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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.
240 Fact of Fiction Tariffs
Fact or Fiction - US Tariffs Backfire U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips (Oct. 2022) aimed to hobble China, but instead catalyzed a rapid, parallel Chinese semiconductor stack. Nvidia—once ~20–
ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY – Powering Intelligence in an Integrated World (Issue #240)
As AI’s hunger for computation rivals nations’ energy demands, control over power grids has become control over intelligence itself. This article and the associated webinar examines nuclear renewal, f
SOVEREIGNTY under Siege – Robots At the Door (Issue #239)
We are concluding 2025 with a series "SOVEREIGNTY under Siege" exploring various threats to what we value: our nation our jobs, and ourselves. The first episode explores the impact of robotics. Automa
The Age of Creativity – AI Masters How. Humans Retain Why! (Issue #238)
In this new age of creativity, success no longer lies in execution but in intention: the ability to discern, direct, and define purpose. Jeff Uhlich explores how AI, as a computational mirror, reflect
AI Intensifies Competition Sparking Creativity (Issue #237)
We've been discussing the forces and sources of change as insights to the future, but if they are, is the impact on Canada any different than on others, for example, the US? My musing led me to two pe
Two Frontiers of Transformation: Inner and Outer Power (Episode #3)
The KEI Network invites you to explore two seemingly disparate forces of change: self and creativity, power and energy. The first article, "Listening Within" explores the interior revolution now under
KEI Network – Issue #235 – The Age of Creativity (Episode #1) – Ending the Knowledge Economy
But Artificial Intelligence has disrupted that foundation. AI doesn’t just access knowledge—it creates it, rivaling human experts across law, medicine, education, and more. The work of “knowing,” once
234 Integrating Computing and Bioscience
Integrating AI and Bioscience Before listing work, it’s helpful to be clear about why one might consider such integration, especially in. the event that “pure algorithms” may hit limits in building in
KEI Network – Issue #234 – AI and OUR Future (Episode #9) – AI’s Engine: Design, Development, and Destiny
We began with an introduction to AI as a force reshaping human agency and concluded with governance—how societies might regulate and direct its course. AI safety researchers warn that should something
KEI Network – Issue #233 – AI and OUR Future (Episode #8) – Lessons Learned from the Series
Through seven episodes in the KEI Network's series "AI and OUR Future" we've examined AI’s promise—from breakthroughs in science, health, and communication—to its perils, including inequality, disrupt