While having coffee at the visitor center for the Briksdalsbreen glacier in Norway, a massive arm of the larger Jostedalsbreen ice cap, I was looking out at the ancient blue ice flowing between granite mountains when a pair of Israeli tourists approached me. “Excuse me… are you Dr. Gazit?” one asked. “We saw you on Channel 10, the new economic channel.” In that surreal place, the conversation turned to my work on Gameful Intelligence™. I thought to myself, this is the perfect setting. A glacier is a powerful metaphor for our time. It is a world that appears solid but is constantly in motion. Hidden crevasses, deep, sudden fractures, lie beneath the surface. This landscape of majestic power and hidden peril is precisely the terrain we are all now navigating in the age of Artificial Intelligence. How do you cross it without falling behind?
1. The Ground is Moving Faster Than You Think
Understanding the unprecedented speed of AI adoption is of paramount strategic importance. Unlike previous technological revolutions that unfolded over decades, the current shift offers a dramatically compressed timeline for adaptation. This acceleration isn’t a gradual trend; it’s a fundamental change in the rhythm of business and professional development, demanding immediate attention and a new strategic response.
An analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis quantifies this extraordinary pace. The adoption rate of Generative AI has reached an astonishing 39.4% in the same time-frame it took the internet to achieve a comparable level of penetration. This makes the current wave of AI adoption nearly twice as fast as one of the most transformative technologies in modern history. This statistic is more than a data point; it is evidence of a seismic shift, and the first cracks are already appearing in the form of mass layoffs at tech companies like Microsoft’s gaming division, where the very tools being developed are reshaping the workforce.
This rapid, widespread adoption creates tangible risks for entire professions, opening up vulnerabilities that were purely theoretical just a few years ago.
2. The Crevasses Are Real: Identifying AI Vulnerability
This rapid technological shift is creating a landscape of clear winners and losers. For professionals who fail to recognize the changing ground, the risk of becoming obsolete is no longer a distant threat but an imminent danger. The key to survival and success is to first identify where the greatest vulnerabilities—the deepest crevasses—lie.
According to an analysis based on Microsoft Research, professional vulnerability can be mapped by plotting a role’s “AI Applicability” against its “Human Exposure to System Change.” The findings are stark. Occupations in the highest-risk quadrant are not limited to one or two fields; they span the core of the knowledge economy. Professions like interpreters and translators, Writers, mathematicians, journalists, historians, CNC programmers, and editors all face profound disruption. In contrast, professions such as “Firefighters,” which rely heavily on physical presence and decision-making in unpredictable environments, have significantly lower AI applicability and are therefore less exposed for now.
The direct consequence of this vulnerability is that for millions of knowledge workers, AI is fundamentally changing their career viability today. This isn’t about the end of work, but it is certainly the end of work as we know it for many established fields. The critical question, then, is how professionals can move from a position of vulnerability to one of strategic advantage?
3. A New Compass: The approach for thriving
To navigate this new and unstable terrain, professionals need more than just new skills; they need a new mental model for success. This requires a fundamental strategic framework designed not just to weather the disruption but to harness its power. The key lies in developing a specific form of intelligence suited for this era.
This approach is called Gameful Intelligence™ (GI), a combination of four “mega-capabilieis” designed to help individuals and organizations lead in an AI-driven world. It is the compass for navigating the glacier, helping you see the path ahead, avoid dangers, and move with confidence and purpose.
The core pillars of Gameful Intelligence™ provide a toolkit for turning disruption into opportunity:
Mega-Agency: This is the enhanced autonomy and control to realize your personal and business potential. It means mastering AI tools, agents, and digital twins to amplify your influence, shifting your mindset from being a passenger in your career to becoming the primary driver of your success.
Co-Creativity & Creation: Increased creativity and creation ability with AI tools and platforms in conjunction with other people. AI serves not only as a “side-by-side” helper but also as a full partner in developing new creative ideas and creating products and services that were not possible before.
Distributed Crafting is the ability to persist over time to reach the level of an “expert in his craft.” Creating physical/virtual, or physical products and services (bread for words: physical + digital) at an irreplaceable level of excellence, in collaboration with a variety of AI tools in a distributed manner. Includes critical thinking and setting high standards, does not compromise on quality, and is not satisfied with creating products that are “AI Slop”. At a low level, superficial, generic, and worthless, because they are easy to produce with artificial intelligence and derive quick economic or cognitive gains.
Disruptive JuLoot: The capacity to identify and seize new, unconventional opportunities by changing the rules of the game. A portmanteau of Juex (French for “game”) and “Loot,” this skill involves spotting the “secret doors” and pathways to value that others miss, allowing you to achieve a state of “God mode” in the market before competitors even understand the shift.
These capabilities are the essential tools for the journey ahead, enabling you to confidently cross the glacier while others remain frozen in place.
4. Watch Now: Your Guide to Crossing the Glacier
The Gameful Intelligence™ approach provides an actionable guide to transforming AI disruption from a threat into your single greatest competitive advantage. The concepts outlined here are explored in greater detail in the following videos and posts, which will offer a clear roadmap for developing these skills and leading in the new era.
Originally posted on the juloot.co.il blog.
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