The Most Powerful Man in AI Was Asked About His Nightmare. He Didn’t Describe a Robot. He Described a Country.

The Most Powerful Man in AI Was Asked About His Nightmare. He Didn’t Describe a Robot. He Described a Country.

by | Aug 7, 2026 | A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Distinction, Leadership at all Levels

At Davos this year, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, was asked what worries him most about where the AI economy is heading. He didn’t answer with a statistic about job losses. He drew a map. What he described has since become known as the zeroth world economy,...
Everyone Wants the Closing Keynote. I’d Rather Open. Here’s Why That’s Not a Downgrade.

Everyone Wants the Closing Keynote. I’d Rather Open. Here’s Why That’s Not a Downgrade.

by | Jul 28, 2026 | AI Disruption, Artificial Intelligence, Event Planning, Keynote Speaker, Keynotes, Leadership, Leadership at all Levels, Speaking

Everyone Wants the Closing Keynote. I’d Rather Open. Here’s Why That’s Not a Downgrade. Melissa Spencer, a speaker manager at Spencer’s Consulting, posted something last week that most planners never say out loud: opening vs closing keynote is...
The Only AI Skill Left Is Knowing What to Ask

The Only AI Skill Left Is Knowing What to Ask

by | Jul 22, 2026 | 5 Ingredient Kryptonite, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Distinction, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership at all Levels, Strategy, Talent, The New World of Work

Marc Andreessen spent over three hours on Joe Rogan’s podcast in May 2026, and the headline everyone pulled from it was the boldest one: he believes AGI already arrived, about three months before the interview, with the release of GPT-5.5, Claude 4.6, Gemini 3,...
I Thought He Was About to Tell Me I Wasted His Time

I Thought He Was About to Tell Me I Wasted His Time

by | Jul 7, 2026 | 5 Ingredient Kryptonite, A.I., AI Disruption, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change, Disruption, Future Work, Keynote Speaker, Keynotes, Leadership, Leadership at all Levels, Speaking Industry

I don’t use a podium when I keynote. I wander the room, down the aisles, close enough to see faces. Most of the time that’s a gift, you can watch a room shift in real time, watch the exact sentence that lands. But it also means you see the ones who...