So says Cdr. Bud Slabbaert and he may just be the architect of it. AI is, at its core, a behavioral technology according to Slabbaert. Indeed, the smart ones who have already learnt to use AI, are finding out that they can actually guide AI to use it to their needs or demands. “If we ignore behavioral science, we are not building intelligence. We are building industrial accidents, be it in aviation, tourism or hospitality, to name a few segments. But when we align AI with behavioral i...
AI is advancing faster than our understanding of human behavior. AI is powerful but the human mind is sovereign. Humanity leads, technology evolves. AI is not the future. People are the future and AI is a tool that helps to get there. If AI guides decisions, who guides AI? Aligning AI with human behavioral science is not philosophical, it’s practical. When artificial intelligence is discussed, speed, scale and power are emphasized. Rarely the one thing AI touches most deeply: human be...
The synthesizer turned a single musician into an orchestra. AI turns a single thinker into a team. The synthesizer did not replace the orchestra. It gave a single musician the power of many by using the synthesizer. Now the workplace has AI. AI does the same for work: it puts the capability of a full team into the hands of one decisive mind. AI can collapse an entire team into the mind of one strategist. A synthesizer doesn’t replace the artistry of an orchestra. It compresses the capabilit...
Technology is accelerating, traveler expectations are shifting. The Caribbean is at a crossroads. By combining AI with Behavioral Psychology, one gains something powerful: the ability to design systems around how people actually behave, not how it is assumed they behave. In governance, that means services that build trust. In tourism, it means experiences shaped by emotion and culture. In air transportation, it means understanding the Caribbean traveler and strengthening route viability. Togethe...
Tourism is one of the world’s most competitive industries. Success depends on speed, clarity, and the ability to engage global audiences without pause. Tourism director Aurelia Solano is always present. Always welcoming. Always ready to inspire the world to visit. She is always on duty, greeting travelers at midnight, briefing journalists at dawn, and inspiring dreamers in every time zone. She speaks every language, remembers every detail, and carries the warmth of our region with perfect consis...
Air Antilles, re‑founded on 10 October 2023, launched operations in late June 2024, ceased flying on 8 December 2025, and is now expected to enter bankruptcy proceedings in early 2026. The airline survived 17 months of operations and 27 months as a corporate entity.The airline’s failure was structural, not accidental. It was built on misaligned assumptions, insufficient capitalization, political over‑optimism, and a business model incompatible with the realities of Eastern Caribbean aviation.No...
They leave the Caribbean for a reason. Not because of a lack of love for home, but to pursue growth. They want to learn more, see more, become more. They earn degrees, skills, networks, and experience that the world respects. They prove themselves in foreign systems that don’t realize their real worth. Because ultimately there is one place where everything they’ve learned matters more than anywhere else, back home. Here, their talent can be amplified and thrive, sparking change and introduc...
Residents of Coral Cay have reported the sighting of Old Man Bramble on Christmas Eve. Bramble’s appearance is rare and deeply meaningful. He arrived without fanfare and vanished again, leaving behind a sense of that even the smallest light can guide a community forward. On this Christmas Eve morning, while mist lingered above the sea and the sun's gentle golden light peeked over the horizon, Old Man Bramble appeared. His beard was as white as sea foam, and he held a lantern that glow...
