PMI Houston Katy (SPEAKER UPDATE): "AI a Blessing or a Curse?”
"AI a Blessing or a Curse?”
Jim Benvie
Jim Benvie PMP, DTM, AKA ‘The History PM’ is a project manager and speaker with TyauvinOn Solutions. His blog and presentations combine a lifelong passion for history with four decades of project and operational management experience, providing inspiration from history for project managers and leaders. His knowledge of history is very extensive, his engineering and Project Management knowledge is vast, and all his presentations are engaging. He also has the proven ability to extract relevant and valuable Project Management lessons and insights from significant historical events, both positive and negative.
Jim’s research has taught him not to simply copy historical precedents, but to use them to expand project manager and leader awareness, thought development, and curiosity stimulation. He believes that like Aesop’s Fables you will find the content both entertaining and informative. A long-term volunteer with PMI Houston, he lives with his wife Juliet in the Tomball, TX area and his interests are reading, studying history, and cycling. He is currently working as a project management consultant and develops project management training videos for ProjectBites (ProjectBites.com).
Topic Synopsis:
AI will be a part of our Project Management future.
“The bottom line is that regardless of what the future of technology holds, it is up to us to shape the economic and societal impact.”1
We have big decisions to make that will not only affect us, but our children, grandchildren, and the generations to come. This may seem a little beyond the normal scope of a project manager. However, if you study the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition, the first principle section “Stewardship” concludes with the following.
Increasingly, organizations are taking a holistic view to business that considers financial, technical, social, and environmental performance simultaneously instead of sequentially. Since the world is interconnected now more than ever and has finite resources and a shared environment, stewardship decisions have ramifications beyond the project.2
It is up to us to decide!
This presentation is about these choices, and why they are so important. We will examine historical examples to guide us. If we make good decisions, the societal and economic advantages will be enormous. But if we make wrong decisions, the unintended consequences may be disastrous. Our short-term decisions could have generational effects! It is up to you to utilize AI for the benefit of all humanity. It is time to shape your children’s future.
1Karl Frey “The Technology Trap”
2PMBOK Guide 7th Edition – Page 27
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand that AI has the potential to have both positive and negative effects.
2. Understand what history can teach us about the effects of revolutionary technologies.
3. What skill can you leverage to cope with the advent of AI.
PDU Triangle:
1 Business Acumen PDU
Event Information
| Event Date | 02-06-2025 5:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 02-06-2025 7:30 pm |
| Cut Off Date | 02-06-2025 7:30 pm |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Registered | 24 |
| Individual Price | $25 Members / $30 Guests |
| Location | Home2 Suites Katy |
Agendas
| 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm |
Networking and Registration |
| 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm |
Presentation |
| 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
Dinner |
Speakers
Jim Benvie
Jim Benvie, PMP, the History PM, is a project manager and speaker with TyauvinOn Solutions. Following retirement and a false start or two he created “The History PM” blog and associated YouTube channel. His blog and presentations, combine a lifelong passion for history and four decades of project and operational management experience, to provide inspiration from history for project managers and leaders. The concept is not simply to copy historical precedents, but to use them to expand your awareness, develop your thinking and stimulate your curiosity. Do not expect, “Five simple steps to becoming a stellar project manager”, instead expect “Some assembly required”. However, he believes that like Aesop’s Fables you will find the content both entertaining and informative. A long-term volunteer with PMI Houston, he lives with his wife Juliet in the Tomball area and his interests are reading, studying history, and cycling.