Lincoln Financial WPS ELT 2025: AI & the Future of Profitable Growth
Hello Lincoln Financial colleagues, partners, & friends!
AI took notes for me as I presented the AI & the Future of Profitable Growth keynote with all of you last week! Here are those notes. I hope they help you on your AI journey. Below you’ll find a few things which may be helpful:
– a downloadable PDF SUMMARY of the most important slides
– the AI NOTES from our talk transcribed by Otter.ai
Thank you so much for allowing me to share my thoughts on AI with you!
Please let me know how I can be helpful in the future!
Dan
Dan Chuparkoff
A.I. & Innovation Keynote Speaker
CEO, Reinvention Labs
Former Technology Leader from
Google, McKinsey, & Atlassian

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AI NOTES from Dan’s Keynote
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Summary
Dan Chuparkoff, a seasoned AI expert, discussed the transformative power of AI, emphasizing its ability to automate and enhance various tasks. He highlighted AI's potential to revolutionize industries, particularly in financial services, by introducing advisor co-pilots, personalized client education, and fraud defense. Chuparkoff explained AI's limitations, such as its inability to solve new, complex problems or make decisions based on human experiences and hopes. He encouraged using AI as an assistant, likening it to an intern, and stressed the importance of continuous learning and adaptation to harness AI's benefits effectively.
Action Items
[ ] Try out ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini to explore how AI can help in your specific role.
[ ] Ask ChatGPT for one new AI-powered thing to try each Monday.
[ ] Identify tasks in the "communicate, process, investigate" layers that can be made more efficient with AI assistance.
Outline
Introduction and Background of Dan Chuparkoff
Speaker 1 introduces Dan Chuparkoff as a trailblazer with over 30 years of experience in driving innovation at Google and McKinsey.
Speaker 2 describes Dan as an understandable technology speaker who makes complex things simple and useful.
Speaker 1 highlights Dan's ability to captivate audiences from the Fortune 100 to South by Southwest.
Dan Chuparkoff thanks the audience.
The Transformative Power of AI
Dan explains that everything seen in the video was AI-generated using simple prompts.
He emphasizes that AI will change everything about everything, making it impossible to distinguish between real and AI-generated content.
Dan shares his journey from a trailer park in Tampa, Florida, to a leader at Google, attributing his success to a single day when he learned about AutoCAD at 17.
He recounts his experience with Mr. Pock, an architect using AutoCAD, and how it revolutionized his work by making him hundreds of times faster.
The Evolution of Technology and AI
Dan discusses the evolution of technology, from PCs and spreadsheets to the internet, mobile, cloud, and data science.
He compares AI to previous technological advancements, calling it the next "copy and paste moment."
Dan explains that AI will help people do their jobs better, faster, and with higher quality.
He emphasizes the importance of understanding and using AI effectively to drive value for customers.
Understanding AI: Generative AI and GPT
Dan explains the concept of generative AI, which creates something new from existing data, unlike traditional search engines.
He discusses the limitations of AI, such as its reliance on outdated training data and its tendency to hallucinate or provide untrue answers.
Dan demonstrates how AI predicts the most likely next word in a sentence, using the example of "Once upon a time."
He explains that AI takes the consensus of the room, often providing the most common but not necessarily the most accurate answer.
Practical AI Skills and Industry Applications
Dan encourages the audience to play around with AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to familiarize themselves with their capabilities.
He highlights the importance of understanding AI's limitations and how to use it effectively.
Dan shares insights on how AI will change the work of financial services professionals, including advisor co-pilots, personalized client education, and fraud defense.
He emphasizes the need for continuous learning and adaptation to stay ahead of AI advancements.
AI in Everyday Work
Dan discusses how AI can help with everyday tasks like writing stories, emails, and software code.
He explains the importance of understanding which parts of content creation AI can assist with and which parts require human expertise.
Dan highlights the role of AI in improving communication efficiency, such as through meeting note takers and facilitators.
He emphasizes the need for humans to maintain control and oversight over AI-generated content to ensure quality and accuracy.
The Role of AI in Communication and Collaboration
Dan explains how AI can help with language translation, making it easier for people to collaborate across different languages.
He shares examples of AI-powered translation tools like Hey Jen and Apple's new feature.
Dan discusses the potential for AI to change the way people interact in meetings and other professional settings.
He emphasizes the importance of using AI to enhance communication rather than replace human interaction.
The Future of Work with AI
Dan outlines the six kinds of work: communication, process, investigation, problem-solving, decision-making, and imagination.
He explains that AI will handle the bottom three kinds of work, freeing up humans to focus on the more important tasks.
Dan emphasizes the need for humans to maintain their ability to solve, decide, and imagine, even with AI assistance.
He highlights the potential for AI to transform the workforce and create new opportunities for growth and innovation.
AI as a Tool for Efficiency and Growth
Dan encourages the audience to use AI to make their work more efficient and to focus on high-value tasks.
He suggests asking AI for new ways to use it every week to continuously improve productivity.
Dan emphasizes the importance of understanding the limitations of AI and using it as a tool rather than a replacement for human expertise.
He concludes by encouraging the audience to embrace AI as a way to enhance their work and drive future success.