Speaking and workshops
Talks on using AI without handing over your judgment
AI supports, you decide. AI can do a lot of the prep work, but the decisions, and the responsibility for them, should stay with people. That’s what I speak about: which work to hand AI, and how to set up work that fits the way people’s brains really work.
In person is my favorite. I also run hands-on workshops and virtual sessions.
Where I’ve spoken
I’ve spoken about everything from education technology to operations at conferences, at associations, and on podcasts.
Talks
What an AI Chief of Staff Should Take Off Your Plate
What my own AI chief of staff does every day, what it took to build, and where any founder or operations lead can start. I gave this talk at Ops Ahoy 2026 in Philadelphia.
See the slides and resources from Ops Ahoy →
Your audience leaves able to:
- tell an AI chief of staff apart from a chatbot
- name the work AI can prepare for them, and the decisions that stay theirs
- pick one task to try first, and decide how they’ll check the result
For founders, operations leaders, and chiefs of staff.
It Looks Done. But Is It Done? Keeping Your Judgment When AI Does the Work
AI is very good at producing work that sounds finished. This talk is about the part it can’t do for you: reading it through, deciding it’s right, and standing behind it. It’s for leaders bringing AI into a team without losing trust or quality.
Your audience leaves able to:
- sort their team’s work into what AI can prepare and what a person has to decide
- name who reviews each result, and how they’ll check it
- write plain-language AI rules their team will follow, anchored in the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
For leadership teams, managers, and HR.
Built for the Worst Week: Designing Work That Still Runs When People Aren’t at Their Best
I have ADHD, and I built my AI chief of staff because the standard tools were built for a brain that isn’t mine. This talk is about designing work, and AI, around how people really think, on good days and on bad weeks.
Your audience leaves able to:
- spot where their systems quietly assume everyone works the same way
- use AI to take load off memory and focus without taking away anyone’s judgment
- test a process against a hard week before they roll it out
Read the issue of The Order of Operations this talk grew from →
For any audience, and especially teams working on accessibility and inclusion.
Every talk works as a keynote, a breakout, or a hands-on workshop, and I’m glad to join a panel or moderate one.
Workshops
My workshops are hands-on. People work in their own tools and leave with something they can use the next morning: written AI rules for their team, or a first version of their own AI assistant. Sessions run half a day or a full day, and they work in person or online.
Page Two, a book publisher, brought me in to train their whole team:
“She’s approachable and easy to talk to, never condescending about what we don’t know, and she meets us exactly where we are.”
Trena White, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Page Two
Want this inside your own company? See team training on the Work with me page →
A teacher before a consultant
Before I consulted, I spent more than twenty years in education. I taught in high school classrooms, in online courses for teachers, and in university lecture halls. I’ve presented at national conferences on education technology and training, and I’ve published more than 30 articles, chapters, and books. I build real systems rather than demos, so audiences see something that’s already running in a real business.
Tiago Forte, author of Building a Second Brain, on the years I ran operations at his company:
“I’m very happy to recommend her as really an outstanding example of a leader in the educational sphere.”
Tiago Forte, founder of Forte Labs
Have me speak at your next event
I’ll adapt any of these talks to your audience. Tell me a little about your event, and I’ll get back to you within two business days. Only your first name, last name, and email are required.
