Training -vs- Laying off
Internal mobility and learning, Video production cost, Improving your copy (so your GPT can do the same), and more.
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😂 AI generated image of the week
I used Koala for this one and the prompt was:
A person who needs to change jobs, and it assigned to a new team where he has to get re-trained and learn new skills.
💬 Internal mobility and learning -vs- Laying off
Some companies reduce their costs by laying off staff. Other companies find new roles for their existing staff and enable them to add more value. This increases the need for training and supporting those who suddenly are in a new team with a new role. Learn how they did that at Zapier. Also, check out this article from Raconteur.
❓ Video production: $3000/minute to $___/minute
Video and image generation is a crucial part of learning programs. Costs typically vary between $1,500 and $10,000/minute. A reasonable approximation for a 5-minute video is $3,000/minute.
How much will AI impact this?
According to Bain & Co. (the global consulting firm) for films with limited visual effects where production is closer to $500k/minute, the cost saving would be in the range of 5% to 10%, including cutting 4 weeks off production time.
For learning & training videos: It’s too early to even estimate.
🗣️ Improving your copy (so your GPT can do the same)
Copywriting is super important in learning. Yet most of us are bad at writing.
“Most people write copy like they are writing instruction manuals. They got lost in explaining how the sausage is made and no one cares. And even worse they use that same robotic copy in the content they create.
By Greg Isenberg (An advisor for Reddit, TikTok / 373k followers on Twitter/X)
Here is Greg’s list of 18 things you need to focus on to improve your copy:
⚙️ Tools
Koala: Claims to be 8X faster in image generation.
Gamma: Build epic decks just from text.
Castmagic: Upload a recorded conversation - It generates all the social and other content for you to tweak and publish
💡 Cool stuff
Harvard Business Review: Voice Recognition Still Has Race and Gender Biases
New York Times: Chilly at Work? Office Formula Was Devised for Men
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Akis 👋