Simon Kingston

So we have established that AI is really Canadian. Good.

So we have established that AI is really Canadian. Good.

So we have established that AI is really Canadian. Good.

Talking about you though, Louis, you've been a leader, a senior leader in the businesses that you've helped lead for a quarter of a century. And on the face of it, you move into those leadership roles very quickly after graduation.

Talking about you though, Louis, you've been a leader, a senior leader in the businesses that you've helped lead for a quarter of a century. And on the face of it, you move into those leadership roles very quickly after graduation.

Talking about you though, Louis, you've been a leader, a senior leader in the businesses that you've helped lead for a quarter of a century. And on the face of it, you move into those leadership roles very quickly after graduation.

Was there a moment that impelled you into that kind of leadership and defined you, what we call on this podcast, a redefiner moment for you that shaped who you became as a leader?

Was there a moment that impelled you into that kind of leadership and defined you, what we call on this podcast, a redefiner moment for you that shaped who you became as a leader?

Was there a moment that impelled you into that kind of leadership and defined you, what we call on this podcast, a redefiner moment for you that shaped who you became as a leader?

I think there's a wide body of thought that would suggest you're pretty successful. But what's intriguing in these conversations that Hoda and Clark and I have the privilege of having is how often leaders refer to their families, refer to the foundation years in terms of the values that help shape them. So it's interesting that you reach for that so naturally.

I think there's a wide body of thought that would suggest you're pretty successful. But what's intriguing in these conversations that Hoda and Clark and I have the privilege of having is how often leaders refer to their families, refer to the foundation years in terms of the values that help shape them. So it's interesting that you reach for that so naturally.

I think there's a wide body of thought that would suggest you're pretty successful. But what's intriguing in these conversations that Hoda and Clark and I have the privilege of having is how often leaders refer to their families, refer to the foundation years in terms of the values that help shape them. So it's interesting that you reach for that so naturally.

And you've given us a whole set of threads which are going to draw out over the course of the next 25 or 30 minutes. But just in terms of locating where you are now, you were right at the forefront of the digital transformation when you co-founded Taleo. That gives you an amazing ability to compare how leaders were prepared for that transformation.

And you've given us a whole set of threads which are going to draw out over the course of the next 25 or 30 minutes. But just in terms of locating where you are now, you were right at the forefront of the digital transformation when you co-founded Taleo. That gives you an amazing ability to compare how leaders were prepared for that transformation.

And you've given us a whole set of threads which are going to draw out over the course of the next 25 or 30 minutes. But just in terms of locating where you are now, you were right at the forefront of the digital transformation when you co-founded Taleo. That gives you an amazing ability to compare how leaders were prepared for that transformation.

wave of technology-driven change with how they are now as they face into AI. And you're obviously part of that with Caveo. But as you think about those two waves of change and transformation, how well prepared do you think leaders are for AI relative to how they were then?

wave of technology-driven change with how they are now as they face into AI. And you're obviously part of that with Caveo. But as you think about those two waves of change and transformation, how well prepared do you think leaders are for AI relative to how they were then?

wave of technology-driven change with how they are now as they face into AI. And you're obviously part of that with Caveo. But as you think about those two waves of change and transformation, how well prepared do you think leaders are for AI relative to how they were then?

Why did it take some people so long to spot that potential? And what can we learn from that delay, as it were, in advising leaders on how to respond now?

Why did it take some people so long to spot that potential? And what can we learn from that delay, as it were, in advising leaders on how to respond now?