Dawson Smith

Background

About Dawson Smith

I joined LinkedIn in September 2013, when I was 12 years old, which says a lot. As a perpetual optimist with a diverse set of consulting experiences, I'm great at highlighting strengths, though I find self-promotion a bit repulsive. But, this is LinkedIn… so let’s get into it: With expertise in communications, strategy, game theory, and a stakeholder-focused approach, I thrive on aligning incentives for mutually beneficial, optimized outcomes. My professional journey began on the business side of the semiconductor manufacturing industry and has since encompassed a wide range of roles and industries. I've had the privilege of consulting for numerous Fortune 500 companies, such as a top travel and technology platform, diversified US manufacturers, healthcare organizations, and major American and Canadian banks. My focus areas have included PR strategy, GRC tools, compliance, software implementations, user experience design, strategic opportunity identification, and recently stakeholder communications (organizational change management). One of my most rewarding engagements involved over a year of collaboration with a client, where I researched and synthesized their strategic goals, analyzed competitors' successes, evaluated operational realities, and aligned our firm's capabilities to identify strategic opportunities that advanced mutual interests. Pretty cool stuff, if you ask me. I am deeply passionate about macroeconomic trends because money is a quantifiable abstraction of human energy, and how it’s allocated impacts the our lives and the tangible world around us. I could (and have) discussed for hours how Fed rate policies affect different institutions and individuals. The idea that "if you find work that doesn’t feel like work, you’ve found your calling" resonates with me profoundly. Weekly, I immerse myself (voluntarily) in content about the economic intricacies and frameworks that enable our modern world to function, from micro to macro perspectives. Personally, I firmly believe that artificial intelligence (really, AGI) is going to be far more transformative than we can currently grasp. I believe within the next ten years, most people won’t need traditional "jobs" as we know them today. The world is on the brink of dramatic changes, and I hold a deep conviction (and hope) that these changes will be overwhelmingly positive. We are at the cusp of a new era, where the way we work, live, and interact will be fundamentally redefined by AI, automation, and technology in general. Feel free to reach out to me at any time about literally anything.