Speaking

Helping rooms think more honestly about technology, change and the future of being human.

I speak at global summits, leadership retreats, executive networks and organisational gatherings where the conversation needs more depth than optimism theatre.

My talks combine systems thinking, lived experience, responsible technology, futures practice and occasionally a necessary dose of dark humour. The goal is not to predict the future, it is to help people recover the clarity and agency to participate in shaping it.

Formats

  • Keynotes
  • Executive briefings
  • Facilitated conversations
  • Workshops
  • Leadership retreats
  • Panels and interdisciplinary dialogues
  • Executive salons

Signature talks

  • Who Writes the Future? Human sovereignty, authorship and judgement in the age of AI.
  • When Reality Changes Shape How leaders make consequential decisions when old maps stop working.
  • The Human Stack Why AI transformation fails when organisations design the technology but neglect the human system around it.
  • The Art of Reinvention How people, careers and institutions evolve without losing their essential identity.
  • Intelligent Friction Why better futures require deliberate thought, meaningful resistance and questions that cannot be automated away.
  • Designing What Comes Next From passive forecasting to participatory futures and shared authorship.

Past topics in a nutshell

AI summaries of my own thinking and slides…

Appearances

 

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