The journey to transform your future - points of view.

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At Touchpoint Change Consulting, we focus on one thing – we help your people transform your business. Our blog articles encapsulate our thoughts on certain topics and are usually published in LinkedIn first.  We recently spoke at seminars on AI For Good and AI in Healthcare,and we also write articles for newsletters and other publications.  Please get in touch if you would like us to support or speak at one of your events.  Read on to learn about our take on AI in the workplace, and other topics ...

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AI Loves The Jobs You Hate!

AI will collide with the very core of our businesses, often in surprising ways.

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AI Is In All Our Futures!

Read how it will impact us all.

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Could AI Help To Humanise Healthcare?

We explore how this could be a reality.

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AI Will Collide With Your Business!

Find out the impact in one sector, which will never be the same again.

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AI Promises Radical Change in Health & Housing!

We take a look at the challenge of healthier homes.

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ChatGPT by ChatGPT!

We ask AI's most famous app what it's made of.

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Do You Need An AI Lead? Part 1

We explore what such a role might entail

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You Do Need An AI Lead! Part 2

We look at the skills needed for this key role

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Artificial General Intelligence

What could it do in the office?

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Will AI Take All Our Jobs?

Join the important debate about AI creating or deleting jobs.

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AI in contact centres pt.1

Nine ways it can help agents & managers

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AI in contact centres pt.2

Nine ways it can improve service    for customers


“A very practical and informative event that gives an extra dimension to my conversations with charities."             “Very interesting webinar, a must for 'newbies' to the AI world”            “An excellent webinar - with easily understood and relevant information, which also showed the breadth and flexibility of AI. Everyone should see this.”            “Amazing session encouraging charities to get started with AI”            “It was a fascinating session - the amount I have learnt in just an hour, and now feel very inspired and energized to go away, be curious, and see how AI can work for us.”



Further articles on organisation change and continuous improvement

We published a White Paper to explore approaches to service improvement that are covered in our Institute of Leadership & Management Service Improvement Programme - Seven Tips: Faster and Better for Less.

Getting leaner and fitter in the new year - a look at Lean Thinking for a previous New Year newsletter.  Many sectors are exploring Lean Thinking, but how can it be of use to all of them?  Find out with our overview.

Read about our take on transforming healthcare pathways, including our cloud apps that bring stakeholders together to agree on better ways to care for patients with Long Term Conditions (heart disease, lung disease and diabetes).  See also our Sustainability and Transformation Planning Partnership White Paper here about Healthcare Redesign System.

High growth technology businesses reach a point where product development and increasing customer demands require the full-time focus of everyone in the company.  But there is so much more to do to keep a successful business on track.  Read about our support for High Tech High Growth

How to become more creative and find new solutions to long standing or new problems - our guide to Point C Creativity.  There is a process that can guarantee good, powerful, pragmatic ideas! Change is not easy to deliver and organisations need to work to create the conditions for success - Preparing the environment for successful change.

Public sector reform - the importance of engaging managers and staff to win commitment to change. Transforming Police and Public Services - an article originally written for The Times on 19th June 2006 but pulled hours before publication as the Home Secretary announced the postponement of Police Force amalgamation.

Managing Transformation Means Transforming Management - a summary of Deming's system of management written by us for The Deming Transformation Forum and reproduced with permission.

Cryptocurrencies have been around since 2009, but hit the headlines every bull cycle.  Suddenly they re-capture the imagination of the business community, the media and investors.  This results in a dramatic increase in valuation and then a painful pull-back, but what’s behind the hype?  And what do they do anyway?  Our Cryptocurrency FAQ (part 1) starts to delve … and looks deeper in Crypto FAQ part 2.  See also an opinion piece about the future price of Bitcoin in Crypto Questions (part 3) and a reflection on its worth in The worlds most expensive ledger - Bitcoin.  The technology has potentially disruptive applications across business and government so look out for a future article.

Banker bonuses - good or bad?  And what is the alternative?  See our Bankers' bonus article, written in 2008 as Sir Fred Goodwin's package and other rewards were making headline news.  Systems thinking, George Soros and the credit crisis - an article that asks could Systems Thinking have foreseen the credit crisis of 2008? The Financial Crisis - an article exploring the roots of the financial crisis, written as the banking industry was crashing in October 2008.  The crisis is all of ours - a whole-system problem.  There is a need for all parties to change their behaviours to be part of the solution - banks, regulators, government, the general public and those of us in business.

“A very practical and informative event that gives an extra dimension to my conversations with charities."             “Very interesting webinar, a must for 'newbies' to the AI world”            “An excellent webinar - with easily understood and relevant information, which also showed the breadth and flexibility of AI. Everyone should see this.”            “Amazing session encouraging charities to get started with AI”            “It was a fascinating session - the amount I have learnt in just an hour, and now feel very inspired and energized to go away, be curious, and see how AI can work for us.”

What is AI and why is it powerful?

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Types of AI

The product of over 60 years of research, there are now dozens of types of AI. From medical imaging to self driving cars, e-commerce recommendation engines, smart home speakers, research tools and now human-level text, speech, image and video. The latter is made possible by the creation of Large Language Models that encompass the entirety of knowledge on the Internet coupled with an uncanny ability to generate artwork and natural language conversations in any human style required, with flair. There are almost infinite possibilities.

Our collaboration with Liverpool University and the LCR4 programme keeps us at the forefront of AI application. We developed a service framework that links different types of organisation/function with the best and most appropriate AI apps available.

Benefits of Generative AI

Incorporating AI into your service operations can bring numerous advantages.

* Increased productivity and reduced costs: AI can automate tasks currently performed by overworked employees. It can create optimized work plans based on staff availability, reducing the time spent on scheduling and reporting. Then it can update these plans in real-time when absences occur.

* Exciting changes and increased innovation: AI can generate ideas and solutions rapidly, enabling you to stay ahead and meet customer expectations. Imagine a comprehensive strategy document that builds on your current strengths, knowledge of all your competitors, and every published customer survey in existence, all prepared within minutes instead of days, to kickstart your analysis.

Further benefits of AI

* Enhanced customer experience: more personalized and timely customer service, leading to greater customer loyalty. For example, AI can produce real-time responses to customer enquiries, reducing the time spent on routine interactions. It can also generate targeted sales offers based on customer data and the sentiment in the current interaction, leading to higher conversion rates.

Employ AI wisely and your people will be diverted from admin to more vital tasks. You could see a 30% increase in operational efficiency and a 20% improvement in customer experience [according to McKinsey and Accenture research].

The Touchpoint way

At Touchpoint Change Consulting, we work with large and small organisations to set out robust plans for change and then bring them to life.

Touchpoint Change takes a pragmatic approach. Our unique 3i's process informs you of what AI can do, works with you to re-imagine what is now possible and initiates the practical next steps for your organisation.

We are here to help you understand the possibilities and embrace them successfully. We also offer expertise in business change strategy, programme setup, process improvement, team development and instituting a culture of continual improvement.

Stay informed and explore the possibilities by calling us or filling in the Contact Form below.

Learn more about AI and develop your skills

There is a wide variety of news, analysis and learning available on the Internet.

Most businesses already have people using AI in their work, some in a company project and others by personal initiative. We can point them in the right direction to continue their learning journey and explore how to apply it effectively to your organisation's unique services and setting.

Meanwhile, this is a good introduction to Generative AI from the Royal Institution at the end of 2023 (1 hour long).

A good 1-hour course on prompt engineering (indermediate level, to get the best out of your use of Chat GPT) is still available (for free at the time of writing!) - click here.

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Contact Us

Are you ready to embrace the future with AI and revolutionise your business? What sets us apart is our pragmatic understanding of AI and our commitment to understanding your unique business needs.  Partner with us, get started quickly and deliver the edge you've been looking for.  Call our consulting lead James Crawford directly on 0777 55 90192 or fill in the form below.