Do not spread fear, develop agility, think different.(ly)
For all of us, the invitation is to anchor our lives in Christ, and then live with the confidence and flexibility His love makes possible.
This morning I was asked to present to colleagues about the changing digital landscape. We reflected on how quickly things move; new platforms, new behaviours, new technologies; and how overwhelming that can feel. It isn’t just AI. It’s the whole online world, reshaping the way children grow up, the way adults teach, the way we all live.
I pulled together a slide that outlined three, general approaches colleagues may wish to adopt, and I had one of those moments, during the presentation at 10am this morning where all of this seemed to connect. Whether this is change in the digital world or change in the ‘real world’:
First: Can’t ignore it. Must not instil fear.
The digital world is real. It’s shaping us. To pretend otherwise would be naïve. So it is happening or ‘it’ has already happened. But the answer isn’t to spread fear. Though I did include some challenging statistics:
