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  • 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
  • Person standing at a crossroads with diverging path arrows on the ground, casting a long shadow, illustrating the decision point at the heart of automation's opportunity cost.
    April 30, 2026
    Dave Coplin Dave Coplin

    The Opportunity Cost of Automation

    This is a story from a project I was loosely involved in during my time at Microsoft - long before generative AI, back when machine vision was the frontier. Microsoft Research were working with an oncologist...

    • Leadership
    • Opportunity Cost of Automation
    • Technology
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Dave Coplin

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


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