PERSPECTIVES

Perspectives That Scale

In-depth conversations with leaders, experts, and innovators shaping the future of knowledge at work.

• Building for the Last Mile: Why AI in Education Won't Scale Until It Meets Learners Where They Are

  A conversation with Gabriel Boluwatife Adegboye — product leader in EdTech and AI — on scratch cards, virtual reality nursing labs, and what happens to product management when the AI writes the first draft of the code.

• The Energyverse Catalyst: Why Intelligent Infrastructure Is an AI Strategy Problem

  A conversation with Edwin Diender, Executive Vice President of International Business at INPOWER ENERGY and ao. former Chief Innovation Officer of Huawei's Global Energy Business Unit, on bridging the gap between hardware engineering, decentralized power grids, and the frontier of AI-driven industrial training.

• The Lifelong Loop: AI Learning Needs Human Connection and Critical Thinking

  A conversation with Dr. Inge de Waard—AI & Learning Lead, veteran EdTech researcher, and active longevity advocate—on bridging the gap between algorithmic skills-matching and human-centric education.

• Beyond the Algorithm: Why the Future of Healthcare is About Human Work

  A conversation with Dr. Jennie Byrne, MD, PhD — Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist, and Author of Work Smart and Moral Injury.

• The Empathic Interface: Why AI’s Future is a Storytelling Problem, Not Just a Computing One

  A conversation with Dr. Jeanne Lim — AI Visionary, Co-founder and CEO of beingAI, and Co-creator of Sophia the Robot — on bridging the gap between deep corporate marketing, psychology, and the emerging frontier of compassionate digital companions.

• The Lean Algorithm: Why AI in Healthcare is a Process Problem

  A conversation with Dr. Gary S. Kaplan, MD—Board of Stewardship Trustees member at CommonSpirit Health, CEO Emeritus of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, and 2026 Deming Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient —on why automating a bad process only accelerates waste, how AI can revolutionize clinical training, and the enduring power of the human-in-the-loop.

• Predictability Pulse: Supply Chain’s Data Revolution Is a Training and Strategy Problem

  A conversation with Rémi Alexandre — Independent Supply Chain & Forecasting Consultant and CentraleSupélec alumnus — on bridging the gap between machine learning models, corporate operations, and the AI-assisted upskilling of non-technical teams.

• AI-Assisted Training: What the Official Data Actually Says

  AI-assisted training is becoming a structural response to skills disruption, but the evidence shows it works only when embedded in strong instructional design.

• Designing with Hypotheses: How AI and Systems Thinking Redefine the Creative Playground

  A conversation with Will Kesling, Head of Design, US Servicing at TD.

• The Architecture of Living Strategy: Why the AI Era Demands Adaptive Agility

  A conversation with Myles Hopkins—Artificial Intelligence & Value Architecture Trailblazer, Founder and CEO of Be Agile and Ask Milo—on navigating BANI complexity, leveraging compliant AI, and the evolution of AI-driven organizational learning.

• The Dopamine of Business: Why AI is the Ultimate Copilot for the Neurodiverse Economy

  A conversation with Peter Shankman—five-time entrepreneur, 6x bestselling author, and pioneer of digital PR—on rewriting the rules of corporate customer experience, weeding out AI spam, and utilizing AI-assisted training to empower the "faster brains" of the modern workforce.

• The Human-Centered Compass: Why AI in L&D is a Design Challenge, Not a Tech Trend

  A conversation with Dr. Stella Lee—AI Literacy Architect, EdTech Strategist, and Founder of Paradox Learning—on why prompt engineering is only the tip of the iceberg, the danger of automating entry-level roles, and how to build truly AI-literate organizations.

• The Operator’s Advantage: AI as a Margin Lever for Small Business

  A conversation with Mael Garbe — 19-year-old founder of ORBITECH and author of LBO Journal — on why the largest untapped opportunity in AI sits inside the unglamorous back-office workflows of traditional small and medium businesses, and why a founder’s edge comes from pairing engineering with the economics of ownership.

• The Reputation Architecture: AI-Assisted Education Must Remain Human-First

  A conversation with Walter Jennings — CEO of Asia Insight Circle and veteran Global Communications strategist — on how AI is transforming professional training, corporate reputation, and the curation of C-suite networks.

• The Governance of Innovation: Why Financial AI is a Strategy Problem, Not a Tech Problem

  A conversation with Sandeep Mangaraj—Co-founder and Managing Partner of Aileron Group, former Microsoft Managing Director of US Fintech, and veteran EY Partner—on bridging the gap between rigorous model risk governance, enterprise cloud scale, and the fast-evolving frontier of generative AI.

• Digital Jidoka: Why Scaling Operations Demands Human Judgment and Intelligent Co-Pilots

  A conversation with Marc Onetto — former Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon and GE Executive — on standardizing complexity, the "Mechanical Sensei," and how AI elevates frontline training and customer empathy.

• The Decision Paradox: Why Scaled AI Strategy is a Strategy Problem, Not a Tech Problem

  A conversation with Ronald van Loon — Founder, CEO & Principal Analyst of Intelligent World and former Big Data Course Advisor — on bridging the gap between raw data pipelines, board-level strategy, and the upskilling frontier.

• The Genomic Architect: Bridging Field Biodiversity and Computational Precision

  A conversation with Adeola Oluwakemi Ayoola, PhD — Project Scientist at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine — on population genomics, infectious disease surveillance, and how computational biology is reshaping our understanding of disease, evolution, and the One Health framework.

• The New Metronome of Excellence: 140 Years of Craftsmanship, Meet AI

  A conversation with Arnaud Montois—Management and Business Lead at Henri Selmer Paris and Vice-President of USVC—on bridging the gap between 140 years of tradition, high-performance sports, and the new frontier of AI-driven training.

• Empowering the Shield and the Vision: The Future of AI-Driven, Cyber-Resilient Healthcare

  AI-driven healthcare can shift medicine from reactive to predictive care, but only if innovation is paired with privacy-preserving methods, cybersecurity, ethical policy, and human oversight.

• Artificial Intelligence is not our replacement, it’s our counterparty.

  A conversation with Karl A. L. Smith FBCS transformation architect, systems thinker, and founder on redesigning organizations, leadership, and learning for an AI-augmented future.

• The Living Blueprint: Co-Architecting the AI-Enabled Enterprise

  A conversation with Karl A. L. Smith FBCS — Transformation Director at AI Organizational Design (Edinburgh)

• The Operational Architect: Bridging the Execution Gap

  A conversation with Olivier Lachaud — Founder of WSquare Advisory and creator of KadoPool — on eliminating “operational debt,” what makes cross-border expansion actually work, and why he built an AI-powered web app with his own hands.

• 36 Years at IBM, a Centralien Engineer, and the AI of Tomorrow

  A conversation with Olivier Casile – IBM Distinguished Engineer (Retired) • Former CTO of the IBM Global Industry Solution Center, and IBM Client Technical Leader for a major international insurance company.

• The Industrial Alchemist: Why the Global Supply Chain is the New Luxury Frontier

  A conversation with Dimitri Guichard — Former Global Supply Chain Director at The Estée Lauder Companies — on the intersection of AI, emotional engineering, and the human networks of prestige beauty.

• The Evolution of Digital Learning Effectiveness: Navigating Human Resistance and AI

  Digital learning effectiveness must be redefined around real workplace transfer, learner resistance, and the ecosystems needed to support AI-era capability building.

• Why Healthcare’s AI Revolution Is a Strategy Problem, Not a Tech Problem

  A conversation with Matthieu Divet — Healthcare AI Manager at Alcimed and AgriTech Startup Founder — on bridging the gap between engineering, high-stakes consulting, and the entrepreneurial frontier of healthcare innovation.

• Designing Clinical AI: From Technical Possibility to Meaningful Care

  A conversation with Florent Pollet — Biomedical Informatics Researcher at Columbia University — on bridging the gap between machine learning and patient care.