The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies has fundamentally transformed our world in recent decades. This book seeks to explore these profound changes, offering insights from professionals across diverse fields and examining the potential of AI.

Nadya Shaznay Patel, EdD
Nadya has over twenty years of experience as an educator, researcher and trainer. With a passion for Critical Design Futures (CDFTM) thinking, she regularly facilitates workshops to develop learners' critical competence, design dexterity and futures flexibility for innovation. Committed to bridging the research-practice gap, she engages industry partners in applied research projects, leveraging her expertise in learning and development and interest in GenAI applications. Nadya graduated with a Doctor in Education from University College London in 2015, and a Master's degree in Digital Management from Teesside University in 2024 is a testament to her unwavering commitment to lifelong learning. Her research interests include CDFTM thinking, GenAI in learning and development, transdisciplinarity, and empathetic, dialogic communication. A teacher-researcher at heart, Nadya endeavours to remain at the forefront of transformational pedagogical approaches that leverage emerging technologies and transdisciplinary learning.

Nitin Indurkhya, PhD
Nitin founded Data-Miner Pty. Ltd in 1997 and has been focused on data mining, text mining, language technologies consulting and education since then. In the corporate sector, he led the language technologies group at a Fortune-100 company on Wall Street after establishing the Cloud Research Lab at Samsung Research America. Before that, he was a Principal Research Scientist at eBay in Silicon Valley. He has also been a professor/researcher in various universities and industrial research labs in Australia, Bhutan, Brasil, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, USA and Vietnam. He has an undergraduate degree from IIT, Kanpur and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.

1. Transforming Advertising Relationships: Revolutionizing Client-Agency Dynamics with Large Language Advertising Model Brain (LLAMB) 2. Unlocking SME Potential: The Emergence of a Living Breathing GenerativeAI Knowledge Base 3. Transforming Creativity through Strategic Change Management: Integrating AI and DesignOps in Workflows 4. Innovative Eldercare: Designing Strategies for Care Capacity Expansion in House of Joy Active Ageing Centres 5. Project MNEMOSYNE: Bridging Communication Gaps through AI and Oral History in Interdisciplinary Teams 6. Legal Practices Redefined: Transforming Law Firm Operations and Management with AI 7. Enabling Leaders to Cultivate Awareness and Manage Unconscious Bias Continuously 8. The Brompton Happiness Unfolded: Driving a sustainable future through growing communities of cyclists and an ecosystem of related micro businesses 9. Smart Solutions for Student Well-being: AI-Driven Mental Health Support in a Polytechnic 10. Tech-Savvy Job Seekers: Using Technology to Excel in Job Interviews 11. Bridging the Industry-Higher Education Gap with Critical Design Futures Thinking and GenAI for Innovation