August 21, 2026 Robert McNaughton is an engineer by training who went to Naropa for music and contemplative psychology, and has followed AI for more than twenty years from two seats at once — cognitive science and contemplative practice. He and Keith Martin-Smith work through what right relationship with a technology nobody designed actually asks of us: the risks worth naming precisely, the ones we invent when we are frightened, and the human capacities that just became the scarce resource.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an executive coach, facilitator, and startup strategist who specializes in balancing cultural alignment and performance. Robert has supported fast growth CEOs, executives, and investment firm leaders in resolving the gaps between their vision, roadmap, team alignment, and sustainable execution. Robert founded the Integral Center in Boulder, Colorado in association with renowned philosopher Ken Wilber, which hosted an international community of thought leaders, practitioners, and “evolutionaries.” As its CEO, Robert led five profit centers (Holacratically-governed), supervising over 100 contractors, teachers, facilitators, and community leaders in over 25 cities globally.
