What if you could teach AI to provide expert guidance on demand—while at the same time freeing up your human experts to spend more time on design, mentorship, and innovation?
At Bora Architecture & Interiors, a 70-person architecture firm in Portland, that’s exactly what they’re experimenting with. They call it RoboCorey—a digital twin of their Director of Sustainability, Corey Squire, AIA.
Corey is a nationally recognized leader in sustainable design and the author of People Planet Design. Like many experts, he wants to spend less time repeating the basics and more time pushing the work forward. So Bora built a system that captures his 101- and 201-level knowledge—from material choices to indoor air quality strategies—and makes it searchable, accessible, and actionable through their Synthesis intranet. (Corey even uploaded his book to Synthesis. 💡)
What makes the RoboCorey approach so compelling is that it’s not about replacing experts. It’s about scaling their insight—while freeing them up to focus on client challenges, mentor others, and drive deeper innovation.
It’s also a powerful way to make values real. At Bora, sustainability is centered on values and ideals—but also providing the knowledge and information people need to deliver sustainable solutions. RoboCorey turns knowledge into something anyone at the firm can access in real time, regardless of whether or not experts are available.
This is KM 3.0 in action.
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