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Digital transformation #mindcandy 2 July 2025
The topics are beyond silicone, ambient agents, coding vs thinking, cooperatives, inventory accuracy, removing the AI ‘language barrier’, ERP, software migration, working at the edge, and you are the upgrade.
Beyond Silicon: Why AI Infrastructure Alone Isn’t Enough — LCNC and Automation Will Define Business Success
In the shadow of hyperscalers investing over $300 billion in AI infrastructure, a parallel revolution is unfolding quietly — one powered by Low-Code No-Code tech and intelligent automation. These tools are democratizing access to advanced capabilities, making it possible for every business, regardless of size, to innovate at pace and scale with AI.
Ambient Agents: The Always-On AI Revolution
https://medium.com/craine-operators-blog/ambient-agents-the-always-on-ai-revolution-654a8b716fe7
Defining Ambient Agents: The Shift from Pull to Push
Why AI Can Speed Up Code but Not Thinking
https://iafrica.com/why-ai-can-speed-up-code-but-not-thinking/
In a landscape flooded with AI hype – from low-code shortcuts to intelligent copilots -there’s growing pressure on engineering teams to move faster than ever. But what if we’re accelerating the wrong thing?
5 Ways Cooperatives Can Shape the Future of AI
https://hbr.org/2025/06/5-ways-cooperatives-can-shape-the-future-of-ai
AI development is dominated by a handful of powerful firms, raising concerns about equity, accountability, and social harm. AI cooperatives—democratically governed and community-owned—offer a promising alternative.
Gen Z Can Shop Anywhere — Your Inventory Accuracy Needs to Win Them Over
Accuracy is the New Baseline
Kognitos Works to Remove the AI ‘Language Barrier’
https://www.thedailyupside.com/cio/enterprise-ai/kognitos-works-to-remove-the-ai-language-barrier/
Humans must be steering AI, even if it becomes superhuman.
How A New Breed Of European ERP Providers Are Taking On The World
Europe’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) market is going through a wave of growth. A market valued at $17.8 billion in 2022 will be worth $35.1 billion by 2030, says Grand View Research
Why Software Migrations Fail: It’s Not the Code
https://devops.com/why-software-migrations-fail-its-not-the-code/
Engineers often overlook the human and organizational dimensions of software migrations
Working at the Edge: Realizing the Full Value of Distributed Intelligence and Its Role in Modern Data Strategy
The edge has become an active layer of enterprise execution, where decisions are made, value is created, and real work gets done.
You are the upgrade
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