Kian Gohar is Founder and CEO of Geolab, a research lab focused on helping organizations build the next frontier of Human-AI collaboration through training and strategy. Kian is a former executive director of the XPRIZE Foundation and Singularity University, and has coached the leadership teams of dozens of Fortune 500 companies on innovation and AI. His latest research on Human-AI collaboration has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2022, he co-wrote the bestselling book "Competing in the New World of Work", published by Harvard Business Review Press and translated into 7 languages. He’s a graduate of the Harvard Business School, and serves on multiple corporate and nonprofit boards.
The question: why am I not getting more involved? I needed someone to ask me that question and somebody did. From that standpoint, I'm pretty inspired to start thinking in that way.
The speakers have been phenomenal. Even being able to interact with the speakers during dinner and get more insights beyond what they presented has been so valuable. But, the other piece I've found incredibly valuable is making all the connections.
The spirit of optimism, the spirit of innovation is alive and well. It was refreshing to see, and quite honestly gives you quite a bit of motivation to go back. This course really brought in the experts, had good discussions, real world examples... so I really appreciated that.
What brought me to the Executive Program is two things: One is to understand: what are the latest innovative trends and how can I apply them to the businesses I work with? The second is: what is the next technology that can disrupt our business model? Singularity is different thinking for me. It's beyond innovation. Really, network is very important and I hope I continue staying in touch with these people after the course.
The world needs impact accelerators, and what I saw in Singularity University was an opportunity to take that leap frog into the future. I was looking for something that would refresh my appetite to keep learning, make a difference, and lead teams in a different way. What I found in Singularity University was not only a great cohort of amazing experience from all over the world, but also an inspiring change of mindset.
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