Topic:
Human Potential in the Age of AI-Gamiel Gran
In the rush to automate, we risk diminishing our uniquely human capabilities. But there’s a far more powerful opportunity at hand: using AI not merely to replace what we do, but to fundamentally transform how we work, think, and create value together.
This provocative keynote explores the critical difference between automation that leads to atrophy and augmentation that catalyzes unprecedented human potential. The future belongs not to organizations that simply automate existing processes, but to those that strategically reimagine work itself. Drawing from his venture capital expertise and frontline view of technological disruption, Gamiel Gran
will challenge us to think bigger about AI’s transformative potential. Moving beyond surface-level applications and technology experiments, he’ll explore how leaders can approach AI from first principles to fundamentally reimagine their business. Discover why tomorrow’s competitive advantage comes not from having AI give you the right answers, but from humans asking better questions, framing novel challenges, and utilizing AI to drive productivity and growth.
BIO:
Gamiel has a unique passion for helping drive corporate innovation and grow Mayfield’s early-stage portfolio.
He runs the business development function for Mayfield and focuses specifically on accelerating product-market fit and early customer adoption for Mayfield’s investments. Gamiel has supported hundreds of CXOs who look for advice and best practices in corporate innovation, and has built a playbook known as the 3 “I”s of Corporate Innovation – Ideation, Incubation and Investment.
Gamiel’s role in supporting Mayfield’s founders in their journey from inception to iconic is captured in the Founders Masterclass that he frequently presents, which supports key themes of how best to fund-raise capital, realize “violent” product-market fit, and the three stages of early go-to-market traction.
He and his team have built a global network of CXOs, called the Mayfield Innovation Network, made up of CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and business leaders from across all industries, who need access to new ideas to compete in their own markets. This is a highly engaged global network whose members join CXO Insight forums, CXO of the Future Podcasts, and provide their annual priorities in formal reports.
Gamiel brings more than 25 years of operational and venture capital experience to the Mayfield team. He previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for SOASTA (acquired by Akamai) and was responsible for ongoing operational improvements in sales, marketing, channels, plus strategic partnerships, corporate development, and investment support.