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AI and the Future of Work and Business with Adam Davidson

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Adam Davidson

Wed, Jan 24 | 7 – 8 pm online
For adults. Register here.

Adam Davidson is an expert at demystifying complex topics, and he applies these skills to the most crucial issue of our time: the rise of AI. This talk is geared towards curious laypeople—from college students to business decision-makers—who know that AI is likely to transform their careers and business and need a clear framework to understand this new revolutionary technology. AI, he explains, will create massive new winners and, yes, a bunch of losers, as it rewrites our economic rules.

Davidson is the co-founder of NPR’s Planet Money podcast and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he covers economics and business. Previously he was an economics writer for The New York Times Magazine. He has won many of journalism’s most prestigious awards, including a Peabody for his coverage of the financial crisis. All of his work has been focused on making the complex, confusing, sometimes depressing news about the economy it clear to a broad audience.

His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, GQ, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He has served as a technical consultant in Hollywood, including to Adam McKay, co-writer and director of the Academy Award-winning film The Big Short.

Career Success Month
Jan 22 – Feb 23, 2024
Find a full listing of events here.
Maryland public libraries launch a new year with a month of programs on entrepreneurship and job advancement. During this month, classes focus on financial skill building and digital knowledge to navigate our rapidly changing work environment. These impactful, results-driven classes and programs occur in a mixture of in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats.
Hosted at library branches throughout Maryland and sponsored by the Maryland State Library Agency, these programs provide information from subject-matter experts.

Examples include:

  • Design thinking for entrepreneurs
  • How to work the gig economy
  • The joy of owning a small business in retirement
  • Learning Canva
  • Mindfulness at work
  • Speed mentoring
  • Resume building and interview preparation


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Howard County Business Leaders Recommend

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Whether you are an established business leader, wanting to advance your career, or nursing an entrepreneurial hope, HCLS has books for you. We asked business people in our community for book recommendations. These reads, all available to borrow, will take you to your next level!

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Laura Bacon
Founder/CEO, The 3rd
We Should All Be Millionaires
by Rachel Rodgers
This book really helped me to undo some hard conditioning around pricing, wealth, and your own direct ability to affect it. The book feels like a great girlfriend giving you all of her hard learned lessons about building and sustaining.
Available in print, as e-book and e-audiobook

David Woodruff
CEO, APL Federal Credit Union
The Bonds That Make Us Free
by C. Terry Warner
This book was a therapeutic journey for me to build new habits of taking responsibility in my relationships — both professional and personal. While not a traditional “business book,” my experience grappling with these ideas has had significant impact on my effectiveness as a leader and co-worker.
Available in print and as e-book

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Jennifer Jones
CEO, Howard County Economic Development Authority
Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution by Uri Levine
This book advises teams to remain fixed on the problem you are solving for your customers rather than a particular solution. Problems last for a long time, but the solutions that come along can change depending on new technologies and other factors. Focusing on the problem allows you to roll out new concepts and solutions to serve your customers. The book encourages you to be open to change and innovation.

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Wow, you have a start-up! 

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Do you hope to hear exclamations about your new business from everyone you meet? Would you like to give a concrete structure to your passion project? We have all the tools and resources to answer your questions and concerns through a series of programs presented by experts during Career Success Month, which runs through the middle of February. 

To learn about the steps necessary to put your business vision into action, enroll in our virtual workshop Documentation 101: How to Form Your Business. We cover the primary steps to forming your business within Maryland, including the details you need to consider to ensure regulatory and legal compliance. Vanessa Bright speaks from her two decades of experience re-engineering non-profit organizations, setting up systems, and creating opportunities for success.  

Along with business documentation, you need to have vital legal protection for your brand, invention, design, and artistic or literary work, as well as avoid infringement or violations. Supervisory Patent Attorney Leigh Callander discusses trademark law and how this differs from patents and copyrights in Trademark Law: The Basics.  

Ley de propietario – inquilino: conoce tus derechos y responsabilidades (Landlord-Tenant Law: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities). Paula Lino, voluntaria de la Oficina de Protección al Consumidor del condado de Howard, brindará un taller informativo sobre los derechos y responsabilidades del inquilino.

Hosted by libraries throughout Maryland, Career Success Month provides library customers with guidance from experts on a wide range of business and job advancement topics, as well as help in navigating everyday life while pursuing career goals. Classes include Lawyer in the Library, Trademark Law, Goal Setting for Success, and more. A complete list of events can be found on the Maryland Libraries Together webpage through the Maryland State Library Agency website. 

Rohini is the Adult Curriculum Specialist with HCLS. She loves literature and rainy days.

Author Works with Kathryn Finney

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Thursday, Jan 19
6:30 – 7:30 pm
online  
Registration and more information at bit.ly/hclsfinney

Turn your passion into profit! If you have ever dreamed about starting a business, you need to know about Kathryn Finney. She encourages you to not wait for the system to let you in. Her new book, Build the D*mn Thing, is the essential guide to knowing, breaking, remaking, and building your own rules of entrepreneurship.

She explains how to build a business from the ground up, from developing a business plan to finding investors, growing a team, and refining a product.  

Finney, an investor and startup champion, is the founder and managing general partner of Genius Guild, a Chicago-based venture fund that invests in scalable businesses led by Black founders using innovation to build and promote healthy communities. Build The D*mn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business if You’re Not a Rich White Guy made the Wall Street Journal bestsellers list in its first week of release.

In partnership with Columbia Inspired magazine and The 3rd, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, co-created, community of Women of Color entrepreneurs.