[Ailist] how to track down what business and organizations in a given location are using AI

[Charles Miller]

Hi Jerome,

Welcome to the world of Appreciative Inquiry - it is an incredibly 
useful perspective and approach to personal and organizational 
positive change.

For lots of info re AI in use in companies, go the the AI Commons at 
http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/

There will be an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training (AIFT) in 
Houston next February.  For details, go to 
http://centerforappreciativeinquiry.net/

We have others scheduled in 2007, but that will be the closest one to you.

Best wishes,

Charles

>  >From reading through the Commons Archive, I can see that most of 
>the participants are discussing problems, questions, or issues about 
>implementing AI or facilitating AI training.  I'm coming from a 
>different angle, but I doubt I'm the only one with my question.
>
>I just stumbled across AI for the first time this past week (my Zen 
>teacher was talking about her experiences at a recent big AI summit 
>or hoo-ha or whatnot at Disney World, and I was bowled over by what 
>she related--I've been looking for something like this in the work 
>world for decades; I had no idea it was going on). 
>
>I'm between jobs, and I now definitely want my next job to be with a 
>business that is currently using AI or at least has started down 
>that road.  I happen to be in Austin, TX, but I assume that the way 
>of tracking down this kind of information would, in a general way, 
>basically be the same no matter where one might be located.  I don't 
>know that it's relevant to my question here, but just in case it is, 
>the work area my experience is in is knowledge engineering for 
>high-end software (tech support and tech writing/editing and 
>knowledgebase web access for tech support).
>
>I've looked at the Corp for Positive Change list of clients and I've 
>looked through the AI Commons list of AI practitioners and AI 
>organizations.  And, of course, Google: Appreciative Inquiry Austin 
>TX.  So I have some possible starting points from these.
>
>I'm just wondering if there are some resources I haven't thought of. 
>I've been out of the job search loop for about six years, so some of 
>my networking gears are pretty rusty. There might be some things 
>blindingly obvious to folks who have been around the AI world for a 
>while that I'm completely missing. 
>
>If you were trying to find out what companies in your area are 
>already using AI, how would you go about it? 
>
>
>
>
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