Is Your Organization Ready for the AI Era?
In today's rapidly changing world, the question is no longer "Should we change?" but rather "What will happen if we're too slow to change?"
This critical question was at the heart of the seminar "Organizational Transformation: Foundations for Success in an AI Era" organized by the Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan) in collaboration with leading partners, PacRim Group, HTK Solution, Thinkergy, and HexaTech Solutions.
AI is a tool, but the real key lies in preserving our humanity - building relationships, caring for customers, and discovering new human purposes that will transform industries to be more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Dr. Nares Damrongchai, TPA's Director General, emphasized:
4 Pillars for Success in the AI Era
- Leaders who are ready to embrace change
- People with strong capabilities
- A resilient organizational culture
- The ability to execute with excellence
Workforce transformation is a strategic and systematic process that organizations must undertake to remain adaptive and competitive in an era of rapid technological and business change. It consists of three key stages:
- Understand - Evaluate labor market and skill trends, as well as competitor movements.
- Plan - Identify current and future workforce needs, skill gaps, and requirements.
- Transform - Strengthen workforce capabilities through recruitment, upskilling, leadership development, and career planning.
Dr. Detlef Reis, Founder & Chief Ideator of the creative breakthrough company Thinkergy, shared how organizations can build Talent Intelligence to thrive in the disruptive new tech age.
Drawing inspiration from Jim Collins' famous "bus" metaphor in Good to Great, he explained how TIPS - Thinkergy's Talent & Innovator Profiling System - helps organizations answer seven essential questions to build Talent Intelligence for the Sixth Wave of Technology Innovation:
- Who have you already invited onto your team "bus"?
- Are all talents in the right seats?
- Are they doing the right things?
- Do they have the right know-how to do them well?
- Which critical seats on your bus are still unoccupied?
- How can you attract the right people to fill them?
- Who may be in the wrong seat—or perhaps on the wrong bus altogether?
By answering these questions with TIPS, companies can align their people to maximize impact in an era defined by speed, disruption, and transformation.
Dr. Suchit Pongnumkul, an expert in technology and innovation management, gives a clear analogy to data usage:
AI is only as good as the data that powers it. Without strong data governance, organizations face serious risks.
- "Garbage In, Garbage Out": The success of any AI initiative is fundamentally tied to the quality of its data. Poor data governance leads to significant, measurable risks.
- "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility": The more powerful AI becomes, the higher our responsibility towards the data it uses. Governance is how we manage this duty.
- "Data Governance Is Not a Cost — It's an Investment in Sustainability": Investing in data governance is investing in the future of your AI-driven organization. It is the foundation for sustainable competitive advantage.
- Strategy & Policies: Define clear guidelines for managing and using data organization-wide.
- Technology & Tools: Use the right tech to ensure efficient governance.
- Culture & People: Foster a culture of ethical, high-quality data stewardship.
TPA offers integrated solutions that combine people, business, and technology to drive holistic transformation. With over 52 years of experience, TPA has supported more than 1,000 Thai organizations on their journey to excellence.
