Human-Centered AIAdvisor & Builder

Use AI to create capacity. Use that capacity to lead.

Alex Kanaan

The most valuable thing AI can give us is more room to be human.

I've spent my career, from Accenture to the United Nations and USAA, learning how to make technology actually pay off. The tools keep changing. The hard questions don't.

What needs to improve?
How will people's work change?
What will it take to make that change stick?

Transformation starts and ends with people. That's where I start.

“I did what you told me post-presentation and I found one thing to start working with AI on. That alone saved me several hours.”

Summit attendee

Organizations I've contributed to

  • Deloitte
  • Accenture
  • Saudi Aramco
  • United Nations
  • Avanade
  • ConocoPhillips
  • USAA
  • Marathon Petroleum

Free assessments

See where your AI capabilities stand and what to strengthen next.

I help leaders and teams reclaim the hours lost to status updates, meeting prep and follow-ups. The work around the work. Choose the assessment that fits your work, from individual AI practice to RTE responsibilities or organizational readiness.

Built for RTEs. Works for Scrum Masters too.

Where could AI help in your delivery role?

AIQ RTE →

Twenty questions, under five minutes, free.

For anyone using AI at work

How do you use AI in practice?

AIQ Native →

About fifteen minutes. Short on time? AIQ Express takes about five.

For leaders driving change

Where should your organization focus next?

AI Readiness Compass →

A readiness score, your top gaps and a high-level roadmap with priorities.

See more on Try My Tools →

From the stage

The artifact wasn't the value. The capacity was.

That’s what the RTEs in a packed room revealed about time and leadership. At the 2026 SAFe & AI Summit in San Diego, I asked them where their time really goes. 112 people answered, and the top two were PI Planning prep and communications follow-ups, the kind of work AI can now take on. The bigger question is what we do with the time it gives back.

Alex Kanaan speaking to a packed room at the 2026 SAFe & AI Summit in San Diego

What I've built

I teach. I build.

Every tool here is a solution to a problem I was trying to solve. When I couldn't find anything off the shelf that fit, I built it.

Building AIQ Native let me turn a question about individual AI practice into an assessment people can try for themselves. The AI Readiness Compass takes an organizational view, bringing leadership, workforce, workflows, technology, and governance into the conversation.

I taught myself to build these apps with AI. The tools are part of my practice: a way to work through an idea and put something usable in other people’s hands.

See more on Try My Tools →

My Approach

A few things that guide me

People

AI should elevate human capability, not replace it.

That belief guides everything I do. If a tool makes the people smaller, it is the wrong tool or the wrong use of it.

Change

AI transformation is human transformation.

Tools alone don't transform anything. Alignment, capability and trust decide whether the work actually changes.

Thinking

Ask AI to challenge you, not just answer you.

A first answer is something to work with. I ask for another perspective, look for weak reasoning, and decide what holds up.

Latest news

What I'm working on

Updated October 2026

  • Hosting live peer learning sessions. The next one is Wednesday, December 2, at 11 AM Central.

    October 2026
  • Publishing Alex 2.x: Always the latest version of me on LinkedIn.

    New
  • Spoke at the 2026 SAFe & AI Summit in San Diego.

    September 2026
  • Launched AIQ RTE, a free assessment for Release Train Engineers.

    Live
  • See all news

Work with me

Bring your next AI challenge into the conversation.

Everyone is focused on AI tools right now. Few are asking how those tools improve outcomes and help people do better work.

For you or your team

Speaking, workshops, and coaching

A talk at your conference, event or company. Executive workshops, plus AI-Native and SAFe certifications. Coaching or an advisory engagement for leaders and teams.

For your whole organization

AI adoption across your organization

That work runs through Outcomes360.