Abstract
This paper examines how the “kinetic elite”, a group made up of highly mobile individuals such as corporate executives, international consultants, diplomats, and global entrepreneurs, manage the emotional and organizational pressures of continuous global movement. It focuses on exclusive transit spaces like premium airport lounges and high-end international hotels, which quietly function as infrastructures sustaining leadership presence and personal stability across borders. Increasingly, these spaces rely on AI technologies that are selectively deployed to enhance elite mobility: predictive travel management systems streamline itineraries for premium passengers, biometric access controls and facial recognition fast-track their passage through airports, and dynamic hotel personalization and automated concierge platforms anticipate preferences based on loyalty profiles. These systems create highly controlled micro-environments that offer predictability, efficiency, and emotional ease, insulating elite travelers from the volatility and friction of global movement. Drawing on mobilities research, organizational studies, and technology ethics, this paper employs qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews and observational fieldwork. Early insights suggest that AI-mediated infrastructures do more than facilitate convenience: they form a hidden scaffolding of emotional support and logistical coherence that underpins leadership and work practices in an increasingly algorithm-driven world.
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Kinetic Elite, Artificial Intelligence, Mobility, Leadership, Emotional Stability
