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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.
The Inner Commons: Joining Humanity’s Search for Self (Issue #279)
Despite extraordinary advances in neuroscience, consciousness remains one of science's greatest unsolved mysteries. Understanding ourselves has never been merely an academic pursuit. As machines becom
The Inner Commons: Mysteries of the Mind – The Last Frontier (Issue #278)
Mysteries of the Mind is a natural continuation of that journey. While the first book - The Lost Commons, explored the rapidly changing external world around us, this second turns inward to examine th
How Did We Become Conscious (Issue #277)
From Attraction to Awareness For the past several years, the KEI Network has explored the great challenges shaping our future—from artificial intelligence and democracy to sovereignty, creativity, and
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)