Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy’s Post

Curiosity is key to innovation.  And given what is underway with GenAI, there has never been as high a return on curiosity as there is today. GenAI is dramatically reducing the cost of inquiry, so now anyone can perform research, get answers, and run scenarios at a blistering pace and at a fraction of the cost. Those who are curious will drive more effective results and have greater impact — in part because they’re interested enough to ask the questions. The curious — those with the desire to learn and explore — have an ever growing collection of AI-infused enterprise software and standalone GenAI tools at their disposal to upskill themselves, innovate, and contribute to their organizations in ways they’ve never been able to before. How to quantify the upside? We can’t know for certain how big the innovation ripple effect will be, but I think the benefit to companies, communities, and humanity will be profound. When I think about the top traits I’m looking for in employees today, the advantage goes to those who demonstrate curiosity. Those who are willing to try something new, who ask the big questions, and search quickly and thoughtfully, will benefit from the vast power and knowledge that is available to them. They will be the ones to elevate those around them and the enterprises smart enough to hire them.

According to the 2023 Winter NACE (National Association of College and Employers) report, business majors are highly sought after by employers at the bachelor's degree level. Six of the top 10 most in-demand degrees are in the business field, with "Finance" and "Accounting" topping the list. At least 60% of responding employers plan to hire graduates with degrees in Finance, Accounting, and Computer Science. This highlights the continued demand for these skillsets in the job market. As the Class of 2024 prepares to enter the workforce, these statistics are promising for those pursuing careers in these high-demand fields. It underscores the importance of relevant education and skills acquisition to stay competitive in today's job market. #JobMarket #Hiring #Recruitment #BusinessMajors #Finance #Accounting #ComputerScience #ClassOf2024 #NACE #EmployerDemand #CareerProspects Details at: https://lnkd.in/eTrguyQC

🎉 Honored to be Featured! 🎉 I'm thrilled to share that our hackathon journey and project, Prenatal Co-pilot, are featured in the Cal Poly Pomona College of Business Administration newsletter! 🌟 Adib Golestan Roxane Rasolomanana Huei-Syuan Gan Michael Wu Check out the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gKmF34_C

Excited to share the highlights from the first half of the final day at AACSB's AI Conference! 🌟 The sessions focused on strategic planning best practices, fostering an innovation-driven culture, the evolving role of faculty, and more. AACSB's Hanna A. McLeod kicked off the morning by sharing key takeaways from AACSB's recent report on GenAI (https://lnkd.in/eapvi92a). Alain Goudey from NEOMA Business School followed with inspiring examples of GenAI use cases, emphasizing the importance of unlearning and relearning in the GenAI era. He showcased how an innovation-driven culture empowers faculty, instructional designers, and other internal stakeholders to continually embrace quickly evolving technologies. Johan S Roos outlined the change process that Hult International Business School implemented beginning at the early onset of ChatGPT3, developing a straightforward GenAI policy built on three pillars: embracing GenAI, fostering critical thinking, and ensuring transparency. Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy from Cal Poly Pomona College of Business Administration and Inara Scott from Oregon State University College of Business explored ways to empower faculty to embrace GenAI. They discussed the evolving role of faculty and the shift toward active and hands-on learning, and the need for faculty to move beyond the "content is king" mindset.

👏 Join us in celebrating the retirement of Professor Ron Pike, who has capped off his career with over a decade of exemplary service to California State Polytechnic University-Pomona’s College of Business Administration and Singelyn Graduate School of Business. Pike's contributions to the CIS Department have been monumental, including the development of the Mitchell C. Hill Center for Digital Innovation and a student-run security operations center. His dedication to hands-on learning and student success has left an indelible mark on our community. Pike's legacy includes numerous published works, mentorship of student teams who have earned global recognition and so much more! Click the link below to read all about Professor Pike's incredible career. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gNmSCMxE

I am a proud product of public universities and have been a lifetime member of three alumni associations for several years. Within the past three years, I've had the pleasure to serve as a volunteer on the AA Board of Directors for Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) and the Cal Poly Pomona College of Business Administration (CBA) Chapter and it's been a rewarding journey to date. I’ve had the privilege to collaborate with wonderful fellow board members such as Natalie Brizuela-MacLean, MSGC, CFCM, Lorena Ornelas-Estrada, DJ Norman, Albert Fattal, Lydia Chen Shah, Dean L. Bui, MBA, Renita J. Bess, John Hall and many, many other amazing volunteers who donate their time, talent and treasure. All of these industry leaders are fellow CPP CBA graduates. We are so fortunate to have Dean Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy at the helm of the CBA, his leadership has brought renewed energy and strategic foresight to our programs. In addition, Melissa Riordan, Andrea DeCoudres, Matt Walsh and the entire CPP Alumni Association team do a fantastic job in serving the alumni and student communities, and building engagement. If you are a Bronco and want to get involved and give back, here’s your chance. As a CPP graduate, you are now eligible to join the alumni association as a lifetime member for 50% OFF! This small investment will pay dividends throughout your career. Whether you graduated a few days ago (congrats Class of 2024!), a few years ago or many years ago like me, you are eligible for this promotion. I’m particularly excited to welcome grads from the Singelyn GSB. Take advantage of this limited-time opportunity to stay connected with fellow CPP alumni for life, and support the #1 polytechnic university in the nation in social mobility. If you are already a lifetime member, you can support by reposting or sharing with your network. Cal Poly Pomona CBA Alumni Chapter #Broncos4Life https://lnkd.in/gaAB6mwR

One of the key challenges in AI is creativity — producing ideas that are both novel and useful. As humans, we have an innate ability to connect disparate concepts and synthesize them into something novel. We are able to do this naturally because we store information in an “associative” manner where different concepts are connected with different kinds of links. An “apple” can be connected to “fruit” (thing to category link) and to “red” (thing to property link) and so on. By traversing this giant network in less routine ways, our brain finds ways to combine unrelated ideas in a meaningful way. This associative thinking ability has given us many clever inventions from simple products like a magnetic wristband (magnet + wristband => DIY accessory to hold nails and screws) to big innovations like Google’s PageRank algorithm (academic citations + websites => smarter search engine). And this simple technique of combining two unrelated ideas is a fairly reliable trigger to improve human creativity. But can this technique also boost the creativity of Large Language Models (LLMs)? After all, LLMs also implicitly capture associations between concepts based on the frequency of occurrence of commonly related words. I'm thrilled to share that my collaborators, Aishni Parab and Sumit Gulwani, and I tested the efficacy of associative thinking prompts on v-GPT4 across three domains - product design, storytelling and marketing. We found that by simply asking v-GPT4 to incorporate a random concept the originality of its responses improved by 1.4x in product design, 1.2x in storytelling and 3x in marketing. (Link to full paper is in the comments). Overall, our results indicate associative thinking can make LLMs significantly more creative and LLMs can be a useful brainstorming tool even in challenging domains like product design. As an example, v-GPT4 came up with a quirky idea of a transparent pillow with artificial fish, designed to reduce stress in children. What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of such a pillow? Take a quick look around your room and pick two simple objects. How would you combine them to make something creative? #AssociativeThinking #Creativity #ChatGPT #LLM #AI #ProductDesign #Storytelling #Marketing

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Season 2 of the PostNormal Times podcast is out now! 🎙️ In this season’s first episode, Andrew Vosko, the associate provost and director of the Transdisciplinary Studies program at CGU is joined by Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy, the Singelyn Family Dean of the College of Business Administration and Singelyn Graduate School of Business at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, to discuss harnessing the power of AI, the importance of the practical application of knowledge, and the challenges faced by the traditional worlds of academia. 🎧 Listen to the full first episode: https://lnkd.in/gwNa_ifC #PostNormalTimes #ClaremontGraduateUniversity