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LEADERSHIP IN THE AI ERA

The Intelligence
of Emotion

Silicon Valley has always had an obsession for function—speed, efficiency, and scale. We build the machinery, but we often struggle with the elegance, resonance and what matters. Even though we have learned time and again that Experience wins. Design isn’t just what something looks like, but how it works. This has never been more true than now as AI drives us towards an abundance of solutions to poorly-defined problems with a scarcity of meaning.

I have spent the last 30 years building teams, advising clients and shaping products to ensure that as our machines become more intelligent, they do not become less human, less simple, or less substantial.

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About Mahin

Mahin has spent the last 30 years helping the world's leading brands reimagine themselves with AI and experience design. Helping them become more relevant, digital, efficient and emotional. His career spans Publicis Groupe, Google, McKinsey, Accenture, Frog Design, Intel, Palm and Apple.

His contributions and thought leadership have been featured and recognized by the US Patent Office, IxDA, SXSW, Gizmodo, American Institute of Graphic Arts, National Science Foundation, National Association of Broadcasters, Google NEXT, the Smithsonian Design Museum and more.

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Stories from the intersection of emotion and technology. Observations and perspectives on Resonance in our everyday experiences.

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Crafting Meaningful Experiences in the Age of AI — considerations for leaders navigating the human side of technology.

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