Bill Bishop - Dancing With Robots: The 29 Strategies for Success In the Age of AI and Automation

Leaders walk the line of dealing with the unknown, building confidence to act in those around them, and operating from principles instead of scripts. Bishop is such a leader. In Dancing with Robots, readers will go to the precipice of the immediate future in four intersecting domains: humanity, technology, thinking, and business; 29 strategies take the edge off how to embrace artificial intelligence and technology yes, to dance with it! Readers from the humanities, business, entrepreneurs, health care, and futurists will appreciate the nuanced stories and sharp focus that support each strategy. In the end, the whole is greater than the sum of each part. Highly recommend.

MICHAEL R. BLEICH, senior professor and director, Virginia Commonwealth University, Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety

I firmly believe Bill Bishop belongs in the same conversations as those involving Seth Godin, Gary V., and others like them (hes a lot more accessible, too). He has the unique ability to take several marketing and sales ideas/techniques and marry them with technology, and after 20 minutes be able to distill everything in an easy-to-understand plan. Ive never worked with anyone like Bill and recommend anything he writes and ultimately teaches.

DAVID MARINAC, president and CEO, ABC Packaging Direct and The Oversea Network

Ive devoured just about everything Bill Bishop has written. He has the unique ability of distilling complex ideas into simple, doable, and commercial outcomes. Three such ideas I took, and actioned, from his last book were simply to identify a big goal, a big problem, and a signature program to satiate them.

PDRAIC MILLE, founder, Smcht Training

Dancing with Robots is a timely contribution to our knowledge of how to succeed in the New Economy. His 29 practical strategies, personal insights, and big ideas are a game-changer for business leaders.

NANCY MACKAY, founder and board member, MacKay CEO Forums

Bill Bishop is the forward-est of forward thinkers. If you want to see into the future of AI and automation and gain insights into how you might adapt your business and yourself to whats coming next, you have found the right book. Bill paints a picture of the future that is understandable yet comprehensive enough to help you with strategies to survive and thrive among the coming changes. Dancing With Robots is a must-read for entrepreneurs and everyone looking into the future.

STURDY MCKEE, business coach, SturdyCoaching.com

Bill Bishop helped Turkstra Lumber develop our BIG Idea, the Build-It-Better program. This program has been a big hit with our DIY customers and has moved us away from Old Factory Thinking and into the New Economy. Bishops The New Economy Thinker was a must-read for our entire Team. Dancing with Robots is a fascinating book that builds on Bills concepts outlined in The New Economy Thinker. The topic is timely and thought provoking as we move into an uncharted but exciting time to be business leaders. Were all looking forward to moving out of the factories and joining the network.

JON WAGNER, president, Turkstra Lumber

Bill Bishop has done it again, taking readers on a journey to the future that is entertaining and insightful. Dancing with Robots is for anyone seeking to understand the New Economy and helps to explain why our future will be more human not less. As an educator this book offers hope that the future will be defined not by traditional academic silos but by big ideas that require co-creation, our human curiosity and creativity, and maybe a few robots.

GARRET WESTLAKE, executive director, Virginia Commonwealth University, da Vinci Center for Innovation

Bill Bishops latest book, Dancing with Robots, is an invitation to explore his 29 strategies for success in the New Economy. Entrepreneurs will find Bills insights regarding the impact of AI on our future business models exciting and thought-provoking. Get your invitation to the dance now. I highly recommend it.

PATRICK POWER, creator and founder of The Discovery Connection Program, discoverlistenconnect.com

Bill brings the reader into the future with Dancing with Robots and prepares the astute leader to shed old-world economy beliefs and, with urgency, learn, embrace, and put into practice New Economy beliefs. Why is this important? The future has arrived and many of us are asleep to the new reality of New Economy leadership essentials.

KEITH CUPP, founder, Gravitas Impact

Dancing with Robots is another amazing futuristic book from Bill Bishop. After reading this book you will have an opportunity to become an industry transformer and be in that 10 percent of companies that embrace technology in order to survive, grow, and disrupt their industry.

JEFFREY CALIBABA, CEO, SAPEL Inc.

THE 29 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE AGE OF AI AND AUTOMATION

BILL BISHOP

Copyright Bill Bishop, 2022

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Dancing with robots : the 29 strategies for success in the age of AI and automation / Bill Bishop.

Names: Bishop, Bill, 1957- author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210352507 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210352590 | ISBN 9781459749023 (softcover) | ISBN 9781459749030 (PDF) | ISBN 9781459749047 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Technological innovations. | LCSH: Artificial intelligence. | LCSH: Automation.

Classification: LCC HD45 .B57 2022 | DDC 658.5/14dc23

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