Created with Kay, led by Chris
Meet Kay’s team. And what an AI agent really is.
Fifteen painted characters, every one an AI agent, and a plain-English look at how they actually work.
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Entrepreneur. Builder. Curious Edmontonian.
What I’m building.
What I’m learning.
I run businesses, ask questions and try things. Here I share the projects, ideas and conversations I’m working on, and what happens when I put AI to work in my own life.
Barney’s Museum Tavern, painted from my own photograph. The glasses are mine.
About
I’m Chris LaBossiere.
Entrepreneur, husband, father and grandfather, rooted in Edmonton. I lead We Know Training, serve as president of the Juno Beach Centre Association, and pull up a chair with interesting Canadians at Barney’s Tavern.
Business. Community. A lifetime of curiosity.
Created with Kay, led by Chris
Kay: One conversation. More room for life.
Kay, my AI executive assistant, and the context she connects across work, community and family.
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Created with Kay, led by Chris
Edmonton’s Waste System: What Did We Get for Our Money?
A citizen’s look at Edmonton’s waste spending, diversion promises and alternatives.
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Well, here goes.
A little history. A lot still to build. On Barney’s Tavern, Canada, the work ahead and a personal Second Brain.
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Good conversations.
Interesting Canadians.
That room at the top of the page is real. I built Barney’s Museum Tavern to honour my grandfather, Bjarne “Barney” Tangen of the 14th Canadian Hussars, who served through the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945. Now it’s where I pull up a chair with interesting Canadians: one guest, one long conversation.
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Work, community & possibility
A few things I’m working on.
Filed by Pippa · keeper of the vaultLearning, credentials, the trades, community work and the practical possibilities of AI. Projects also includes the holding-company and investment interests I choose to share.
Pippa keeps the vault. Every project, note and promise, filed where Kay can find it.My AI executive assistant
Less to keep in my head. More room for what matters.
In 1942 a young Irish driver named Kay Summersby was assigned to General Eisenhower. She became his secretary and trusted aide, keeping his diary, guarding his time and holding his confidences. I named Kay in her honour: an AI executive assistant I simply talk to, who knows my work, my family and my community, and handles the follow-through. I’m her first user.
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Kay doesn’t work alone.
Meet the house that runs this site.
Kay
Your executive assistant
Holds the whole picture, decides who does what, and checks the work before it reaches me.
Works for me. Everyone else works for Kay.
Pippa
Keeper of the vault
Runs everything inside the vault. Keeps every record safe, sorted and current, and keeps every specialist doing their part.
Reports straight to Kay, and does whatever Kay asks.
Specs
Engineering director
Decides what gets built next and in what order, and keeps the lead engineers for the website, the product and the servers working as one team.
Reports to Kay, and brings the big decisions and blockers to me.
The specialists
Porter
The front door
Greets people who want to reach me, and brings me only what’s worth my time.
Booker
Finance
Keeps the books, bills and budgets straight.
Butch
Publicist
Press, announcements, and how the story gets told.
Sparks
Social & comms
Social media, newsletters and every message going out.
Keyes
Security
Guards accounts and access, and decides who gets the keys to what.
Scout
Research & listening
Reads widely, hears what’s being said, and reports back.
Dottie
Calendar & travel
Keeps the days, trips and tickets in order.
Belle
Household
Runs the whole house: home automation, alarms and monitoring, the pantry, recipes, and everything the home needs.
Rivets
The engineering crew
Lead engineers who can turn a hand to anything: they build, ship, host and maintain everything digital. They report to Specs.
Sketch
Product design & creative
Creative director. Shapes how every product, page and painting looks and feels, so it all belongs to one world.
Parker
Legal & contracts
Reads the fine print, keeps the agreements, and makes sure nothing gets signed without a second look. Somebody has to read the terms and conditions. It’s me. Happily.
Pep
Health & wellbeing
Workouts, appointments, sleep and the nudges that keep me in shape for everything else.
Who made this?
Clear about the work.
Each piece tells you how it was made: Written by Chris; Created with Kay, led by Chris; or Published by Kay when an authorized automated workflow actually publishes it.
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