Speaking

Change only counts when people adopt it.

I'm opening the door to speaking. The subject is adoption and change management: why people take on something new, why they don't, and why the best leaders still think like teachers. If you're planning an event for education or sales leaders, tell me about it below.

  • Keynotes
  • Panels & fireside chats
  • Workshops
  • Sales kickoffs
  • Podcasts

Download the one-sheet (PDF)Bio, topics and contact details on one page, for event organizers.

Topics

What I can speak to.

01

Adoption is the outcome

Go-live is not the finish line. Why change efforts stall after launch, and what it took to get 84% of 102 sellers, and 15,000 end users, to actually adopt something new.

02

Lead like a teacher

What a classroom teaches you about leading adults through change: meet people where they are, show them why it matters, and stay until it is theirs.

03

Initiative fatigue: when people run out of room for change

From my doctoral research on teacher retention: why well-led teams still burn out when new initiatives land faster than old ones can be absorbed, and the three things leaders can fix: how change is communicated, protected time, and support that is built in.

04

Technology adoption is just adoption

New tools in schools and companies, AI included, succeed or fail on the same human factors as any other change. Access is not relevance: how to bring people along instead of rolling it out at them.

Each of these would be built around your audience. Other topics welcome.

Invite me

Tell me about your event.

The more detail you share, the easier it is to say yes. I'll reply within a week.