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Does Quality Matter? (Spoiler alert! Yes) As scientists, we always need to apply a sanity check to our data: does what we’re seeing actually make sense? That’s especially important with medical data, where data quality can have a major impact on analysis and outcomes. Next Tuesday, Julia Kurps from The Hyve will present an overview of data quality in OMOP and why it matters for reliable research and evidence generation. Please register here to get the link: https://lnkd.in/dv4mwfNN  

I’m delighted to be contributing to this timely workshop exploring how digital transformation and artificial intelligence are reshaping forensic science, from practice and decision-making to the skills and capabilities required of our profession in a rapidly evolving landscape. This session brings together an outstanding international panel to reflect on the opportunities and challenges AI presents, and how we can best prepare forensic scientists for this transformation: Douglas Lucas Medal Winner Sheila Willis, Frank Crispino, Michelle D. Miranda, Antonel Olckers and my colleagues from the University of Technology Sydney's Centre for Forensic Science Elénore Ryser, Julian Broséus, Paula Tarttelin Hernandez and Marie Morelato. If you attend the IAFS - International Association of Forensic Sciences meeting in Sofia next week, don't miss it on 28 May. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dqBW_qyY #IAFS2026 #ForensicScience #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork #ForensicLeadership UTS Faculty of Science

If you're building BI at scale, the Analytics & BI track at hashtag #DataAISummit 2026 has sessions worth adding to your schedule. Leaders from Atlassian, HP, Virgin Atlantic and more will cover the work that is moving their organizations forward: — Scaling AI-powered BI from pilot to production — Modernizing semantic layers with AI — Building trusted generative BI Join us this June to learn how to turn data into impact: https://lnkd.in/gd_2Kw76

Excited to share a piece I recently wrote for Nava on something I’ve seen make a real difference when testing AI-powered tools: working with participant advisory councils (PACs). While AI systems are often judged by metrics like accuracy and speed, what ultimately determines success is whether people trust them, understand them, and can use them in their day-to-day work. That’s where PACs come in. In this article, I break down 5 reasons why PACs are so valuable—from uncovering workflow friction to surfacing risks that traditional testing can miss. Grateful to our Comms team for sharing this, and to everyone who’s contributed their time and insights to this work. Would love to hear how others are thinking about testing and trust when it comes to AI 👇 https://lnkd.in/gZnEvTcU

AI should not only help companies become more efficient. It should help individuals become more capable. Junior is built on that belief: using AI to help people recognize relevant opportunities, contribute meaningfully to the right conversations, and connect with the humans behind them. The future of AI is not just task automation. It is human amplification. https://heyjunior.ai #ConsumerAI #HumanCenteredAI #FutureOfWork #HeyJunior

The first wave of workplace automation was about removing rote tasks. - Data entry. - Scheduling. - Report generation. - Workflow routing. - Basic customer inquiries. The goal was efficiency: let machines handle repetitive work so people could spend more time on higher-value activities. But the next wave is much bigger. AI is no longer just automating what people do repeatedly. It is beginning to amplify what people can think through, discover, communicate, and accomplish individually. - An individual can now research an industry faster. - Analyze complex information more deeply. - Identify patterns they might have missed. - Develop stronger ideas. - Create better content. - Reach the right people with more relevance and context. This is not just automation. It is cognitive leverage. For organizations, AI makes it possible to do more with fewer resources. For individuals, the same technology can make it possible to compete, create, discover, and connect at a scale that was previously out of reach. That matters because opportunity is increasingly buried beneath complexity. - Too much information. - Too many systems. - Too many people trying to get noticed. - Too many qualified individuals filtered out before a meaningful conversation ever happens. The most valuable consumer AI products will not simply perform tasks for people. They will expand a person’s ability to recognize opportunity and act on it intelligently. That is what I am building with Junior. Junior helps individuals find relevant conversations on LinkedIn and engage thoughtfully with people discussing the roles, problems, ideas, markets, and opportunities that matter to them. Not another system standing between people. AI that helps people reach one another faster, with more relevance and better signal. https://heyjunior.ai #ArtificialIntelligence #ConsumerAI #AgenticAI #FutureOfWork #HumanCenteredAI #Productivity #CareerGrowth #LinkedInStrategy #JobSearch #BusinessDevelopment #FounderLedSales #HeyJunior Edmundo Sanchez Isabelle Stark Marcelo Santana Dmitri Kozlovski, PMP Ellen Smolko - Marketing Medic® Matthew B.

Excited to be co-hosting an upcoming Master Series session on Real-time Voice Agents for a modern customer experience. Customer expectations have moved on—fast, natural, personalized support is now the baseline. But many contact centers are still constrained by traditional IVR: rigid menus, limited context, and fragmented systems. In this session, we’ll explore how real-time voice agents in Microsoft Dynamics 365 are changing that—bringing together generative AI, intent understanding, and unified customer data to deliver more natural, end-to-end interactions. We’ll cover: • Designing conversational, AI-driven voice experiences • Handling intents, knowledge, and actions in real time • Seamlessly transitioning between AI and human agents with full context • Modernizing IVR without ripping and replacing your existing contact center If you’re thinking about how to evolve your voice strategy—balancing experience, control, and cost—this should be a valuable session. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eNJtHH7U #MicrosoftMasterSeries #Dynamics365 #AI #VoiceAI #ContactCenter #CustomerService #CopilotStudio #DigitalTransformation #AgenticAI #Microsoft Sonel R.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲... 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲! When we set out to build 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 — 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, we wanted a room where the conversation goes beyond the hype — into what AI is actually doing to how organisations are built, run, and compete. We think we've got that room. 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📍 The Stephen's Green Club, Dublin 🔹 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗵𝗗 — AI Adoption Consultant & Serial Entrepreneur Cutting through the noise on where Irish business actually stands — and what to do about it. 🔹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻 — CEO, Future Focus | Organisational Psychologist The human side of AI adoption. Because if your people aren't with you, your AI strategy isn't working. 🔹 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 — Founder, Innovera | AI Governance & GTM Strategist Former EY Partner. Trinity Business School. Boards, the EU AI Act, and why governance is a growth strategy — not a blocker. 🔹 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 — Argon & Co, one of Europe's leading business design and transformation specialists. Regina as Managing Partner brings enterprise transformation depth; Chris brings something additional — a practitioner's view of AI applied directly to procurement. They'll address the question most organisations haven't asked yet: 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 ready 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝗔𝗜? 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 Most leaders are asking "should we adopt AI?" The smarter question is "do we have the capability, the structure, and the people to make it stick?" That's the conversation happening on 11 June. Procurement. Org design. Governance. Adoption. The full picture — from people who've done it at scale. And it won't just be coming from the panel. We're expecting a number of AI practitioners in the room — people already doing interesting things in the space. The conversation will be as good as the company, and the company is shaping up well. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵: ✅ Where AI is already reshaping procurement, operations and organisational design ✅ A practical framework for building AI capability — not just deploying AI tools ✅ How to govern AI before regulation makes that decision for you ✅ The questions your board should be asking — and almost certainly isn't 🎟️ Spaces strictly limited — invite-only for business leaders, owners, directors and advisors 👉 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dX3TM99E 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 — 𝘋𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #IrishBusiness #BoardroomConversations #AIGovernance #OrgDesign #Procurement #DigitalTransformation #Dublin #TheAIImperative

Most AI conversations in boardrooms right now are about tools. The harder question is whether the organisation underneath can actually use them. On 11 June I'm joining Regina Stapleton, Greg Heaslip, PhD, Maria McCann and Veronica Rahneberg at Boardroom Conversations in Dublin to get into this topic. My angle: AI is already reshaping how work gets done, and also where most organisations discover their data, processes and people aren't ready for what they've bought. I'll talk about what's actually working, what's quietly failing, and what procurement and supply chain teams should be doing in the next twelve months. Invite-only, spaces limited. Details in Stephen O'Meara's post below.