Canadian businesses increasingly recognize that artificial intelligence is an economic imperative, but Salesforce Canada Country Manager Dave Borrelli says they must move more quickly from exploring the technology to putting it to work. Speaking during an interview at Dreamforce in San Francisco, Borrelli said the urgency surrounding enterprise technology has changed considerably during his 19 […]
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Salesforce Redesigns Thousands of Jobs Around AI Agents
Salesforce says nearly 20,000 of its employees are now working in roles that did not exist 12 months ago as the software giant redesigns jobs around artificial intelligence. Speaking during a “Radical Redesign of Work” boardroom briefing at Dreamforce, Salesforce President and Chief People Officer Nathalie Scardino described the adoption of AI agents as a […]
AI Leaders Tell Workers to Adapt as Agents Enter the Enterprise
Artificial intelligence will transform how people work, but the leaders of Nvidia, OpenAI and Salesforce are rejecting the idea that increasingly capable machines will make human workers irrelevant. The future of work emerged as a recurring theme at Dreamforce in San Francisco this week, where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined […]
Salesforce Expands AI Skilling Opportunities with Free Training and Certifications Through 2025
Today at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco Salesforce announced plans to expand access to skilling opportunities with free AI training for anyone. The company will offer its premium AI courses and AI certifications free of charge and available to anyone through its free online learning platform, Trailhead, through the end of 2025. Salesforce’s new offerings represent a […]
Excitement, Anxiety Around AI Adoption Has Tech Talent Divided
Early in the era of generative AI, current professionals in Canada have mixed feelings about the rapidly spreading technology. Is it the Next Big Thing? Or just another buzzword, destined to go the way of “digital” or “mobile” or “social”? Is AI going to save humanity—or doom us all? No one quite yet knows, though everyone […]
Trailhead-Style Communities Offer Boon to Canada’s AI Talent Pipeline
Recent LinkedIn data shows that, while a majority of tech talent in Canada are excited to leverage AI, more than half still want to be more familiarized with the tech before fully embracing it. Canada launched the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy in 2017, building on the nation’s history of investments in the tech and resulting in a […]
Three Online Programs to Boost Sales Skills in Canada
Sales professionals are the “heartbeat of every company,” according to Salesforce, driving revenue that ensures sustainability of a business. If you can sell stuff, you generate revenue for a company. And trust us: they like that! However, research shows many in the field consider their profession more challenging than ever. And, according to the Canadian Professional Sales Association, […]
Canada’s Best Workplaces For 2023
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2023 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces. Organizations were selected based on Great Place to Work’s Trust Index Survey, which measures the employee experience at each company. Employees are asked how frequently they experience behaviours that create a great workplace, including, […]
Digital ‘Salesblazer’ Community Empowers Sales Talent in Canadian Tech
Sales professionals are the “heartbeat of every company,” according to Salesforce, driving revenue that ensures sustainability of a business. If you can sell stuff, you generate revenue for a company. And trust us: they like that! However, research shows many in the field consider their profession more challenging than ever. And, according to the Canadian […]
Companies Know Data Drives Better Decisions But Fail to Tap Potential, Report Finds
A global survey of 10,000 people recently revealed that, while they may know using data is important to their business, the vast majority of today’s business leaders still aren’t harnessing its power for better decision-making and results. According to Salesforce’s “Untapped Data Research,” leaders are struggling to put data into practice to quickly make strategic […]