__Timing is the wisdom of the hunt.

Knowing what to do, and how to do it, is extremely important. And yet there is one more thing: when to do it! Throughout my business career, I have always had to deal with three things: What must I do? How must I do it? When is the right time?

If you are smart, the questions “What must I do?” and “How must I do it?” really should come quite easily. You must be methodical and analytical. You must act in an intelligent way, taking into consideration your education, skills, research, advice from others, and so on.

What about “When must I do it?” That will take all your smarts. And one more thing: With timing, you cannot rush, and you cannot procrastinate either!

__Young people are likely to rush and make a mess, and older people are likely to procrastinate in the paralysis caused by often obsolete experience!

Wisdom resides neither in the rush of youth, nor in the experience of the aged.

There are times you are going to be called upon to be patient, and there are times you are going to be called upon to wait. The other day (the sage) Bishop TD Jakes told us in Chicago that the Wright Brothers knew what to do to get the first airplane airborne, and they knew how to do it, but several times they had to wait “until the wind was right”!

When you have worked out [as well as possible] what you must do and how you must do it, then focus on #Timing.

Ask yourself "if the wind is right”?#Product, #People, and #Process can build a big business, but #Timing will decide whether you take off successfully or not.Now some of you will remember that I wrote the above post here on Facebook back in August 2018…

Fast forward: Yesterday I spoke on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland focusing on "The State of Artificial Intelligence Diffusion" [adoption/usage]. Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/nqY8D0G5BVc [Please find some free Wifi; we start at 10min].

As many of you know, I rarely participate on panels anymore, but I was invited by my friend Brad Smith at Microsoft and knew AI was an important topic... for Africa, #entrepreneurs [and the world]. Moderated by Richard Quest of CNN, our hour-long conversation about AI's potential, both now and unknowns in the future, touched on some urgent matters... including #Threats posed by potential evil-doers, and of course, new #Opportunities to benefit humanity in ways never before imagined as possible. From whatever our sector or nationality, I think we all agreed on the urgent need for #Investment: in the #Capability to understand the potential #Risks that AI could pose [and leadership to take responsible #Actions accordingly], as well as investment in both #Infrastructure and #Skills.#Timing here is key.

The "wind is right”. We cannot afford to procrastinate. #InnovatingAISolutions #GrowingAfricanProsperity #ResponsibleAIGuardRails #LeavingNoAfricanBehind

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