Ian Myers

And my feeling is undeniable that the technology is impressive and important. I would argue that as with most great technologies, The adoption curve is going to be much longer than people expect. If you look back toward everything from VR to autonomous vehicles, the predictions around when it would change the world were always too short. I think we are at a stage where

And my feeling is undeniable that the technology is impressive and important. I would argue that as with most great technologies, The adoption curve is going to be much longer than people expect. If you look back toward everything from VR to autonomous vehicles, the predictions around when it would change the world were always too short. I think we are at a stage where

AI is going to be an augmentative solution for much longer than people think before it is a full solution in any part of the roles that we fill for businesses. That doesn't mean there aren't going to be specific roles that can be done fully by AI, but I suspect that it will be augmentatives for longer than people think.

AI is going to be an augmentative solution for much longer than people think before it is a full solution in any part of the roles that we fill for businesses. That doesn't mean there aren't going to be specific roles that can be done fully by AI, but I suspect that it will be augmentatives for longer than people think.

Yeah, and I also think not only is the adoption curve longer than people expect, there's different types of businesses that will adopt faster than others. If I look at some of our most cutting-edge startup clients, they are already using AI in very sophisticated ways inside their businesses.

Yeah, and I also think not only is the adoption curve longer than people expect, there's different types of businesses that will adopt faster than others. If I look at some of our most cutting-edge startup clients, they are already using AI in very sophisticated ways inside their businesses.

If I go look at some of our clients that own landscaping businesses or that own storage companies, they're not really using it at all. So... I think what we will see is a fast adoption by the always fastest adopters, which are startups, but a much longer tail adoption for other businesses over time.

If I go look at some of our clients that own landscaping businesses or that own storage companies, they're not really using it at all. So... I think what we will see is a fast adoption by the always fastest adopters, which are startups, but a much longer tail adoption for other businesses over time.

It's an interesting question. I have experienced it at various points in my career, and I'm also not experienced at all in various points in my career. So an example of this is I worked a lot in Japan, and the Japanese professional structure is extremely hierarchical. Your age is almost the most important thing about you.

It's an interesting question. I have experienced it at various points in my career, and I'm also not experienced at all in various points in my career. So an example of this is I worked a lot in Japan, and the Japanese professional structure is extremely hierarchical. Your age is almost the most important thing about you.

Your ideas, your initiative, your drive, your success, your track record plays a somewhat minor role in your ability to succeed inside large organizations relative to tenure, which is another way of saying age. And so...

Your ideas, your initiative, your drive, your success, your track record plays a somewhat minor role in your ability to succeed inside large organizations relative to tenure, which is another way of saying age. And so...

in societies like that i encountered something that caused me frustration and put me on the path to entrepreneurship which was you're not looking at my ideas and my results you're looking at how old i am that was something i couldn't personally tolerate Now, I became a CEO when I was 26. I had a team of 30 people by the time we exited the company.

in societies like that i encountered something that caused me frustration and put me on the path to entrepreneurship which was you're not looking at my ideas and my results you're looking at how old i am that was something i couldn't personally tolerate Now, I became a CEO when I was 26. I had a team of 30 people by the time we exited the company.

Most of my leadership team was 10 years plus older than me. And I worried about that sometimes, but it never manifested itself. I think nobody ever saw really age. And today I am still the youngest person on our leadership team at Oceans, but it's pretty varied and pretty diverse, both in terms of gender and in terms of age. And. It's a great thing.

Most of my leadership team was 10 years plus older than me. And I worried about that sometimes, but it never manifested itself. I think nobody ever saw really age. And today I am still the youngest person on our leadership team at Oceans, but it's pretty varied and pretty diverse, both in terms of gender and in terms of age. And. It's a great thing.

You have a lot of perspectives that are extremely experienced. There is some knowledge and decision-making and instincts that just come with experience, which is another, again, way of saying age. But there's also...

You have a lot of perspectives that are extremely experienced. There is some knowledge and decision-making and instincts that just come with experience, which is another, again, way of saying age. But there's also...

the challenging the fresh the kind of new perspectives that can come from youth that are important and so i built a culture where age is not really a factor in anything that we do because that's important to me but i have experienced it before that's an interesting example you brought up about japan i actually just got back from japan myself

the challenging the fresh the kind of new perspectives that can come from youth that are important and so i built a culture where age is not really a factor in anything that we do because that's important to me but i have experienced it before that's an interesting example you brought up about japan i actually just got back from japan myself