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Interviews
AI Effectiveness and Human Eminence Recored Session
LinkedIn live session 22 Jan 2026 AI Effectiveness and Human Eminence.
This presentation has been used to explicitly set the perimeters of the session linked below. AI is not new in 2026 its 75 years old. What is AI? Everyone thinks that it is LLMs well there are a lot more types of AI and they all do different things. Here they are described as Solution Tools.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ai-effectiveness-and-human-eminence-recored-session/285477165
How are Human Eminent? Human can do things that AI can’t and in many cases should not do.
“AI can replicate many outputs of human intelligence, but it does not possess the underlying subjective, intentional, and value-forming capacities that characterise human minds.”
“Humans must retain authority to decide, override, and bear responsibility whenever fundamental rights, safety, liberty, or life outcomes are at stake.”
You cannot sue an AI, at least not yet!
Video link to follow.
A new perspective with Karl A L Smith
Karl A L Smith unpacks the latest technology trends in this episode, a must-listen for business leaders looking to prioritise investment. A new perspective with Karl A L Smith Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts
Future of the Agile Movement with LeadersHum
Karl A L Smith Managing Partner of Agile World Inc. talks about the three strands of his work experience, changing the paradigm, changing the context (of working environments) and experimenting. He highlights key characteristics of Leadership and Leaders and talks about what it means to be an Agile Leader. Lastly he talks about his consultancy in delivering Agile Transformation in a Customer Centric way (this not being they way it often dione), then he talks about his philanthropic activities with Agile World Incorporated a 501(c)(3) charity, based in California and how agile is no longer focused in software, but rather affords a way to solve complex problems.
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Aug 10, 2022[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]
Customer Experience in the 21st Century and Beyond [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]May 17 2022 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Agile ERP Transformation & Enabling New Ways of Working [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Dec 15, 2021 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Agility in business | Karl A L Smith talks to Engati CX [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]May 7, 2021 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Agile an Unexpected Journey Author Interviews [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Apr 16, 2021 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]HCM Software and “Agile” versus “Ways of Working” [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Feb, 2021 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]The Agile Confessional – Episode 14, Karl Smith [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Dec 02, 2020 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Agile transformation: Faster, smarter and responsive marketing [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Nov 28, 2020[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Karl Smith, Polymath, Influencer, Authority UX UI, AI, IoT & Founder Human-Centered Design Society [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Aug 26, 2020[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Imagine If The Way We Now Live Became Redundant [/su_column][/su_row]
Events
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]16 Feb 2023 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””] World OPEX Summit 2023 – Operational Agile ™, Business and Technology Value Realisation[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]5 Jun 2019 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””] [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]12 Feb 2019 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Enterprise Agility the Customer Revolution, AgileFest[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]21 Jun 2018 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]DIGIT Leader 2018, Scotland’s Annual IT & Digital Summit[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””].[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]The role of DevOps in business transformation
– Why DevOps: core principles and where they can help
– Next generation of DevOps; customer, business, finance, change, IT
– Vertical slicing; an enterprise enabler
– Transformation; hearts and minds with skills and delivery[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Oct 2018 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Blockchain Friend or Foe [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””].[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]MIPIM . Is Blockchain the new Doomsday Book, will it make every property unique and will that fundamentally change the property business? Will Blockchain aid the secondary data economy around property or create brand new new opportunities?[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]23rd Nov 2017 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]The Treachery of News[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””].[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]The House of Lords in London
On a panel as a guest of Lord Laird of Artigarvan[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]23rd Feb 2017 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Digital Transformation 2017[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””].[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh
Digital Transformation is about People[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]28 Oct 2016 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]IoT in Retail, Takeaways from IoT in Retail Pioneers & Early Adopters – Panel Session[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]15 Oct 2016 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]UCD2016 Conference, Being Human IoT Design Principals – Panel Session[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]2016 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Cognition Clash in The Internet of Things at SXSW Interactive
The Internet of Things is the next great opportunity for commerce to engage with business enterprises. However there is no unified approach to the mental load between physical interaction, mental interaction and digital interaction. This cognitive landscape is inhabited by associated experiences that gel human behaviour and machine interfaces through, touch, mouse and keyboard. The usage of sight, voice and thought create new complexities and risks which have until recently been the subject of defence technologies, where clear outcomes and prescribed mental models exist. The diversification of these touch points and multi-point human logic models clash and derail human thinking patterns.[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]2016 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Enabling Client Communications at St Andrews University
There is a huge and complex social psychology to managing client engagements effectively. Merely presenting actionable solutions that have valid data to back them up is not enough for clients. They become lost with the simplest of justifications and proof often focusing factors of little importance to the end users. In this talk I will offer some meeting navigation concepts that will enable people to facilitate client meetings, establish and reach defined outcomes and establish clear dialog and interaction methods.[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Oct 2015 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Humanity in Digital Landscapes: Mind, Cognition & Psychology at UCD2015 Conference Workshop on Cognition Clash in The Internet of Things – Designing for Chaos and Crash[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Oct 2014 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]UCD2014 Program Exploring the challenges and opportunities of globalisation and commoditisation in Enterprise User Experience EUX[/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]Nov 2013 [/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]UCD2013 Conference, Program Chair [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]11th April 2013[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Technology: Why there’s no longer an off switch http://lanyrd.com/2013/harvey-nash-technology-survey/ Why User Experience on Vimeo [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]21st Mar 2013[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]Nextgen SCADA Europe
HMI & Mobile Workforce: Optimising the human machine interface for a range of devices as data volumes increase and operations staff become increasingly mobile.
Accenture Connected World – NextGen SCADA Smart Grid on Vimeo [/su_column][/su_row]
[su_row][su_column size=”1/4″ center=”no” class=””]10th Nov 2012[/su_column] [su_column size=”3/4″ center=”no” class=””]UCD2012 Conference
Technical Chair User centred design within investment banking and wealth management: The world of finance and wealth provides unique problems for the UCD practitioner, this short session will describe some of them, how to circumvent them and how UCD can make a critical difference to the projects success. [/su_column][/su_row]
Stock Images of Karl A L Smith
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Karl A L Smith 2023
