Collective Intelligence: LEARN with Machines w/Ex-BCG & KPMG Leaders (2 of 3)
Think → Learn → Upskill
A three-part AI series presented by AI Collective × Centaurian AI.
Centaurian AI was founded by the former architects of KPMG’s Innovation Labs and BCG’s Innovation + Purpose practice. This series guides you through how top enterprise innovators think, learn, and perform with AI.
○ 🧠 THINK with Machines ✓
● 🎓 LEARN with Machines <- You Are Here
○ ⚙️ UPSKILL with Machines
Everything you were taught about learning was wrong. Here's what actually works.
What You’ll Learn
The Memory Paradox: Why your brain wasn't evolved to remember the past—and what it was actually designed to do
R.I.S.E.: Four evidence-based learning strategies (Retrieval, Interleaving, Spaced Repetition, Elaboration) that can improve retention by 50-200%
Why Highlighting Kills Learning: The counterintuitive science of why your study habits are probably sabotaging you
Bits → Maps → Models → Sims: A framework for moving from knowing facts to building mastery
The Four Learning Modalities: Pre-learn, Learn, Unlearn, Relearn—and when to use each
Why This Matters
We spent 40 years in the "knowledge era." Now AI has democratized knowledge and commoditized expertise. You can't think with knowledge you don't have—but the way we've been taught to acquire knowledge has been scientifically wrong for decades.
The science of learning has been understood since the 1990s. Somehow, it never made it to education.
This session gives you the user manual for your brain that you should have received at birth. You'll learn how memory actually works (hint: your hippocampus is more like a librarian than a filing cabinet), why struggle is the sign of learning, and how to use AI as a learning accelerator rather than a learning crutch.
Warning: You will never look at a highlighter the same way again.
Speakers:
Kes Sampanthar — Co-Founder & CEO of Centaurian AI and former BCG Senior Managing Director. Award-winning innovator and behavioral designer with 30+ years of AI and neuroscience research, known for pioneering AI-augmented thinking and human-centered innovation for global enterprises..
Scott Wolfson — Emmy-winning storyteller and AI researcher; co-founder & Chief Culture Officer of Centaurian AI. Formerly at BCG and KPMG, where he helped build KPMG's Innovation Labs. 2x TEDx producer and Columbia Business School lecturer.
Event Details
📅 Thursday, January 15, 2025
⏰ 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
📍Live on Roam
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Centaurian AI builds the future of thinking by combining behavioral science, neuroscience, and AI to augment how people learn, decide, and lead. Founded by former BCG and KPMG innovation leaders, we design AI-augmented thinking systems that turn humans and machines into true partners. Our work helps teams think faster, learn smarter, and create with more clarity in an AI-accelerated world.