Industry context changes the AI decision
AI keynotes by industry
Industry context changes the AI decision
Explore sector-focused keynote pages built around readiness, leadership alignment and the organizational choices that technology creates.
One readiness question, different operating realities
Healthcare, banking, manufacturing and government do not make AI decisions in the same environment. Each industry page frames readiness around its own operating context without claiming outcomes or relationships that have not been verified.
Primary research informs the view
Ian conducts more than five hundred on-camera executive interviews each year. His State of Industry work includes medical imaging, healthcare, automation, banking and finance, marketing and managed services.
Measure the audience in front of you
The Future Readiness Score is customized to the participating organization. Its live reveal gives the keynote an organization-specific layer beyond general industry trends.
Continue from context to action
Every industry keynote can connect to a facilitated AI workshop or readiness assessment. The assessment-led process produces ranked priorities, a written intelligence report and a ninety-day plan.
Frequently asked questions
Questions and answers
How much does it cost to hire an AI keynote speaker?
Fees for established AI keynote speakers typically range from $15,000 to $50,000 depending on format, location and rights. Send your date and budget range for a direct answer within one business day.
How far in advance should we book?
Book early enough to identify the right industry emphasis, conduct the pre-event research and deploy any readiness assessment. Availability is confirmed from the specific date and location.
What is the difference between a keynote and a workshop?
An industry keynote gives a broad audience a tailored readiness argument. An industry workshop gives a leadership group time to apply that argument to its own evidence and priorities.
Will the speaker tailor content to our industry?
Yes. Select the closest industry page, then use the pre-event call, audience survey and Future Readiness Score to customize the session to the organization.
What does the audience receive afterwards?
The selected format determines the deliverables. Assessment-led industry sessions include a written intelligence report and a ninety-day plan informed by the room's score.
Does the speaker present virtually?
Industry keynotes can be discussed for virtual audiences. Share the audience geography, platform, recording requirements and sector focus in the enquiry.
Every Keynote, Delivered as an Unforgettable Intelligence Event
You can never go where you need to be without first knowing where you are. This is the mindset I bring to every keynote, at every stage, worldwide.
Executive Leadership · Strategy
Decision Velocity: How the Fastest-Deciding Organizations Win the AI Decade
The speed and quality of your decisions is now your real competitive edge. Ian shows leaders how to measure their organization’s decision velocity, expose the bottlenecks slowing them down, and build the systems that let teams decide faster without deciding worse.
Transformation · Leadership
Future-Ready: Building the Wall Against Disruption
Disruption is not the risk; being unready for it is. Using the Future Readiness Score, Ian turns transformation from a vague ambition into a measurable, benchmarked state, giving leaders a clear roadmap to make their organization resilient to whatever comes next.
AI Strategy · Operations
The Year of ROI: Turning AI Pilots Into Payoff
Everyone ran the pilots; almost no one is getting the return. Ian moves audiences past experimentation to an honest, audit-grade view of what actually blocks AI value, and the concrete moves that convert AI investment into measurable business results.
Future of Work · Operating Model
The Agentic Enterprise: Leading a Workforce of Humans and AI Agents
AI agents are joining the org chart. Ian shows leaders how work, roles, and decision-making change when autonomous agents operate alongside people, and how the organizations that redesign first will define the next decade of their industry.
Bestseller Keynote · Fortune 500
Undisrupted: The Seven Pillars of Companies That Refuse to Be Left Behind
Drawn from Ian’s USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller, this keynote lays out the seven-pillar framework that Fortune 500 teams use to stay ahead of change, giving every leader in the room a practical system to future-proof their people, culture, and strategy.
Designed for Your Audience
Custom Keynote Experience
A bespoke keynote tailored to your industry, audience, and strategic priorities, supported by pre-event stakeholder interviews and content customization.
The process
What goes into every session
Step 1
500+ on-camera executive interviews each year feeding the research base
Step 2
A pre-event call and audience survey before content is built
Step 3
A live scored Future Readiness Score assessment, so content responds to the room
Step 4
A ninety-day plan the audience leaves holding
Find the right industry starting point
Share the sector, audience and readiness question behind the event.
