Speaking & Engagements
For boards, leadership teams, and audiences ready to hear it straight.
I speak to Fortune 500 executives, boards, and industry conferences on the alignment tax, AI operating models, and the leadership work the next competitive cycle demands. Drawing from two decades inside Fortune 100 organizations, current AI research, and the next generation I teach.
Board Sessions
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Keynotes
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Executive Workshops
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Panels & Fireside Chats
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Podcasts
Board Sessions 〰️ Keynotes 〰️ Executive Workshops 〰️ Panels & Fireside Chats 〰️ Podcasts
Topics
Four conversations Fortune 500 leaders need to be having.
Strategic Diagnosis
The Alignment Tax
Why the gap between strategy and execution became existential in the AI era, how to identify where it is compounding fastest in your organization, and what the cost looks like when measured honestly. The diagnostic talk — for boards and executive teams ready to face the number.
Operating Model
Strategy and Execution as One System
What it actually looks like to restructure how strategy gets made and executed when AI compresses validation cycles from quarters to days. Beyond “digital transformation” theater — the operating model the moment demands and the leadership work required to install it.
The Talent Shift
Why Your Best People Are Leaving
The next generation of technical and analytical talent thinks of strategy and code as the same activity. They will not work in organizations that disagree. From the classroom to the boardroom — what they expect, why they leave, and how to build organizations they want to stay in.
From the Frontier
Context Engineering
The practice that finally collapses the gap between strategic hypothesis and validated execution. What becomes possible when business leaders prototype directly through AI, and what changes when engineering shifts from execution arm to validation partner? The forward-looking talk for audiences ready for what comes next.
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