New Hult + Thinkers50 book offers fresh insights on maximizing the human and financial value of artificial intelligence.

The staggering impact of Artificial Intelligence on the world of business is just being realized, as technological progressions and new applications arrive on an almost daily basis. But how can organizations even begin to meet the demands of such a rapidly evolving set of technologies? 

AI Ready: Shaping Tomorrow with AI and Human Intelligence, a new book by Thinkers50 and Hult International Business School, offers a resource for rapid and intelligent preparation.

The collection of articles, research and faculty insights from across Hult International Business School’s global campus network combines best practices and rigorous research to explore the human and business potential for AI, and is designed to help leaders navigate into the future armed with a comprehensive understanding of the critical interplay between AI, human creativity and global industry at large. 

“It is critical that all responsible and future-looking organizations begin to think about how AI will impact their business, their people and customers,” says Stuart Crainer, Co-founder of Thinkers50. “Being AI-ready is a means of understanding the rapidly changing world so that your organization is as well prepared as is realistically possible to lead the way in maximizing the human and financial value of AI.”

Co-edited by renowned scholar and Hult advisor Johan Roos, AI Ready: Shaping Tomorrow with AI and Human Intelligence emphasizes that being future-ready is a necessary condition for tomorrow’s success.

“Generative AI emerges not as another tool in our arsenal, but as a force that fundamentally reshapes the landscape of academic value creation – much like the printing press once transformed the dissemination of knowledge,” says Johan Roos

Book Contents: 

  • Introduction: Navigating the AI Revolution—A Global Perspective, by Johan Roos 
  • Bridging Cultures: How Human-AI Collaboration is Redefining Teams, by Patrick Lynch, Katelyn Lynch and Omar Shanti 
  • The AI-Ready Leader: Human Functionality in an Age of Co-intelligence, by Eve Poole  
  • Will AI Help or Hurt Sustainability? Yes. by Andrew Winston 
  • From Adoption to Action: GenAI as a Catalyst for Change at Hult, by Johan Roos 
  • Beyond Degrowth: Embracing AI for a Future of Sustainable Abundance, by Boyd Cohen 
  • The Future of Customer Experience: Unleashing the Power of AI, by Priyanka Shrivastava 
  • Generative AI: Technology Utopia or Disaster Waiting to Happen? by Yusaf H. Akbar & Mark Esposito 
  • Unlocking Africa’s Potential with AI, by Daniel Rukare 
  • Utilizing AI Technology to Improve Modern Slavery Survivor Support, by Emily Gilhespy, Quintin Lake, Julia Muraszkiewicz, Ryszard Piotrowicz and Matthew Young 
  • Embracing AI for Sustainability: A Framework for Leaders, by Omar Romero-Hernandez and Sergio Romero-Hernandez 
  • It’s a Relationship, Not a Takeover, by René Carayol 

 

Readers can download a free copy of the book on the Hult Impact Research website.

To speak with a book contributor or faculty member, contact Erika Lucas at erika.lucas@ashridge.hult.edu.