the human way to embrace AI
From strategy to transformation, we help organizations use AI to empower people — not replace them
Things are already going the wrong way.
“The deeper worry now lies in the way AI companies are racing for profit while ignoring the long-term risks to humanity.”
Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Prize in Physics, Turing Award, Recognized as the Godfather of AI.
There’s a better way. Make AI all about empowering people.
“AI outsiders need to engage now to create a future where AI empowers us instead of threatening us.”
Michael Cant, CEO, Blast, 30-year+ expert in strategy & transformation
No one left behind in a world with AI
From strategy to transformation, we help organizations understand AI and how to use it safely to grow their strengths and empower people.
strategy + AI
Understand how AI affects strategy and culture. Use AI as a force to strengthen your competitive advantage. Amplify your organization’s unique strengths.
innovation + AI
Discover small ways AI can empower people. Catalyze AI projects that fit your AI competencies, foster learning and prepare your organization for large-scale change.
transformation + AI
Orchestrate AI-driven change at-scale across the enterprise. Align technology with human growth for maximum success. Grow without cutting people.
The human-first AI journey: it all begins with learning
Our starter AI workshop empowers teams with essential knowledge and skills to use AI comfortably and powerfully without putting the organization at risk
Drawing on real-world use cases and exercises, workshop participants gain essential skills to prompt AI, build agents and understand what it means to design complex workflows that involve agentic AI teams
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Understand the neuroscience of human intelligence and how AI works. Learn the root causes of AI hallucinations and backfires.
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Learn the architecture of effective AI prompting. Work out with AI prompts that yield reliable results
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Learn how to build AI agents that empower people and grow their unique contribution to your team.
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Go beyond single agents to understand how to design AI workflows that run with agentic AI teams.
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Set a solid plan to get the most out of AI while developing your team’s ability to do more and more with AI.
Learning powered with live AI collaboration
Our starter workshop uses real-world AI use cases to help people better understand AI and how to use it safely
Learn the fundamentals of effective AI prompting, applying Blast’s Superhero generator to create your own Superhero profile
Blast Superhero Generator
Learn what an AI agent is and how it can amplify your strengths as we explore the inner workings of Chris, Blast’s AI Creativity Coach
Chris, AI Creativity Coach
Understand what it means to go all the way with AI. Look under the hood at Thunder, Blast’s advanced AI solution to see the human side of agentic AI teams
Thunder, Advanced AI Solution
Your AI workshop leader
Michael Cant, CEO, Blast Group
Michael has dedicated his career to helping organizations work through extraordinary change from the rise of the Internet to digital transformation and AI.
30+ years experience leading strategic mandates with AT&T, IBM, Vodafone, OnStar, CGI, Equinix, Bell and a diverse range of small and medium enterprises, Canadian governments and Crown corporations.
In higher education, designed and delivered executive education courses with leading Canadian schools including Queen’s University’s Smith School of Business, Queen’s Centre for Neuroscience Studies, HEC Montreal and OCAD University. The programs have helped thousands of professionals around the world.
MBA from the Ivey School of Business, Western University, an Honours BA in Economics from Queen’s University, a Diploma in International Business from the Stockholm School of Economics, and a Certificate in AI Strategy and Transformation from Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto.
Speaks fluently in English and French.
ready when you are
Where ever you are in your AI journey, we’re here, ready to support your team. From strategy to transformation, we always start with a call to get to know you and your team and understand where we might be able to help.