Presentation for the Desafio 30 Days of Coaching, September 2018.

1. Rise ofthe Robots & the
Future of Coaching
Des Walsh

2. Artificial Intelligence
The development of computer systems
able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as
• visual perception,
• speech recognition,
• decision-making, and
• translation betweenlanguages.

3. Huge Change–Inflexion Point
Industrial,economic,social, politicalinflexionpoints
• Steam engine
• Internal combustion engine
• Electricity
• Transistors
• Artificial Intelligence

4. Explosion Now in AI
Convergence of Four Exponentials
1. Computer power doubling everytwo years (Moore’sLaw)
2. Amount of data doubles everytwo years
3. Algorithms keepgetting better (50 years of workon those)
4. Funding doubling everytwo years

5. The Coaching Robots Are Here

6. Pocket Confidant - “24/7 coaching technology,
powered by artificialintelligence”

7. The Big Question Now for Coaches
Will Artificial Intelligence(AI)
Augment us?
Or Replace us?

8. Is This Our
Future?

9. Or This?

10. AI Impact in Three Key Coaching Areas
• The Coaching Process
• Our Coaching Businesses
• Our Clients, Their Businesses or Careers

11. This is Serious!
“AIis the new electricity.”
Andrew Ng, Former ChiefAI Scientist,
Baidu Research
“The future arrives too soon, andin the wrong order.”
AlvinToffler, Author, Future Shock

12. Unchartered Territory

13. Your Human Edge
• Inspiration
• Intuition
• Empathy
• Storytelling
• Creativity
• Relationships
• Conceptualizing
• Trust building
• Influence
• Human-centered design

14. 7 Steps to Outpace the Robots
1. Be confident in your humanity
2. Decide to lead, not follow
3. Become informed
4. Become expert
5. Add value
6. Become indispensable
7. Keep growing as a personand a coach

15. Acknowledgements
Inmy self-educationabout artificialintelligenceand its implicationfsfor coaching,I have beenprivilegedto have illuminatingand helpfulconversationswithleading
thinkersand authors inthefield.Mythanks especiallyto:
• UV Hertzog, visionary,developerinaugmented reality,theinternet ofthings,blockchaintechnology,masterexplainerof the new and complex–Chiefof Things
at ziva.co
• RossDawson,leadingfuturist,internationalspeaker– websitea treasuretrove ofideasand frameworks:rossdawson.com
• ShelIsrael,author and masterfulexplainerof technologyfor business,most recentlyco-author of TheFourth Transformation:How Augmented Reality&Artificial
IntelligenceWillChangeEverything– shelisrael.com
• MichelleZamora –FormerHead ofMarketing,Banking &Insurance,IBMWatson, Analyticsand Software solutions –IBM,Australia
• JeremiahOwyang, socialmediapioneer,industryanalyst,founding partnerat KaleidoInsights,founder of CrowdCompanies –websiteweb-strategist.com/blog
Imagesfrom Unsplash.com,Pixabay.comand WikimediaCommons +screenshotsfromfaceme.com, brin.ai,pocketconfidant.com

16. Easy to Find on the SocialWeb
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/deswalsh
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• Web: https://deswalsh.com
• Twitter: @twitter
• Email: des@deswalsh.com
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