Speaking & advisory
I like rooms where somebody disagrees with me. If you are putting one together about AI and the people who build software, I am probably interested.
The keynote version of the whole position. Why the products that leave people more capable are also the ones that last, with examples from twenty years of getting it wrong.
For engineering leadership audiences. Accountability, delegation and org design when a meaningful share of the work is done by something that doesn't report to anyone.
The practitioner talk. What it takes to put an assistant into somebody's home and have them still want it there a year later.
| Keynote | 30–45 min |
| Panel | Happily |
| Fireside / podcast | Yes |
| Internal leadership session | By arrangement |
| Travel | US, selectively international |
A small number of advisory seats, for teams building agents that real people have to live with. I am most useful early, on the questions of what to build and who is accountable for it — less useful as a logo.
Student and university events: ask anyway, the answer is usually yes.