We have a robust 75-year-old defense agreement with Denmark that gives us exclusive and full military access to Greenland for our security. During the Cold War we had 50 bases there; today, we have 1. Yet, today, we need to invade it for our own security? Makes no sense. If it was so vital, we'd have more than a single base there.
Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.
$30 per seat per month.
$1.4 million annually.
I called it "digital transformation."
The board loved that phrase.
They approved it in eleven minutes.
No one asked what it would actually do.
Including me.
I told everyone it would "10x productivity."
That's not a real number.
But it sounds like one.
HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.
I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."
They stopped asking.
Three months later I checked the usage reports.
47 people had opened it.
12 had used it more than once.
One of them was me.
I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.
It took 45 seconds.
Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.
But I called it a "pilot success."
Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.
The CFO asked about ROI.
I showed him a graph.
The graph went up and to the right.
It measured "AI enablement."
I made that metric up.
He nodded approvingly.
We're "AI-enabled" now.
I don't know what that means.
But it's in our investor deck.
A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.
I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."
He asked what that meant.
I said "compliance."
He asked which compliance.
I said "all of them."
He looked skeptical.
I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."
He stopped asking questions.
Microsoft sent a case study team.
They wanted to feature us as a success story.
I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."
I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.
They didn't verify it.
They never do.
Now we're on Microsoft's website.
"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."
The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.
He got 3,000 likes.
He's never used Copilot.
None of the executives have.
We have an exemption.
"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."
I wrote that policy.
The licenses renew next month.
I'm requesting an expansion.
5,000 more seats.
We haven't used the first 4,000.
But this time we'll "drive adoption."
Adoption means mandatory training.
Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.
But completion will be tracked.
Completion is a metric.
Metrics go in dashboards.
Dashboards go in board presentations.
Board presentations get me promoted.
I'll be SVP by Q3.
I still don't know what Copilot does.
But I know what it's for.
It's for showing we're "investing in AI."
Investment means spending.
Spending means commitment.
Commitment means we're serious about the future.
The future is whatever I say it is.
As long as the graph goes up and to the right.
𝐇𝐔𝐔𝐇𝐊𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐊𝐀𝐊𝐔𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐀! | 🦉 v. 🇱🇹 & 🇳🇱
👶 Mukana neljä ensikertalaista: Miettinen, Lähteenmäki, Skyttä ja Svanbäck!
🔙 Viime vuonna debytoineet Walta ja Terho ovat myös takaisin!
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Näin pelataan:
ℹ️ Suomi–Liettua | TO 9.10. klo 19.00, Helsingin Olympiastadion
ℹ️ Hollanti–Suomi | SU 12.10. klo 19.00, Johan Cruijff Arena
#Huuhkajat #MeOlemmeSuomi #WCQ
I gave a joint statement on behalf of the Nordic countries at the UN Security Council. It is time for Russia to come to the negotiating table. Ukraine needs a just and lasting peace.
@JukkaLepikko@SarasvuoJari@MartinPaasi@Vernepu@MikaLintila Pitää paikkansa. Minkä mittainen tarkasteluväli antaisi parhaan kuvan työmarkkinoiden kehityksestä? Kolme vuotta on toisaalta pitkä, mutta myös lyhyt suhdannevaihtelut huomioiden. Toki verrokkina EU hyvä, mutta esim. Ruotsissa työttömyysasteen kulmakerroin samankaltainen.
Työttömyysaste on noussut yli 10%:iin ja ollut paljon esillä julkisessa keskustelussa. Samalla työllisten määrä on kuitenkin osoittanut määrällistä kasvua. (Trendi myös pos 5v.)
Olisiko näitä lukuja hyvä tarkastella rinnakkain, jotta ymmärrämme paremmin työmarkkinoiden tilaa?
@Timothy47254898@tkotimaki Kyllä hyviä nostoja, mutta ikäjakauman vaihtelussa on myös materiaalin suhteen sattumaa (vire/vaihe uralla). Etenkin Suomen kaltaisen maan, jonka A luokan materiaali on suhteellisen pieni, ja korvaavia pelaajia ei välttämättä ole. Joten suurempia johtopäätöksiä ei voi vetää.
@tkotimaki avauksen pohjalta teki mieli avata Huuhkajien keski-ikää visuaalisesti vuosien varrelta.
10 vuoden trendi nousujohteinen ja keski-ikä noussut noin vuodella. Onko nuorille sopivasti tilaa Huuhkajissa?
(Data: https://t.co/YSLpxdLWw1)
#Huuhkajat
#Huuhkajat -ryhmään viime kesäkuulle valittujen pelaajien (25 pelaajaa) keski-ikä: 27,9.
30-vuotiaita tai vanhempia mukana: 10.
Nyt valitun ryhmän (26 pelaajaa) keski-ikä: 27,3.
30-vuotiaita tai vanhempia mukana: 10.
Alettiin purkittamaan huikean Sijoituskästin kanssa vartin jaksoja!
Kästi & Keskiväli on osakkeisiin keskittyvä, palautteen pohjalta jatkuvasti kehittyvä ja kevytotteinen paketti.
Uudelleentwiittaa tämän päivän aikana ja osallistu 'Tähtäimessä osakkeet' -kirjan arvontaan!