Post-Industrial Institute

09/27/2024

Excited to unveil a detailed agenda for our November 13-14 Summit on AI Agents and Super-Productivity!

With senior-level speakers from Salesforce, Cisco, Broadcom, ServiceNow, Hitachi, Nokia, SAP, HP, Swisscom, Archetype AI, and others, we will do a deep dive into every aspect of enterprise transformation with AI Agents. We will also discuss the rapidly evolving investment landscape, the impact of AI Agents on the economy, reliability and trust, and how to build Multi-Agent systems and services.

The Summit takes place in Menlo Park, CA and is hosted by SRI, an AI pioneer since the 1960s. We are still in Early Bird until October 1, so grab your ticket today. More amazing speakers to be announced soon!

https://post-industrial.institute/summit-2024-fall/

07/29/2024

We are excited to announce our Fall Post-Industrial Summit, which will focus on AI Agents and using AI to achieve Super-Productivity for individuals and organizations. We will do a deep dive into the current state of the art, problems that must be overcome, and feature real examples and case studies.

Hosted by SRI in Menlo Park, CA, we will once again gather senior executives, investors, and founders building the organizations of the future.

Our Spring Summit was attended by executives from AWS, ServiceNow, Box, VMWare, Cisco, Unifi, Travelers Insurance, Hitachi, Tech Mahindra, Salesforce, Orion Innovation, Synopsis, Dell, NETGEAR, Stride, NEA, Fanatic, Rakuten, Broadcom, Swisscom, Deloitte, Accenture, Yamaha, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, and other leading organizations. We also had faculty members from Stanford, GWU, UCLA, Golden Gate University, and UC Santa Cruz attending.

Get the details here:
https://postindustrialsummit.com

04/18/2024

AI IN THE WILD: Beyond the Cloud

Join us on April 30 at SRI to explore what happens when AI Agents enter the physical world. What happens when we build large-scale, AI-based systems of systems that go Beyond the Cloud?

Speakers include Lawrence Lee (SRI, fmr. VP of Strategy @ Xerox PARC), Dan Isaacs (CTO, Digital Twin Consortium), Bruce Pittman (Chief Innovation Officer, SpaceBilt), Frode Odegard (Founder, Post-Industrial Institute).

We will discuss the emergence of , in the Physical World, AI in Space, Safety Risks, and Investment Trends.

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10/12/2023

We are looking forward to gathering an amazing group of people for our first annual summit!

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02/25/2023

We are excited to announce the first Post-Industrial Forum event for 2023! Join us on March 14 (5pm-8pm) at SRI in Menlo Park, as we explore Generative AI and how it can accelerate innovation.

We will discuss how Generative AI works, enterprise applications, the future of work, the impact on organizational cultures. We will also look at how to overcome the limits of Generative AI.

Speakers:
- Dr. Karen Myers, Director of the AI Center at SRI International
- Dr. Evangelos Simoudis, Managing Director, Synapse Partners
- Frode Odegard, CEO, Post-Industrial Institute
- Mike Tung, CEO, Diffbot
- Dr. Suresh Sunderrajan, President, Commercialization, SRI

Join experts on AI, Enterprise Transformation, and Corporate Innovation, and explore the innovation impact of Generative AI.

10/08/2021

If you are in Silicon Valley, please attend our Fall Social on October 22 at 3pm-6pm and enjoy some wine, snacks, smart people, and post-industrial management thinking.

Please join us for a fall social get-together at SRI International's Global Headquarters Campus on Friday, October 22nd from 3-6pm.

01/07/2021

DECENTRALIZATION IN MANUFACTURING

Join our discussion with Bright Machines CEO Amar Hanspal on January 12 and learn how the sector is transforming.

We will discuss:

- Global outlook, the pandemic
- Nearsourcing
- Automation challenges, trends
- Just-in-time customization
- Software-defined manufacturing
- The new Microfactories
- Neighborhood Microfactories
- Workforce challenges
- Manufacturing in 2030
- Investor implications

12/16/2020

POST-INDUSTRIAL FORUM

2021: The Emerging Post-Pandemic Landscape

December 15, 2020
Special year-end episode

The first Covid-19 vaccines are now being readied for distribution. We can glimpse the beginning of the end of the pandemic. After a challenging 2020, in this episode we explored the landscape that will begin to emerge in 2021. We reviewed the subjects that came up in the Forum this year, and discussed lessons learned from 2020, decentralization in life & work, the post-pandemic enterprise, changing business models, brand disruption, geopolitics, and culture clashes.

Join Dr. Julie Albright, Digital Sociologist from USC, Fred Thiel, Chairman of Thiel Advisors as well as the Post-Lean Institute advisory board, and Frode Odegard, CEO and Chairman of the Post-Lean Institute and Founder of the Post-Industrial Forum, for this special year-end episode.

We can glimpse the beginning of the end of the pandemic. After a very challenging year, we explore the post-pandemic landscape that will emerge in 2021.

11/26/2020

POST-INDUSTRIAL FORUM

Setting brands on fire

December 1, 2020
9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET

The pandemic has without a doubt accelerated the decentralization and digitalization that could be seen the last few years. Traditional industries are being disrupted, while new digital business models can scale without being weighed down by assets and large numbers of employees. In this session we will discuss the impact on brands. It is not enough to make operational improvements, the story you tell and the promises you make must also change.

Join global branding experts Sergei E. Mitrofanov and Cristian Saracco as we discuss:

• How AI will reshape the brand landscape
• The brand impact of the pandemic
• Hot new brands, struggling old brands
• How to transform old brands
• What old brands are still doing well
• Decentralization and self-made brands
• Just-in-time brands for new ventures
• Contingency, ready-to-go brands
• How to kill a brand
• How to set a brand on FIRE

We discuss how brands are impacted by the pandemic, tech disruption, AI, and decentralization.

11/13/2020

POST-INDUSTRIAL FORUM

Organizational Transformation: Insider Insights

November 17, 2020
9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET

Prior to the pandemic, many mature organizations were already working to modernize operations, introduce new business models, and engage their employees in innovation. In this episode will look more closely at the practical problems leaders must overcome, and how the pandemic is affecting transformation efforts.

Join Former SVP of Digital Transformation at ABB, Rob Massoudi, CIO at the Greek energy giant Motor Oil Hellas, Nikolaos Giannakakis, and Utpal Manla, VP and Senior Partner at IBM Services, as we discuss:

• Transformation goal-setting
• Strategies for transformation (incubators, CVC, M&A, etc.)
• How to organize a transformation effort
• Next-generation business models
• How do we know we are succeeding?
• Structural obstacles to change
• Cultural and psychological obstacles to change
• Good/bad transformational leadership
• How can we transform FASTER?

We look more closely at the practical problems leaders must overcome in transforming their organizations, and how the pandemic is affecting their efforts.

11/02/2020

POST-INDUSTRIAL FORUM

Leadership in the Lockdown: Resilience amid Chaos

November 5, 2020
9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET

Leaders today face tremendous unpredictability, both internally and externally. The lockdowns and technology disruption has upended many traditional industries. The political climate is characterized by increasing authoritarianism and government interference in the economy. Employees are worried about their jobs. In the midst of this environment, leaders of traditional businesses must continue to transform their businesses without delay.

At the same time, digital businesses have experienced growing opportunities and rapid growth. Leaders of these businesses must manage their growth so the firm stays true to its purpose and ideals. Common to both is a very volatile environment, in which transformational leadership under extreme stress is the challenge.

Join our special guest, Dr. Edwin Locke, Dean’s Professor (Emeritus) of Leadership and Motivation, University of Maryland, as we discuss:

- The intellectual challenges of leadership
- Vision and values during a crisis
- Maintaining clarity during rapid change
- Keeping and gaining credibility amid uncertainty
- How leaders can maintain their own psychological health

The pandemic and technology disruption has pushed dozens of well-known enterprises to the edge of bankruptcy and beyond. Is there treasure in the "shipwrecks"?