KSA Chmn. Moon Calls for AI to Focus on Quality, Not Speed

Chairman Moon Dong-min of the Korean Standards Association. (KSA) (Photos: KSA)

Chmn. Moon Dong-min of Korean Standards Associationwarned, “AI brings about tremendous speed, but if the quality of data, the safety of processes and organizational capabilities are not combined precisely, it causes confusion, not innovation.”

He delivered his New Year’s message to the monthly magazine “Quality and Creativity.”

The New Year, called “Byeongonyeon,” meaning the Year of the Red Horse, has dawned. There is a saying “even though a horse run fast, it doesn’t mean you go your way far away.”

In order to go far away, the right direction is important than the speed, and it means it leads to a place we want to go.

This year, our industries and organizations are putting themselves in front of the question. AI brings about a tremendous speed, but if the quality of data, the safety of processes and organizational capabilities are not combined precisely, it causes confusion, not innovation.

A report on the Korean labor market and AI, released by the OECD, showed that 56.5 percent of Korean companies which introduced AI said reallocating existing tasks and redrawing processes are inevitable.

The imaginable speed of AI changes boundaries of industries, but it doesn’t mean sustainable competitiveness. It depends on how a strong a foundation can be built so that new technologies can fulfill their roles.

A survey of 915 employees on the current status on the use of generative AI and support, conducted by Korean Standards Association last September, showed that 87.4 percent of the respondents replied that AI was used in their tasks.

Lee Dong-seok, executive vice president of industry standards at Korea Standards Association, poses with President Lee Young-suk of WISESTONE, after the institutions inaugurated the “AI+ Trust Certification” last Dec. 16.

Asked about core roles of human resources in an AI era, 78.8 percent educating and training of staff as one of major tasks.

It means that regardless of the size and business specification of companies, a core reason for spreading the use of AI is related to systematic learning.

What is needed are not only individuals utilizing AI with ease, but also organizations which learn AI so that its capabilities can be spread.

KSA has joined forces to make a constant shift so such a corporate culture can be established.

KSA Holds ‘2026 HR Strategy Seminar’

Korea Standards Association said on Jan. 26 that it was holding the 2026 HR Strategy Seminar, which is designed to help companies establish personnel and educational strategies to cope with rapidly changing management and labor conditions in major regions across the nation.

The seminar is for officials in charge of human resources and department heads.

A government support project can enable participants to save up to 95 percent of the educational fees. Its curricula comprises core solutions applicable at field jobs, such as ways of building educational regimes based on not only practical strategies, but also AI.

Starting in Daejeon on Jan. 29, seminars are taking place in 10 locations, including Ulsan, Jeonju, Cheongju, Gwangju, Changwon, Busan, Gwanggyo, Incheon and Daegu.

The eleventh rendition of the seminar will be held online for officials who could not participate in person due to distance and time limitations.

The regional seminar covers the revision of the Act on Labor Affairs in 2026 and offers diagnoses of major labor affairs issues, tips on practical use of AI for HR officials and efficient manpower development strategies.

The upcoming online session will give a comprehensive insight into this year’s human resources environment changes under the theme “2026 HR Core Issue Diagnosis and Straetgy Checkpoint.”

HR officials are given the chance to participate in the seminar for free on a first-come-first served format.

A KSA official said, “The event will serve as a specified guideline provider to achieve not only cost cuts and manpower development outcomes through government support beyond introducing of simple trends, and practical solutions, such worksite innovation consulting and establishing of educational regimes will be obtained.”