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Perry Kinkaide
Perry Kinkaide, MSc, PhD, CMC, has spent over 50 years working across academia, government, and the corporate and non-profit worlds. He earned his PhD in Brain Research from the University of Alberta and spent 14 years with the Alberta Government before leading KPMG Consulting's Knowledge Management practice in Edmonton.
Since retiring in 2001, Perry has founded and led the Alberta Council of Technologies Society, now a subscriber base of over 20,000, and built KEI Network from a personal list of 15,000 contacts into a platform for connecting experts, entrepreneurs, and leaders across industries. Alberta Venture named him one of the province's 50 most influential people in 2007.
Perry writes and speaks on economic diversification, emerging technology, and the social shifts reshaping how people live and work. Expect a direct take and a healthy dose of humor along the way.
Democracy Test – Fix-it or X-it Revisited (Issue #276)
Alberta’s grievances have exposed deeper questions about the resilience of Confederation, while growing calls for constitutional reform challenge Canadians to ask whether our federation can still adap
Canada Day 2026 Reflection (Issue #275)
For months, The KEI Network's newsletters and associated webinars have explored the question: Fix-it, or X-it? The discussion has never been about choosing division over unity. It has been about reco
Fix-it Or X-it? The Question Canada Must Answer (Issue #274)
The Question Canada Must Answer Over the course of the last couple of years, I have visited and revisited the issues of sovereignty: sovereignty of the nation, the province, the self. The exploration
Canada’s Sovereignty: Under Threat from Within? A Warning About National Decline (Issue #273)
A Warning About National Decline Last week's KEI Network article, The Sovereignty Challenge: AI, Diversification and Commercialization, argued that sovereignty is more than a political concept. It is
Alberta’s Sovereignty Challenge – AI, Diversification and Commercialization (Issue #272)
Yet a more fundamental question often goes unasked: What truly makes a society sovereign? P olitical authority alone does not create resilience. Economic strength, diversification, innovation, ownersh
When Democracies Stop Listening — The Lost Ear and the Erosion of Trust (Issue #271)
Drawing on Sharon MacLean’s thoughtful exploration of The Collapse of Listening in last week’s newsletter and webinar, this week’s feature asks a deeper and more troubling question: What happens when
The Lost Commons Episode Eleven: Know Thyself
This closing audio episode turns the lens inward, arguing that self-knowledge is the one advantage no algorithm can replicate. (16min 30sec)
The Last Commons (Epilogue) Know Thyself (Issue #268)
Civilizations have always been shaped not only by innovation, but by the character, judgment, and resilience of the people navigating periods of profound transformation.. The Lost Commons: Reclaiming
The Lost Commons Episode Ten: The Lost Commons
This audio episode returns to the book's title theme directly, tying the series together around what's been lost from shared public life and what it would take to rebuild it. (16min 04sec)
The Last Commons (Chapter Ten) The Concluding Reflections (Issue #267)
More technology, more information, more institutional management, government and more connectivity were expected to strengthen society. Yet many citizens today sense the opposite occurring: rising dis