In the afternoon I came to Sejong. At the KDI School of Public Policy and Management’s Senior Policy Strategy Program, I gave a special lecture on 'Agentic AI' to senior executives of public enterprises and public institutions. They told me they got in touch again this year because of the very high satisfaction with last year’s AI lecture. At the start, one participant asked, "It’s a 2.5-hour session, so what hands-on AI practice will we do?" I answered, "Honestly, you can’t do hands-on practice in 2.5 hours. Today we’ll focus on trends and key insights, I’ll give you homework, and in two weeks we’ll discuss based on that experience."
Focus during the session was remarkably high, and the 2.5 hours flew by. Questions kept coming during class and even during the breaks. In particular, one department head from a public enterprise said with a serious look, "I don’t understand why so many people have been working the old way, paying so much money for long, drawn-out outsourcing. The more I listen, the more I rethink my own work and, on a larger scale, my department’s workflow. First, the mindset of 'it works' and 'let’s try it!' is what matters." Yes, exactly. These days, agentic AI training is less about detailed manuals and more about getting people started, giving feedback on their work, and keeping them going. ^^b
7 Apr 2026
[ Instructor: John Kim ]