Leave with something
you can use tomorrow.
I speak at professional conferences and lead organizational workshops on AI readiness, AI adoption, and the human side of technology transformation. Every session starts with the same goal: cut through the noise and give people something actionable.
Three ways to work together
or General Session
A high-energy, research-backed session designed to shift the room's thinking on AI readiness, adoption, or transformation. Built for professional associations, industry conferences, and company-wide events.
Workshop
Facilitated half-day or full-day sessions for leadership teams and functional groups. Participants leave with a shared vocabulary, a clearer picture of their AI readiness, and a prioritized next-step plan.
& Education
Structured sessions that help teams at every level understand what AI actually is, where it fits in their work, and how to develop habits that make it useful, without the hype or the fear.
Current talk catalogue
The honest picture on why 74% of organizations haven't realized value from AI, and what it actually takes to close the gap. Covers process readiness, data quality, stakeholder alignment, and the mindset shifts that separate organizations that succeed from those that don't. Built from real-world transformation work, not theory.
A practical session for project managers on how AI changes the game, and how PMs can leverage it without losing the human judgment that makes great project leadership irreplaceable. Includes real examples of AI-augmented planning, risk analysis, and stakeholder communication.
Designed for business analysts, this session reframes AI not as a threat to the BA role but as the most powerful tool a skilled analyst has ever had access to. Covers AI-augmented requirements gathering, process modeling, and stakeholder facilitation, with a hands-on exercise built in.
Multiple presentations for PMI-CIC members on change management, adaptive leadership, and building the organizational capacity to absorb transformation. These sessions draw on 21+ years of leading people through technology and operational change.
Core Frameworks
These are the concepts I bring into every keynote, workshop, and engagement. They're designed to be immediately actionable, not consulting jargon.
Delegate → Collaborate → Elevate
The 3-Level AI Partnership Model
Delegate: Use AI for routine, well-defined tasks with clear outputs.
Collaborate: Work with AI iteratively on analysis, strategy, and problem-solving.
Elevate: AI handles execution. You supply direction, judgment, and meaning.
Most organizations only ever reach Level 1. The real competitive advantage is in Levels 2 and 3.
The Foundation Paradox
Why Most AI Projects Fail
"AI can't fix bad business habits, it'll just make them faster."
Organizations that fail at AI don't fail because the tools are bad. They fail because they hadn't clarified their processes, cleaned their data, or aligned their people before they started.
I open every engagement with this. It's the most important thing most leaders haven't heard.
The EPOCH Framework
The Human Skills AI Cannot Replace
The research-backed answer to "what should I focus on developing in an AI world?" Five capabilities that remain irreplaceable:
- Empathy
- Perspective
- Originality
- Creativity
- Humanity
Not soft skills. Competitive advantages.
Podcast Appearances
"5 Ways to Free Your Team from Organizational Drag"
Topics: organizational drag, AI adoption risks, designing adaptive systems, organizations as living learning organisms, amplifying human strengths over automation.
Listen →AI as a Force Multiplier, Not a Job Replacement
Topics: which jobs AI is actually replacing, AI as a force multiplier for human capability, how to start using AI tools effectively, the human skills that remain irreplaceable.
Watch →A podcast on leadership and perspective-change, exploring how the best leaders adapt how they think, not just what they do. Conversations about AI, uncertainty, professional growth, and the mindset shifts that matter most right now.
Perspective
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Available for professional association conferences, company keynotes, and organizational workshops. In-person and virtual. Let's talk about what would work for your audience.