Events
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Past
June 20th, 2025
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Our team conducted an AI training session for CEIBS faculty alumni, focusing on leveraging AI for business decision-making and strategy development. The session aimed to enhance their understanding of AI applications and tools, fostering innovation and excellence in business education.
April 14th, 2025
French Founders panel discussion: AI and Talent
Great panel discussion, sharing the stage with bright minds on the edge of AI exploration. We discussed in particular how given the various AI user profiles present within a company or even a department, there cannot be a single "one-size-fits-all" approach to AI training.
April 6th, 2025
INSEAD Amsterdam Forum Event
On the margins of INSEAD forum in Amsterdam, we brought in-depth insights on AI's directions and impacts on the workforce, and how for both employees and management to make the most of them.
March 17th, 2025
Air France intervention
We received a prize and accolades from Air France Human Resources Director for great work delivered to their 30 offices spread across China.
Air France sleek office in the Former French Concession
March 16th, 2025
Le Bridé interview
Interview with LeDebridé in Shanghai:
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Discussing the challenges and thrills of arriving in China in 2005, catching the wave that fast-forwarded the country from 2nd to the 4th Industrial Revolution in one generation.
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March 15th, 2025
Peking University
High-stakes discussion following our presentation with Peking University, one of China's oldest and most venerable schools.
March 9th, 2025
Cafe Philo:
High turn up at our debate with Cafe Philo group. Amidst the rising anxiety surrounding AI's impact on work, attendees received clarity and pragmatic advice on potential directions, and how to navigate the shifting paradigm
February 19th, 2025
ChinaExperts presentation
The crowds flocked at China Experts to witness the rise of AI: how it can empower companies and workers to perform more, save time, and achieve higher efficiencies.
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We delved into the strategies workers must set out to deploy now in order to remain relevant, in a world where value is shifting at a rapid pace. And how management can support those willing to make the leap.
October 26th, 2024
Book signing at Garden Books
Massive turnup for book-signing of "AI Battle Royale: how to protect your job from disruption in the 4th Industrial Revolution.
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The visionary guidebook to help workers navigate the treacherous landscape as AI takes on more tasks has led to an increased mix of anxiety and curiosity amid China's working population, as witnessed by the crowds who braved the typhoon to come buy their own signed copy.
October 26th, 2024
China CrossRoads
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Sublime intervention at Frank Tsai's household event, discussing the AI arms race between China and the US.
While many praised the birthplace of the architecture model that spawned generative AI, hailing from Silicon Valley, shortly after China struck back first with DeepSeek, then taking the lead with Manus, the first capable generic AI agent.
April 27th, 2024
Berkeley
Great session with Berkeley alum & students, presenting and discussing the creative potential of AI and how it can revolutionize the ideation process.
April 24th, 2024
INSEAD
With AI Battle Royale: How to protect your job from disruption in the 4th Industrial Revolution prominently positioned in the INSEAD bookstore, one of the world's leading business schools, who motto is "force for good", a presentation to school faculty members and alumni was simply not an option.
Presenting key concepts to INSEADers in Shanghai
December 21st, 2023
INSEAD Interview
Excellent discussion with Robert Maciejko, co-founder of the global INSEAD AI community, with audience Q&A moderate by Fabio Valle.
Link: INSEAD Interview
November 26th, 2023
TheHonestDrink podcast (ep.139): The AI Revolution, Job Security, Wage Gap and Employment
Invited to popular TheHonestDrink podcast, where we talked about practical ways to think about AI and how to protect your working future from its impact.
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In particular we covered:
- the spectrum of doomsayers and optimists
- the poor understanding of our own intelligence as a species, and how that affects the conversation on Artificial Intelligence
- misconceptions when it comes to AI and reflected on other ground breaking technologies through history
- our individual responsibilities to prepare ourselves and how we can start adapting our behaviors, habits and mindset to protect ourselves and our jobs from the new realities of the 21st Century.
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Link: TheHonestDrink#139
September 14th, 2023
Minter Dial podcast: How to protect your job from disruption
In this conversation, we discuss the challenges faced by people working in business to have the right attitude and skills to adapt to this fast-changing world.
How to to futureproof yourself and stay up to date with the new technologies; and how can we help our kids get ready?
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We look at some of the cultural differences, especially with his perspective being based in China, and we explore some of his key concepts and recommendations in his book.
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Link: MinterDial Podcast
March 5th, 2023
Keen On interview: How to outrun Artificial Intelligence
​Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show
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EPISODE 1349: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to AI BATTLE ROYALE author Ashley Marc Recanati about how to protect your job from the disruption of the 4th Industrial Revolution of smart machines
March 1st, 2023
Publication of AI Battle Royale (Springer)
AI Battle Royale being with a most inconvenient secret: the complete absence of any book to guide workers out of the dire situation AI puts them in.
Meanwhile a plethora of books and MBA programs cover the disruption of companies and sectors, along with the strategies to avoid being disrupted.
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Why this gap? Despite growing warnings of imminent job disruption, it turns out that this form of disruption does not adversely affect investors and CEOs (quite to the contrary).
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AI Battle Royale seeks to redress this injustice by filling the hole with sound, pragmatic advice to office workers and white collars, so that they can prepare for the worst.
The fruit of five years of academic research, it culminates with an actionable plan applicable to most professions.
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This seminal book marks the start of a whole new direction, long before the proliferation of "AI experts".