FW IIBA August Hybrid Meeting: Who’s a Better Leader: AI or HI?

# Who’s a Better Leader: AI or HI?

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By: Greg Saunders, Exchange Enterprise Project Portfolio Manager
Summary:

As artificial intelligence (AI) complements leaders such as business analysts, will it inevitably compete, and ultimately conquer human intelligence (HI) in the business analyst discipline? Will a RoboBA emerge that is more thorough, precise, and responsive than humans?
A way to assess this is a review of the leadership works that have existed for over three millennia. An examination of Sun-tzu’s ~402 B.C. The Art of War, Major General Newman’s three-volume WWII Follow Me, and Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Colin Powell’s It Worked for Me reveals what humans offer. They and other leaders give us insight into human intelligence before automated tools of war, during the use of automated tools of war, and during the beginning of the use of autonomous tools of war. The works of leaders identify what is unique to human intelligence in comparison to AI.
To date military leadership has dealt with the ethics and transitions from automatic weapons to semi-autonomous weapons. With AI the weapons can become fully autonomous—just like project management tools can. Learning from the military and applying it to project management domain will prepare us for the transition, position us to succeed, and keep our jobs.
Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees will be able to:

1. Compare AI’s strengths and weaknesses (PS)
2. Compare HI’s strengths and weaknesses (PS)
3. Explain how applying learning from the military to the business analyst domain will prepare us to succeed in the challenging AI environment. (PS)

PMI Knowledge Triangle Classification

1. Power Skills—1.0 (PMI Quick Claim Code: C004F9UB1P)

Biography

Greg Saunders is a Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master and PMP serving at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Exchange, which is an $7B international retailer for America’s Soldiers, Airmen, and Guardians. He’s currently the manager of the Exchange’s Program and Project Portfolio Governance office, setting policy for and managing a $511M portfolio of 90 programs, projects, and initiatives. Previously at the Exchange he 1) served as PMO head with a team of 22, 2) served as the lead PM for the Exchange’s largest program—replacing the accounting systems; 3) worked with PM, governance, and system analyst leads to architect the transformation of the Exchange’s program management approach; 4) served as the systems portfolio manager of 51 primary HR, payroll, & data warehouse systems; and 5) served as the PMO head for a 16-person team managing a $150M portfolio of 60 projects. Prior to joining the Exchange, he ran a $2.5M/year business in a top-tier consultant firm. During his USAF career he re-established the Denver-based Air Reserve Personnel Center’s (ARPC) PMO; led the upgrade to ARPC’s portion of the Air Force Personnel Center’s call center that supports over 6 million reservists, retirees, and their surviving spouses; and as a colonel at the Pentagon served as both the USAF Reserves Comptroller and the Reservist to the AF CIO Director for Cyberspace Capabilities and Compliance, overseeing a team of 60 managing the USAF’s cyberspace capabilities, policy, and compliance. Over his 35-year career he has also become a Certified Agile Practitioner, been certified in ITIL Foundation, and been certified by the Air Force as a Lean, Six Sigma Black Belt. LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg767/).

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AGENDA:
6:00 – 6:15 Networking
6:15 – 6:30 Chapter News
6:30 - 7:30 Speaker Presentation
7:30 - 8:00 Final Comments & Networking
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ADMISSION:

Meetings are currently FREE due to the generosity of our sponsor TEKsystems and the IIBA Fort Worth Chapter members.
You must be an active member of the IIBA to join our chapter.

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