Assistant
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2016
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AI assistants will evolve into full autonomy like self-driving cars
“Yeah, I mean, it's a moving target, obviously, is gonna get increasingly more capable, and our view is it's like self-driving cars, where it's not self-driving overnight, it's you drive the Tesla at first, And then there's assisted steering and braking, and th…”
Swanson: Believing It Is Faster to Do Tasks Yourself Ruins Delegation
“The cardinal sin of delegation is thinking it's faster or better to do something yourself.
And of course it is, you can always do something faster or better yourself, but the way you gain leverage is you spend more time upfront delegating something so that you…”
Swanson: C-Suite Delegation Demands Autonomy, Assistant Delegation Needs Prescription
“C level you need to, you know, reports, you need to give total autonomy and freedom to, and you empower them at the highest level and hold them accountable against the very highest goals of the company.
with an assistant, you need to be much more prescriptive…”