-two-years-and-tariff-hikes-to-survive-says-a-new-report/articleshow/77923943.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Vodafone Idea may need up to ₹18,800 crore in next two years and tariff hikes to survive, says a new report</a>

Top stock movers — Future Retail, Vodafone-Idea, Jubilant FoodWorks, ICICI Bank, Hero Moto, Maruti, Infosys, Tata Motors and more

<ul><li>At 7:50 am the SGX Nifty was trading 0.92% lower pointing towards a cautious start for Nifty50. </li><li>Here’s a list of stocks to watch for in trade today. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/" data-type="tilCustomLink">Check out the latest news and updates on Business Insider</a>. </li></ul>Indian stock market is likely to open on a negative note amidst weak cues from global peers. At 7:50 am the SGX Nifty was trading 0.92% lower pointing towards a red start for Nifty50. On Thursday, US stocks plunged, as a steep sell-off in tech shares dragged down the market. Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2.78% lower. The Nasdaq Composite Index sank 4.96%. Here’s a list of stocks to watch for in trade on September 4: Vodafone-Idea After news reports surfaced suggesting that Verizon and Amazon may invest over $4 billion in the company, Vodafone Idea clarified to its investors, while it constantly evaluates various opportunities as part of corporate strategy, there is no such proposal currently before its board. The VIL filling came after BSE sought clarification from the company on Thursday over a <a href="https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/amazon-verizon-may-give-voda-idea-lifeline-11599102122521.html">media report </a>suggesting that Verizon and Amazon could invest over $4 billion in Vodafone Idea. The board will also meet today to consider a fundraising proposal. The shares of Vodafone-Idea ended 29.80% higher yesterday. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited State-owned HAL has proposed to offer 5.02 lakh shares to the eligible employees of the company at ₹950.95 per share. The sale of shares will remain open from September 4 to 9. The shares of HAL ended 4% higher on September 3. Infosys IT services major Infosys is all set to acquire US-based product design and development firm Kaleidoscope Innovation for up to $42 million. Kaleidoscope Innovation designs microsurgical instruments, devices used in minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery devices for ophthalmic therapies and user-centric wearables. The shares of Infosys ended 1.21% higher on September 3. ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, SBI and other banking stocks The shares ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, SBI and other Banking stocks might react to the apex court decision today. The Supreme Court of India has adjourned hearing in the loan moratorium case till September 10. The court directed that accounts, which were not declared as non-performing assets till August 31 this year, shall not be declared NPA till further orders. The shares of ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, SBI ended nearly 2% lower on September 3. Future Retail The stock-exchanges revised Future Retail price band from 10% to 5%. The shares of Future Retail closed after hitting a 10% lower circuit in the past two days. The company is also slated to report its first quarterly earnings today. Tata Motors Government-owned Energy Efficiency Services has placed an order to procure 250 electric vehicles from Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor India. Tata Motors will supply 150 Nexon XZ+ electric compact SUVs for the government use. EESL will procure Tata Nexon at ₹14.86 lakh each, ₹13,000 cheaper than its ex-showroom price. The shares of Tata Motors ended nearly 1% higher yesterday. Jubilant Industries Jubilant Industries reported a net loss of ₹3.1 crore in the first quarter ended June 30 as against a profit of ₹9.6 crore in the same quarter last year. The revenue declined to ₹94.3 crore as compared to ₹151.8 crore in the same period last year. The shares of Jubilant Industries ended nearly 3% higher on September 3. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/india-says-border-situation-is-a-direct-result-of-chinese-actions-as-it-repositions-troops-in-ladakh/articleshow/77913259.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">India says border situation is a ‘direct result’ of Chinese actions as it repositions troops in Ladakh</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/delhi-hotels-restaurants-and-clubs-can-serve-liquor-from-september-9/articleshow/77913006.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Delhi hotels, restaurants and clubs can serve liquor from September 9</a>

Top stocks to watch— Future Retail, IndusInd Bank, SBI, Vodafone-Idea, Infosys, HAL, Tata Motors, Jubilant Industries and more

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It's impossible to talk about workforce innovation without addressing artificial intelligence.During a virtual roundtable, we asked Business Insider's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workforce-innovation-board-tackles-topics-such-as-c-suite-innovation-ai-worker-wellness-2024-8">Workforce Innovation board</a> to tell us how AI would transform companies over the next year.One major topic was reskilling and upskilling employees. BI's Tim Paradis, who focuses on the future of work, asked whether there were any fears that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vinod-khosla-universal-basic-income-ai-job-loss-2024-9">dire predictions of AI</a> outpacing human capabilities to learn, like those advanced in a recent article by Sun Microsystems cofounder <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.khoslaventures.com/ai-dystopia-or-utopia/">Vinod Khosla</a>, would prove true."The basic drivers of job creation will change with a technology that does not only augment human capabilities, but also may surpass them altogether," Khosla wrote, "leaving education and upskilling — a historical avenue for retraining and relevance — somewhat impotent."Board members rejected the grim prognostication."I disagree with that statement," said Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM's vice president and chief impact officer, though she agreed that AI would exacerbate the digital divide."We made a commitment to scale 2 million people in AI by 2026," Nixon-Saintil said. "There's a sense of urgency in making sure we are not leaving people behind."AARP's Marjorie Powell argued that the global labor shortage was evidence of an enduring need for human workers but that no one can afford to be complacent. "You're going to have to relearn how to do your job," Powell said.Others described the importance of communicating clearly with workers about what AI means for their jobs now and in the future."We're trying to figure out how this transformation is going to occur," said Chris Deri, the president of the corporate advisory businesses at Weber Shandwick. "There has to be transparent communications and stakeholder engagement alongside figuring out these enterprise and strategic matters."The following has been edited for length and clarity.<h3 id="4a721470-9d79-4540-a871-62ad779b2870">How will the most innovative companies be transformed by AI over the next 12 months?</h3><h2 id="58f968af-3acb-493b-870e-b8d2bf021db1">Justina Nixon-Saintil, vice president and chief impact officer, IBM</h2><h3 id="a436d836-8481-4230-8a70-68bd3cfe6353">"Any tasks or jobs in the company that could be automated by AI will happen within the next year."</h3>A lot is going to change. Any tasks or jobs in the company that could be automated by AI will happen within the next year. For any jobs that cannot be automated, workers will need to understand how to work alongside AI.You need to understand what AI means for your role, how to use it to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-use-ai-save-time-work-best-ways-use-chatgpt-2024-9">increase productivity or efficiency</a>, and how to create new products and solutions leveraging AI. That's going to be the big shift, and here we actually continue to upskill our employees to prepare for that shift.Last year, we had an AI challenge across the company, and a huge percentage of our employees participated. They had to get training first, and then they were part of a team to come up with innovative solutions leveraging AI. We did it again this summer. So the company is very focused on how to upskill all employees, because it's going to impact every role in the company.<h2 id="82ccd740-f6d2-4536-8e3d-54d9f225dac0">Anant Adya, EVP, service offering head, and head of Americas delivery, Infosys</h2><h3 id="66cbaa75-725e-4e65-880c-285d5d102e74">"How can we eat our own dog food right before we start telling customers to adopt AI?"</h3>We have two objectives. One is to become an AI-first enterprise. The first task is to see how we can start using AI in everything we do, whether it's in our claims or travel expenses, procurement, or handling invoices.Our philosophy is very simple. AI is not about replacing an individual or replacing an employee but how we can amplify our productivity by using the tools. How can we eat our own dog food right before we start telling customers to adopt AI?Second is that for all the offerings that we have today, we want to make sure we infuse AI into them. When we go and talk to our customers about task-level automation, coding or developing an application, or migrating a workload into the cloud — how can we infuse AI into everything that we do? So it doesn't just become a people-based offering but a people-plus-AI-based offering.<h2 id="961badc0-cb06-4d47-9329-ac1f1b2d70dd">Marjorie Powell, chief HR officer and senior vice president, AARP</h2><h3 id="0aee923e-e647-43c9-bf57-4c2ecc03a872">"It's important that everyone learns how to deal with prompt engineering; we are not going to hire prompt engineers."</h3>We believe there's going to be a greater emphasis on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-will-change-most-jobs-employers-help-workers-keep-up-2024-8">upskilling and reskilling</a> alongside AI technologies.It's important that everyone learns how to deal with prompt engineering; we are not going to hire prompt engineers. It's going to become a skill for employees to craft clear and specific prompts, adjust to the right audience, and utilize elements and problem-solving skills to identify inaccurate responses.It's about adaptability. Employees are going to have to be open to continuous learning and adapting to new AI tools and technologies in their jobs. So we make sure we're providing some kind of atmosphere and culture for being excited and energetic about learning.The workforce will have to problem-solve regardless of the tool and the technology, and it will require test-and-learn approaches. We created a "community of practice" in the company where individuals can join and help with peer learning and have a sandbox to play around with AI, depending on where they are.They can cross-pollinate across business-unit lines, and that has become very exciting. We also use that group to pilot the new technologies we're considering rolling out to the company.Data literacy is going to be very important — understanding how to read and interpret and tell a story of the data.We're also developing power users in the company, people who are really, really good at this that other employees can tap into when they need help.<h2 id="0ef1d87b-57f3-4474-bfdc-21c4f4fc1b74">Alicia Pittman, global people team chair, Boston Consulting Group</h2><h3 id="dd47519b-c973-4a00-b508-f05159afdea8">"Gen AI also offers an opportunity to avoid leakage of human capital, which obviously we all care quite a lot about."</h3>We have 35,000 employees, and north of 70% are active users of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-using-ai-bain-survey-roi-2024-6">generative AI</a> now. We've taken a full-company approach of upskilling and rolling out both custom and off-the-shelf tools, regardless of the job.The bottom-up innovation power of gen AI is super exciting. For example, our teams and employees have created more than a thousand custom GPTs, mini automation machines, to-do scripts, and dashboards to create bespoke analyses and build newsletters — it's super quick, and it doesn't require big investments or processes.That's one thing that's specific to gen AI versus other types of technology innovation — it's sparking a lot of energy and unlocking human capacity.Gen AI also offers an opportunity to avoid leakage of human capital, which obviously we all care quite a lot about. It really changes the game in terms of the amount of learning you can keep within the team and not lose as people move around.We're also seeing how gen AI is creating an exoskeleton for generalists to be able to take on more technical tasks. It's not going to turn a generalist analyst into an expert coder, but actually our analysis would show that they can get 80%-plus there on some coding tasks, which then you still need the expert coder to do quality control.<h2 id="d130e1cc-4600-48d2-941b-e5e5b1eddc1f">Maggie Hulce, chief revenue officer, Indeed</h2><h3 id="d4c2bf89-e522-4f0d-bbff-d8d4f916c1e1">"Do I have to build this huge team of AI engineers? The answer is no."</h3>We're trying to infuse AI in all our externally facing products and solutions to make them more insightful, intuitive, and delightful to use — and, in many ways, to create experiences that mimic what a personalized human experience might be like, but at scale.We also see most roles and workflows becoming augmented with AI. That's becoming more and more obvious as the months go on and as teams engage with AI and find applications and new ways of working.I was at Dreamforce recently in San Francisco. What Salesforce <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/09/17/google-autonomous-agent-partnership/">unveiled</a> was how it wants to help companies essentially launch AI agents in sales, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-is-using-generative-ai-to-streamline-business-relationships-2024-7">customer service</a>, marketing, and commerce.For many companies to get the full power of what AI can do, you have to be able to link up lots of different datasets that are usually in disparate places. It's hard work, and it's very time-consuming. To hear the stories of companies being like, "Guess what, you don't actually have to move that data around anymore," this is going to change how a lot of companies experiment and start to play with AI-oriented applications that will fundamentally change their operations.There are a lot of companies out there that have already started to light it up. We're thinking a lot about how sales, customer service, marketing, and product have operated for a long time in various silos. When you think about customer experiences, they really shouldn't be that way. They should be much more integrated than they are today. Some of these technologies can be part of the accelerants for how customer experiences can be reimagined.Part of what's been hard for people is like, "OK, but do I have to get all of these disparate parts of my company to all work together in a new way? Do I have to build this huge team of AI engineers?" The answer is no. You don't have to be the tip of the spear in terms of sophistication.<h2 id="8b49bd10-b04d-4857-afbc-b2979d5711e9">Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth, Clear Capital</h2><h3 id="550eee1b-ffef-4a90-bbea-a94d7a6ba7a2">"As AI accelerates, you also have to accelerate the handling of data in a way that can produce accurate models."</h3>At Clear Capital, we participate in the highly regulated housing-finance industry. To enable AI to be used in accordance with our clients' expectations of governance and quality control, we've taken a three-pronged approach.First, we've been investing in creating good industry standards and working with the industry to ensure there's agreement on how AI models should be tested, how they ensure compliance with antidiscrimination and fairness practices, and how the data should be handled.Second, we've been investing a lot in higher-quality data. As AI accelerates, you also have to accelerate the handling of data in a way that can produce accurate models. So we've invested quite a bit in better digitization and generation of data.Third is fostering collaboration between innovators, industry players, policymakers, and regulators. We participated this year in the Federal Housing Finance Agency's generative-AI tech sprint, where about 80 leaders from different aspects of the housing industry brainstormed ways to apply generative AI to the lending process to improve borrowers' experience.One thing that became clear after participating in that was where we have more tools and more capabilities to accelerate. We always have to go back to the why: What is the mission? And we have to make the mission at the company level that much more clear so that as we apply these new tools, it's always for the sake of the mission.<h2 id="5e045b5f-3490-4435-8321-bab58740eaa8">Chris Deri, president, corporate advisory businesses, The Weber Shandwick Collective</h2><h3 id="79930c20-445b-4959-b644-53f07e252292">"There's a mega-trend need for all of us to adopt AI and understand it, but that means something different for different parts of our organization."</h3>We're a public-relations firm, so we're looking at AI for ourselves and for our clients.In terms of our own people, one lesson we've already learned is that there was an instinct to take a top-down approach, as in everybody's got to figure out how AI is going to change their business, but we need to take a bottom-up approach.In the simplest sense, we do consumer marketing, healthcare marketing, and corporate advisory work. We really need to design training for each of the different practitioner types.There's a mega-trend need for all of us to adopt AI and understand it, but that means something different for different parts of our organization.Another thing we're doing is creating a futuristic think-tank group in our company — three or four people who have been putting together an ecosystem to give us constant learning. We also have academic institutions, investors, technologists, and other practitioners to help.We're also looking at our business model and how we budget and scope. The classic assignment we get is companies call us and say, "We want to map our stakeholders and what their expectations are of us." That used to be a project that we would figure out with just consultant time. Now we're applying AI to do some of that.We need to figure out how to take advantage of those efficiencies to add new value — that human value. So we need to relook at our entire business and service model, and we haven't figured it all out yet.Anant talked about "eating your own dog food." We've mapped out the implementation of that stack for ourselves to test and learn, and then we will start to use that in how we show up as advisors to our clients on the same journey.<h2 id="3bf33684-0da6-43af-856a-e0d807c42725">Sharawn Tipton, chief people and culture officer, LiveRamp</h2><h3 id="2513253b-1145-4ac9-afad-cb752e1513d8">"What we're trying to do is really keep people at the center of this transformation."</h3>We're thinking a lot about the AI trust gap. I'm in San Francisco today, and I was walking around and I saw all these autonomous vehicles, and it dawned on me that my mother would never ride in one. She just does not trust that technology.As a data company, we're thinking a lot about how do we ensure that our customers, our clients, and our partners trust that we're going to protect their data and use AI when appropriate and be certain that we have safeguards for when it isn't appropriate. And then I think the biggest area that my team is focused on with this trust gap is job security and what this means for the average worker.So what we're trying to do is really keep people at the center of this transformation. We're thinking a lot about employee resource groups. That way we've been able to reach all different types of team members. So how do we target our ERGs and think about who are the slow adapters? Who are the folks that typically get left behind, and how do we give them a little extra push?What we want to do is think about how to continue to have our team members trust their leaders, but also trust AI and where we're going, and get them to understand this isn't about replacing jobs. We are really focused on transforming jobs. That is a huge shift and a huge opportunity for us.<h2 id="c0d7e4c7-96a5-41d7-8c3f-29dee443e291">Shane Koller, senior vice president and chief people officer, Ancestry</h2><h3 id="2fb41060-9718-4c06-940a-5ac8246457b5">"The more people we get thinking about governance, the better AI technology will be used."</h3>There are a lot of different points of view on what AI will and will not do and how quickly.I was reading an article in The Wall Street Journal over the weekend that said for every one person who believes that AI is going to replace everyone's jobs, there are three or four who think there's going to be this boom in AI and then it's going to settle down. And that the promise we think AI is going to deliver will probably take longer than we think to come to fruition.One of the things that we've been doing at Ancestry very intentionally is bringing up the subject of governance, because I think we all think of AI as this steamroller that's going to come and either we're going to step aside from it or we're going to get steamrolled.The more people we get thinking about governance, the better AI technology will be used. And I say that within Ancestry as well as within companies in general and within governments. We have more of a role to play in how this rolls out than we think.We've been building AI into our product for over 10 years now, and we've been giving more thought to how would we govern the use of AI within our own company so that we're not, for example, putting our customers' data at risk. We're very conscious that security and privacy is first and foremost in every discussion. It's really about how you govern such an amazing technology.

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