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Leadership in the age of superhuman technology

Venue:
Longford Arms Hotel
 
Date:
06/10/2026
 
Note:
6th October
 
Time:
12.30
 
Category:
Business Training
 

Exploration of how leaders must adapt in a world where technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence, is increasingly capable of performing tasks once considered uniquely human. The phrase "superhuman technology" refers not only to machines that can process information faster than people, but to technologies that can analyse vast amounts of data, recognise patterns, generate content, and support decision-making at unprecedented speed and scale.

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Leadership in the Age of Superhuman Technology

Exploration of how leaders must adapt in a world where technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence, is increasingly capable of performing tasks once considered uniquely human. The phrase "superhuman technology" refers not only to machines that can process information faster than people, but to technologies that can analyse vast amounts of data, recognise patterns, generate content, and support decision-making at unprecedented speed and scale.

 

"Leadership in the Age of Superhuman Technology" is that while technology may become faster, smarter, and more powerful than ever before, leadership remains fundamentally human. The leaders who thrive will be those who can harness technological advances while preserving what matters most: trust, purpose, empathy, ethics, and the ability to inspire people through change.

In short, the future belongs not to leaders who compete with technology, but to those who learn how to lead alongside it.

Mark Little is an entrepreneur and journalist working to understand the impact of technology on media and democracy. He is the co-founder of Kinzen, which combines AI and human analysis to detect online harms, and the founder of Storyful, the world’s first social news agency. Mark has worked on trust and safety issues at Spotify, and developed media partnerships for Twitter. He is a former TV presenter and foreign correspondent for RTÉ, and was a member of the Future of Media Commission, tasked with mapping the future of public media in Ireland.

The search for truth is the lifeblood of Mark Little’s multifaceted career, which has seen him progress from being an award-winning young journalist to a successful tech entrepreneur and a powerful speaker on leadership, disinformation and innovation who gets stellar reviews.

Mark believes that we should draw on lessons from the past as they are a rich reservoir of guidance for the future. In early 2023, in collaboration with Trinity College, he co-hosted The History of the Future podcast, a six-part series exploring the intersection of media, technology, and democracy.

A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, for years Mark worked for the Sunday Business Post before becoming RTÉ’s first Washington Correspondent, in 1995. Six years later he returned to Ireland as their Foreign Correspondent, and in the same year won TV Journalist of the Year in the ESB National Media Awards. From there he went on to co-present Ireland’s flagship current affairs programme, Prime Time, for eight years.

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In 2009 Mark took a year’s leave of absence from RTÉ to pursue a project. In 2010 that project was launched as the social news agency Storyful, which in 2013 he sold to News International. Two years later he joined Twitter, first as vice president of media and partnerships in Europe and then as managing director of Twitter in Ireland. He resigned in 2016 to set up the media company Kinzen with entrepreneur, journalist & speaker Áine Kerr.

Mark’s varied expertise is remarkable – everything from interviewing world leaders like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, to reporting from war zones in Iraq. He has also written three books.

In conversation with Carole Coleman, Mark  will invite his audience to think about the future, and shares his experiences.

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Carole Coleman is one of Ireland’s most respected journalists, known for her incisive interviewing style, international reporting and commitment to high-quality public-service journalism.  A native of Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, she graduated in journalism from the Dublin Institute of Technology and went on to build a distinguished career with RTÉ.

During her time with RTÉ, Carole served as Washington Correspondent, covering major political and global events from the United States.  She gained international recognition in 2004 for her robust interview with U.S. President George W. Bush, which drew worldwide attention and cemented her reputation as a fearless and independent journalist.

In addition to her broadcasting career, she is an accomplished author, having written several books examining American politics and contemporary affairs. 

Alongside her work in the media, Carole has contributed to journalism education as a lecturer at the University of Galway, where she shares her extensive reporting experience and insights with the next generation of journalists.

 

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