As organisations rapidly adopt generative AI, many are discovering a major limitation: AI can generate ideas quickly, but often lacks the organisational context needed to make those ideas truly work. Kitamura’s presentation will explore how embedding institutional knowledge, operational constraints, and human expertise directly into AI workflows changes the role of AI from a generic assistant into a trusted collaborator.
“Generative AI can sketch the form, but without organisational wisdom, it designs in a vacuum,” said Kitamura. “The next step is building systems that understand standards, intent, constraints, and culture, so AI can operate with real context instead of isolated prompts.”
The session will examine how AI systems can evolve through guardrails, feedback loops, and contextual awareness to support real workflows inside organisations. Rather than replacing human expertise, AI agents become extensions of institutional intelligence helping teams execute faster while maintaining consistency, quality, and alignment.
Kitamura will also discuss the emergence of a “multi intelligence” future, where human judgment and AI capabilities work together as interconnected systems. In this model, organisations can transform accumulated knowledge into repeatable execution, enabling teams to scale expertise across design, engineering, and operational environments.
“At most companies, the most valuable knowledge is undocumented,” Kitamura said. “It lives in experience, habits, and decision-making patterns. The future of enterprise AI depends on how effectively organisations can capture and apply that intelligence.”
NXT BLD/DEV brings together leaders across technology, design, architecture, and engineering to explore the future of AEC technology, including AI, design automation, open data, digital fabrication, generative design, XR, and next-generation BIM workflows. Naoki Kitamura’s main stage appearance reflects growing industry interest in AI systems that are grounded in organisational context rather than generic automation alone.
In addition to the main stage session, Naoki Kitamura and members of the Tektome team will be available throughout both days of NXT BLD/DEV 2026 at Stand 16, where attendees can discuss Multi Intelligence systems, AI-powered BIM analysis, and the future of agent driven design workflows.
More information about the conference program is available at nxtbld.com.
