Signature Speaking Topics
Five talks designed to help leaders, teams, and organizations navigate the AI era with clarity and confidence.
Navigating the AI Twilight: Leading Through Uncertainty
For: Leadership conferences, executive offsites, board retreats
We've entered an "AI Twilight" -- a strange in-between time where the old rules don't work anymore, and the new rules aren't yet clear. This talk helps leaders make sense of this disorienting moment and find their footing. You'll walk away with frameworks for leading when the future is uncertain, building teams that adapt rather than freeze, and making decisions without a reliable map.
45-60 minutes + Q&A
Key Takeaways
- Understanding the AI Twilight and why traditional playbooks are failing
- The shift from linear to exponential leadership
- Practical frameworks for navigating uncertainty with confidence
Building Trust in Human-AI Collaboration
For: Corporate all-hands, technology conferences, innovation summits
AI adoption fails without trust -- trust in the technology, trust in leadership's intentions, and trust in each other. This talk explores what it actually takes to build trust in human-AI collaboration: responsible cognitive offloading, protecting what should stay human, and creating the psychological safety teams need to experiment. Based on training 15,000+ people on AI, I share the patterns that separate successful adoption from expensive failures.
45-60 minutes + Q&A
Key Takeaways
- Why trust is the hidden variable in AI adoption
- Responsible cognitive offloading: what to delegate, what to keep human
- The case for "no-AI zones" in your organization
From Linear to Exponential: The Future of Work and Careers
For: HR conferences, professional development events, career development programs
For most of our careers, we could look at people 5-10 years ahead and see a path to follow. That map no longer works. This talk introduces the concept of exponential careers -- where small, consistent changes in how you work with AI compound into breakthrough capabilities and opportunities. Whether you're helping a workforce navigate transition or rethinking your own trajectory, this talk provides the frameworks for thriving in a world where the rules keep changing.
45-60 minutes + Q&A
Key Takeaways
- The shift from linear to exponential careers and what it means practically
- Fluid intelligence, self-leadership, and independent thinking as core capabilities
- How to help yourself (and your organization) stay ahead of the curve
Narrative-Powered Transformation: Shaping Belief in the AI Era
For: Change management conferences, transformation summits, leadership offsites
Technical transformation fails without narrative. Too many AI initiatives stumble not because the technology doesn't work, but because people don't understand why it matters. This talk explores how to use storytelling as strategy -- building the narratives that help people make sense of change, connect to purpose, and move from resistance to engagement. Based on a decade of teaching and consulting, I share the principles that make transformation stick.
45-60 minutes + Q&A
Key Takeaways
- Why narrative is infrastructure, not decoration
- The story structures that drive organizational change
- How to craft and deploy narratives that move people from resistance to engagement
What I've Learned Training 15,000 People on AI
For: Education conferences, L&D summits, HR leadership events
After training more than 15,000 people on AI -- from executives to individual contributors, across industries and geographies -- I've seen what works and what doesn't. This talk shares the patterns: the fears people carry, the misconceptions that slow them down, the moments where everything clicks, and the approaches that consistently build capability and confidence. If you're responsible for helping others navigate AI, this is the field report you need.
45-60 minutes + Q&A
Key Takeaways
- The most common fears and misconceptions about AI (and how to address them)
- What separates effective AI training from expensive checkbox exercises
- The moments that matter most in AI capability building
