Speaking
Talks that change what a team does on Monday.
I speak to boards, executive teams and leadership offsites about what AI actually changes in a business, and what it takes to execute once the decision has been made. No tool demos. No forecasts. The one or two things that shift at the core, and what to do first.
Topics
What I am usually asked to open.
Every session is built for the room it is walking into. These are the starting points.
- 01What AI actually changes about your industryNot which tasks to automate. The one or two things that shift at the core of how the business makes money.
- 02Augmentation over automationWhy the automation path plateaus and the augmentation path compounds, and why that gap becomes structural by year three.
- 03Why real transformation looks like failure firstThe J curve, what it costs leaders who mistake the trough for a verdict, and how to hold the line through it.
- 04The execution gapWhy most strategies die between the offsite and the floor, and the three levers that close the distance.
Formats
Four ways this tends to work.
45 to 60 minutes
Keynote
A conference stage or a company gathering. One argument, carried the whole way, with the room leaving able to repeat it.
90 minutes
Board session
Built for the group that has to sign off. Where the business is exposed, where it is defensible, and what the next decision actually is.
Half day
Leadership offsite
Talk plus working session. The team leaves with a shared language and a shortlist they built themselves rather than received.
Ongoing
Programme
When a single session is not the right answer, the work continues through GRAIL as a structured programme.
The bar
A talk is only good if something changes on Monday.
Enquiries
Tell me about the room.
Who is in it, what they are wrestling with, and what you want them to do differently afterwards. That is enough to start.