Interview with Tim Hughes and Katie King
Tim Hughes is the co-founder of Digital Leadership Associates, a Social-only agency based in the UK, that helps companies transfer with social. For example to increase revenue and competitive advantage. Tim is also the author of the best selling book “Social Selling – Influencing Buyers and Changemakers”.
Katie King is Director of Transformation at Digital Leadership Associates, and Co-Founder of AI in FM. She has delivered two TEDx presentations and is a regular on the international speaker circuit. Katie is also a frequent commentator on BBC TV and radio.
Topics

* AI and chatbots really are all around us now, what do you see it the biggest ways it is helping Social Selling?
* What are ways Salespeople can more smartly use AI and bots to support Social Selling?
* Which sales jobs do you think are first to be lost to AI and chatbots?
* What do you think are the sales jobs more secure against being lost to AI and chatbots?

CNBC Story Mentioned:
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is not worried about artificial intelligence displacing U.S. jobs for at least 50 to 100 years, he said Friday.
“I think that is so far in the future — in terms of artificial intelligence taking over American jobs — I think we’re, like, so far away from that that,” said Sec. Mnuchin at an event held by Axios. “Not even on my radar screen,” he added.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/24/mnuchin-treasury-secretary-ai-automation-comments.html
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