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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.
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
KEI Network – Issue #232 – AI and OUR Future (Episode #7) – Governing in a Democratic Society
AI is not just a tool of efficiency; it is also a temptation for control. In authoritarian societies, it is already weaponized to monitor, predict, and suppress. For democracies, the challenge is shar
KEI Network – SPECIAL EDITION – From Rupture to Renewal
Yesterday Canada's Prime Minister gave a speech in which he acknowledged the need for change - that the global economy is ruptured, that the US was no longer a dependable partner, and that technology
KEI Network – Issue #231 – Safety, Security, and Surveillance
Its benefits are extraordinary, but so are the risks: biased policing, wrongful arrests, and surveillance systems that erode privacy. Yet these early applications are only the beginning. As AI evolves
KEI Network – Issue #230 – AI and OUR Future – Caring, Empathy, and Algorithms
Today, with education, the internet, and now AI, knowledge is no longer exclusive. Authority is compromised increasing the value of caring, compassion, and conscience — empathy in action, judgment in
KEI Network – Issue #229 – AI and OUR Future – Media in the Machine Age
Soon after came my morning dose of global media: Russia ignoring pleas to stop, instead filling the skies with more death—images of apartment blocks and homes burning across Ukraine. Children carrying
KEI Network – Issue #228 – AI and OUR Future – Rewriting of Industry
This edition of the KEI Network newsletter and associated webinar, explore how AI is not only making these sectors more efficient, but also redefining what productivity, sustainability, and competitiv