Kerri Burchill, PhD

There is more and more discussion about AI, how it is being used, its impact on our environment, and the impact on human thinking. In my experience, the success of an AI inquiry is based almost entirely on the prompt. If you mess up that prompt, if it is too vague or too general, you will get a response that mirrors the quality of your prompt. Granted, a better prompt doesn't guarantee you will get the information you want, but it is guaranteed you will not get the information you want...

Bug is getting older… and a little needier. When I think back on it, though, she was always needy. That is a dog, after all. But those needs are not big. She needs an afternoon love, a little treat, some of my dinner and a chance to sleep on our bed at night. Translation? She needs some quality time. And when she has that quality time satisfied, she can live her best dog life napping all day long. Bug’s behavior makes me think of having team members, what their needs are, and how...

We had our annual holiday party on the weekend. I take great pride in making everything myself, from scratch. This means that I start planning months in advance and am exhausted at the end of the party. This year was a little unexpected in that several people came up to me and said, “Even better than last year!” That had me thinking – is it really? There is the same great food, the same amazing people and I even have a high school neighborhood genius taking food in and out of the oven so...