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Most AI talks are about the technology. Jamie Pride opened the afternoon at Canvas 26 Sydney by promising the opposite: A session about AI without really talking about AI. Jamie is CEO of Humanly Agile, and he’s had a front-row seat to a few technology waves as the CEO of REA Group, Partner at Deloitte, and one of the first employees at Salesforce. These days he works with boards, C-suites, and executives on the part of AI most strategies skip: People.

Interoperability is the foundation of digital sovereignty; it’s the key ingredient in making sure the end-user stays in control, rather than the vendor. In reality, of course, most vendors want to be the one with the power. Vendors aim to lock their users in, and to build a proprietary walled garden as quickly as possible. This is why WhatsApp users can only message other WhatsApp users. Likewise, it’s Teams to Teams, Slack to Slack, Wire to Wire, Signal to Signal, Zoom to Zoom.

Most burnout stories end the same way: a resignation letter, an exit interview, and a manager asking “I didn’t see this coming, did I?” The honest answer is usually that the signs were there. They just weren’t in a conversation. They were in a calendar, a login log, a task tracker, and a Slack timestamp.

How to Stay Organized is crucial in the current dynamic setting since it will enable one to manage all the tasks, priorities, data, and duties properly. This may come in handy whether it is in regards to personal goals, office work, or teamwork activities. In cases where people have to do several things at once, keep communicating constantly, attend meetings, and deal with deadlines among other things, it is possible to lose track of everything without a proper way to handle the work.

89% of executives say AI has increased speed. Only 6% can point to org-wide ROI. IDC’s Wayne Kurtzman and Atlassian’s Liz Fosslien unpack what’s missing – and where CIOs should start. Everyone on your team is faster. So why isn’t your organization moving further?

Manual onboarding is a mess waiting to happen. Documents slip through the cracks, tasks get missed, accounts aren’t ready on day one and the result is a disjointed experience that frustrates HR and underwhelms your new hires. It’s not just inefficient; it’s a bad first impression. Automation changes that. With the right tools, you can turn a scattered process into a smooth, repeatable system that’s faster, more reliable, and easier to scale.