Keynote Speaker on Change and AI
Your rollout launched on schedule, and your managers are still improvising.
I move HR and people leaders from overload to clarity on purpose, priorities and a plan, so what gets decided gets done.
When a reorganization or an AI rollout lands, your managers carry it.
They improvise, and their teams can feel it. The strain shows up in the numbers.
Source: Deloitte, 2025 Global Human Capital Trends, as reported by HR Dive
I lost everything in a flood, then built a way through it.
In the weeks after, there was more to decide than any one person could carry, and I had to choose what mattered first.
That choosing became a three-phase process, Draw, Hold and Push, and it became my keynote, Chase the Flood™. Your leaders complete it in the room.
I’ve coached hundreds of adults and led dozens of teams through change, across more than 25 years of leading teams, from corporate sales floors to complex education systems. I’m a TEDx speaker and the author of two books on AI and learning.
Lead by the Line
The decision cycle behind everything I teach, introduced in my keynote.
Draw
Decide the line
Hold
Protect the line
Push
Extend the line
Your leaders leave with a clear purpose for the change they’re leading, a short list of what matters most and a plan for the pressure ahead.
Keep it going after the keynote.
Three sessions for people leaders and the managers who carry the work.
Permission with Purpose: Leading AI Adoption When the Tools Are In and Results Are Slow
For people leaders whose rollout launched on schedule while results haven’t followed. Managers leave knowing which problem is worth solving first.
Priorities Under Pressure: Your 90-Day Path
Managers leave with a short list of what matters most and a 90-day path for their team.
Lead by the Line: Deciding What You’ll Hold Before the Crisis Arrives
Leaders decide ahead of time what their team will hold when the pressure arrives.
What comes with the keynote.
A 60-minute keynote with one breakout session of 60 to 90 minutes, plus:
- Pre-event discovery call
- Custom pre-event marketing video
- Monday Morning Move for every attendee
- Path to Higher Ground Implementation Kit
- Post-keynote audience insight debrief
- 30-day check-in call
The room says it best.
Talk A Dot ratings as of October 21, 2026. Read what attendees say.
- Standing ovation at TPT Forward, July 2026
- Keynoted the Pan African AI Summit in 2025 on a stage shared with representatives from Google, IBM, Deloitte and Microsoft
- Moderator and panelist at the Pan African AI Summit in 2026
- Featured in all six episodes of HBO Max’s Coming From America
- Featured on NPR and Al Jazeera
- TEDx talk Saved by the Flood, TEDxUniversityofCapeCoast, 2026
Bring Chase the Flood™ to your people leaders.
Keynote fees start at $18,000 plus travel and expenses.
Based in Accra, Ghana and Houston, TX. Speaks across the US and abroad.