Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries, replacing traditional roles and reshaping business operations, raising concerns about potential job losses Kenyan businesses are rapidly adopting AI BNI Infinity CEO Networking Dinner focuses on the impact of technology Realtor Mwenda Thulanira says problems are key to finding business opportunities and urges entrepreneurs to adopt a problem-solving mindset
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as one of the major technological advances that will revolutionize industries, replace traditional roles, and reshape the way businesses operate.
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The adoption of AI among Kenyan companies is increasing, raising concerns that a revolution could displace a wide range of workers from their jobs.
The Kenyan business community has identified the impact of AI as one of the key issues and made it one of the main topics at the BNI Infinity CEO Networking Dinner held on November 39th.
find business opportunities
Mwenda Thulanira, an experienced entrepreneur and business leader, founder and CEO of Myspace Properties, said that in the business world, opportunities lie in the ability to come up with ideas that solve existing problems. .
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“Where there are problems, there are opportunities. When you solve problems, you make money,” he said, emphasizing the entrepreneurial mindset needed to spot and seize opportunities.
Will AI take away human jobs?
Speaking as one of the panelists at the CEO Networking Dinner, Thulanila emphasized that one of the most important elements in business is humanity, which cannot be replaced by AI.
He pointed out that AI will replace many professions, including lawyers and doctors, but it cannot replace personalities.
“Machine learning and AI will replace almost everything except personality. Work on your character, friends. That’s going to be the most important thing in the future,” he urged.
Is the era of B2C over?
Thulanila also described a paradigm shift in the way businesses interact with customers and other businesses, noting that traditional business models were focused on B2B (business-to-business) or B2C (business-to-customer).
He argued that these approaches are being replaced by what he calls H2H (heart-to-heart), or human-to-human interaction.
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“In today’s sales, it’s not about your relationship with someone. It’s about how confident you are about the product you’re selling. People buy people, not goods or services. They buy people. , they buy from you because they are completely confident in your product or service,” Thulanira said.
Thulanila’s point shows that while AI can analyze data and predict trends, it cannot replicate the emotional resonance that comes from real human interactions.
Therefore, business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs need to invest in building meaningful networks and strengthen human-to-human connections to avoid the pitfalls of turning their businesses into robot companies, especially since AI does not shake hands. There is.
Proofread by Otuko Jackson, multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
Source: TUKO.co.ke
