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  • A herd of wildebeest splashing through a muddy river during the Serengeti migration, with the title 'When Wisdom Walks' overlaid at the top.
    July 16, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    When Wisdom Walks

    The wildebeest thunder across the Serengeti. The caribou cross the Canadian tundra in their hundreds of thousands. And every July, with startling reliability, LinkedIn fills up with the annual Microsoft...

    • Future of Work
    • Human Skills Trinity
    • Knowledge vs Wisdom
    • Leadership
  • Chalkboard-style chart titled 'A Relationship, Not a Skill,' plotting confidence against knowledge as AI users move from novice to expert—confidence spikes early, dips through a trough of realistic understanding, then climbs gradually toward genuine competence.Chalkboard-style chart titled 'A Relationship, Not a Skill,' plotting confidence against knowledge as AI users move from novice to expert—confidence spikes early, dips through a trough of realistic understanding, then climbs gradually toward genuine competence.
    July 2, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    A Relationship, Not a Skill

    But for me, the pearl in this particular oyster was buried on page 17, and it has nothing to do with adoption. 80% of education leaders rated their institution’s AI guidance as clear. Half of students...

    • AI Policy
    • Future of Work
    • Human Skills Trinity
    • IT Leadership
    • Leadership
    • Organisational Culture
    • Outside-In Thinking
  • Two people sitting apart on a sofa, arms crossed, not looking at each other. Labelled 'The Business' and 'IT'. Title reads: Rebuilding Relationships.
    June 11, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    What 4,000 CIOs Taught Me

    Then I walked into the room and something different happened. Not better or worse than the plan. Just real. The kind of real you only get when four thousand people are in front of you and the argument...

    • AI Policy
    • Efficiency vs Effectiveness
    • Future of Work
    • Leadership
    • Outside-In Thinking
    • Technology
  • A bronze humanoid robot stands in a spotlight against a bold geometric backdrop of deep red, teal, gold and black.
    June 4, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    The Right Question: A Manifesto for IT Leadership in the Age of Agentic AI

    (N.B. Updated to the "yes, and" frame, following conversations at Info-Tech Vegas 2026) That was entirely the point, the purpose, and it’s also likely why most of us chose this career. But perhaps most...

    • AI Policy
    • Efficiency vs Effectiveness
    • Future of Work
    • Leadership
    • Opportunity Cost of Automation
    • Organisational Culture
    • Outside-In Thinking
  • Black and white historical photograph of factory workers on an industrial production line, illustrating the assembly-line thinking that equated human time with economic output.
    May 21, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    We Still Pay People for Their Time

    Think about how that happened. Before the industrial era, most people were compensated for what they produced - an artefact made, a crop harvested, a service rendered. The outcome was the measure. Then...

    • Efficiency vs Effectiveness
    • Future of Work
    • Leadership
    • Opportunity Cost of Automation
    • Organisational Culture
    • Professional Services
  • Woman in a police lineup holding a sign reading 'The algorithm made me do it', illustrating the accountability deficit that emerges when humans defer responsibility to AI systems.
    May 14, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    The Human Skills Trinity

    That’s Pablo Picasso, being interviewed about computers in mid-1960s Paris. The machines he was talking about bear almost no resemblance to what sits on your desk today - but his observation is more accurate...

    • Future of Work
    • Human Skills Trinity
    • Leadership
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Dave Coplin

Keynote Speaker, Author & AI Strategist  | The Rise of the Humans


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