Ketan Kulkarni

Dr. Ketan Kulkarni

Practice Leader
ATOS

About Dr. Ketan Kulkarni

Dr. Ketan is an experienced AI Expert, AI & Agile Coach, and Scaled Agile Practice Consultant with a rich background in Agile Transformation, Design Thinking Frameworks, Agile Coaching, AI & Agile. With over 19 years in the tech industry, he excels in guiding organizations toward Agile excellence. Known for a personalized coaching approach, he emphasizes continuous improvement, collaboration, and transparency. He is an international speaker and thought leader, contributing innovative ideas to the Agile community. Dr. Ketan has evolved into a pioneer, merging AI insights with Agile practices to revolutionize team dynamics. As a thought leader, he contributes ground-breaking perspectives on AI-Agile fusion in organizations and across the Agile Community. He holds a Doctorate in Agile & AI Transformation from Thames International University, Paris, France.

Session Title

THE UNTOLD SENTIENCE:
Harmonizing Human AI Intelligence

Session Overview

AI can calculate, summarize, and even suggest our next move. But can it truly feel? In the Agile world, we already see AI agents drafting backlogs, predicting velocity, and running retrospectives through sentiment analysis. Yet, in that same room, a Scrum Master notices the quiet sigh of a developer, or a Product Owner feels the tension behind a stakeholder’s forced smile. This gap, between thinking without feeling and feeling beyond thinking, is what we call The Untold Sentience.

In this interactive session, we will:

  • Re-imagine Agile Practices with multi-agent AI flows while showing where human sentience adds irreplaceable value.
  • Unpack the difference between feelings (now), emotions (reaction), and sentiments (story over time) in ways AI can’t replicate.
  • Use metaphors like “AI is the thermometer, humans are the diver” to make the concept simple and memorable.
  • Give participants a Sentience Compass — a clear guide on when to let AI augment, when humans must lead, and when to blend.

This isn't a theory — it’s the next leap in Agility: a world where AI brings speed and scale, humans bring empathy and meaning, and together they create futures worth living.