Keynote Speaking & Executive Masterclasses

The conference needs a technology keynote that is not a vendor pitch. The leadership offsite needs a session that changes the questions executives ask, not just the slides they have seen. Or the board wants to understand AI without being sold a platform by the person explaining it.

Keynotes, conference sessions, leadership offsites, and bespoke executive masterclasses. The current keynote — We know we can. Should we? — follows one question through the rooms where technology decisions are made: design reviews, procurement evaluations, board approvals, and now AI governance. Every session is prepared for the room rather than recycled; board and offsite sessions are built around the live agenda.

A prepared session, a planning call beforehand, and materials where they are useful afterwards. Audiences leave with something unusually concrete for a keynote: three questions that fit inside any approval process, and a clear view of what it costs when nobody asks them.

The talk survives the journey home. People use the questions in their own approval meetings the following week — which is the only measure of a keynote that matters.

Thirty-seven years in technology across seventeen sectors, from computer operator to Group CTO. Author of three books on technology, judgement, and the human consequence of systems — the writing informs the speaking. Topics include AI adoption and governance, the future of work, human-centred technology design, and the strategic and ethical questions facing boards.