What becomes possible when intelligence is free and wisdom leads?
The signature keynote
The Wisdom Advantage
When intelligence is free, wisdom becomes the scarce resource.
01
The Reset
AI is not a tool upgrade. It is a civilizational phase change. The question is whether you design your adaptation, or have it designed for you.
02
The Wisdom Advantage
Everyone can reach the same raw capability. The edge belongs to people who bring clarity, context, discernment, and integrity to the machine.
03
The Convergence
When machines carry more labor, what are the freed hours for? The possibility is not less humanity, but the space to become more fully human.
The question is not only how to put machines in service of humanity. It is: what kind of humanity do we bring to the machines?
Why this person
A life spent inside the question.
For three decades I have lived at the meeting point of the technical and the human. Every chapter gave me the same front-row view: what becomes possible when wisdom keeps pace with intelligence, and what breaks when it does not. I bring that lived pattern to a stage — not a forecast from the sidelines.
Stanford University
AI, human-computer interaction, cognition, and philosophy of mind
Younicos
Europe's first grid-scale batteries and the world's first 100% renewable microgrid
Third Derivative / RMI
$500M+ mobilized for gigaton-scale climate technology
Seebridge
Exponential-technology strategy, mission first
Other conversations
Energy Was the First AI
What self-balancing power grids taught me about the intelligent transition now underway.
AI, Honestly
A clear-eyed briefing for non-technical leaders: no hype, no fear, no jargon.
Regeneration over Extraction
How organizations can heal what they draw from — in culture, strategy, and value creation.
The Connection Imperative
Why trust, belonging, and gathering become strategic as machines take on more of the work.
Formats
Keynote
45–60 minutes. Narrative-driven and built for the room.
Workshop
A hands-on half or full day with your team.
Fireside
Conversational and intimate for smaller gatherings.
Virtual
Full production value, wherever your people are.
Every talk is built for the room.
No canned presentation. Tell me about your audience and the moment they are in, and we will make something that meets them there.
