Why Event Planners Get the Speaker Selection Wrong (And What the Right Choice Actually Looks Like)

Why Event Planners Get the Speaker Selection Wrong (And What the Right Choice Actually Looks Like)

by | Jun 11, 2026 | A.I., AI Disruption, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change Leadership, Keynotes, Leadership, Speaking

A former international speaker bureau owner said something recently that stopped me cold — and it captures exactly how to choose the right keynote speaker. “Finding a keynote speaker has never been easier. Choosing the right one has never been harder.” She...
AI Made Your Team Faster. Here Is Why Your Results Haven’t Changed.

AI Made Your Team Faster. Here Is Why Your Results Haven’t Changed.

by | Jun 9, 2026 | A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Disruption, execution, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Peak Performance, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

Your team adopted AI. Code is getting written faster. Proposals are getting drafted faster. Research that used to take hours takes minutes. And your results have not meaningfully changed. You are not imagining it. And it is not a motivation problem. Dario Amodei Named...
The Questions I Ask Every Client Before I Walk On Stage

The Questions I Ask Every Client Before I Walk On Stage

by | Jun 8, 2026 | A.I., Agility, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change, Change Leadership, Culture Change, Disruption, Future Work, Keynotes, Leadership, Resiliency, Speaking, Talent, The New World of Work

Most keynotes are forgettable. These keynote speaker preparation questions are why mine are not. Not because the speaker is bad. Not because the content is wrong. Because the content was never built for that specific room. A speaker gets booked. They send their...
The CEO of Citadel Went Home Depressed on a Friday. Here Is What He Saw.

The CEO of Citadel Went Home Depressed on a Friday. Here Is What He Saw.

by | Jun 7, 2026 | A.I., Agility, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Brand You, Change, Change Leadership, Disruption, Distinction, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Leadership at all Levels, Resiliency, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

The CEO of Citadel Watched AI Do What Used to Take a Team of PhDs AI leadership agentic AI is no longer a future-state conversation. Ken Griffin just made that clear. Ken Griffin is the founder and CEO of Citadel, one of the most successful hedge funds on earth. In a...
CEOs Have Been Blaming AI for Layoffs for Two Years. Jensen Huang Just Called It Out.

CEOs Have Been Blaming AI for Layoffs for Two Years. Jensen Huang Just Called It Out.

by | Jun 6, 2026 | A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change Leadership, Disruption, Future Work, Leadership, Leadership at all Levels, Talent, The New World of Work

The Most Important Thing Jensen Huang Said Last Week Had Nothing to Do With Chips The AI washing CEO layoffs narrative has a problem. Jensen Huang just named it. Jensen Huang was in Taipei. He was being interviewed about NVIDIA’s $100 billion investment in Taiwan, a...
Steve Jobs Cut Apple from 350 Products to 10. Your Organization Has Too Many Good Ideas. That Is Exactly the Problem.

Steve Jobs Cut Apple from 350 Products to 10. Your Organization Has Too Many Good Ideas. That Is Exactly the Problem.

by | Jun 3, 2026 | A.I., Agility, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change, Change Leadership, Culture Change, Disruption, Engagement, execution, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Peak Performance, Resiliency, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

Steve Jobs Cut Apple from 350 Products to 10. Your Organization Has Too Many Good Ideas. That Is Exactly the Problem. In 1997, Steve Jobs demonstrated that leadership focus and execution — not more ideas, more products, or more initiatives — is what separates...