Measure readiness before choosing the roadmap
AI readiness workshop
Measure readiness before choosing the roadmap
A focused executive workshop that begins with evidence, reveals the team's collective view and turns it into ranked action.
Make readiness visible
Leadership teams can use the same language while holding very different views of AI readiness. The Future Readiness Score makes those views visible and gives the workshop a concrete starting point.
Reveal the collective results
The assessment is customized and completed before the session. Results are revealed during the engagement so the discussion responds to the room rather than relying on a generic workshop agenda.
Align around priorities
Facilitation helps the team distinguish urgent decisions from longer-term possibilities. The goal is a ranked set of priorities that leaders can understand, challenge and own together.
Carry the work forward
The workshop concludes with a ninety-day plan and written intelligence report. These outputs give the team a practical bridge from the facilitated session to strategic planning.
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; an AI readiness workshop is scoped as a facilitated engagement.
How far in advance should we book?
Allow enough lead time to schedule the leadership call, customize the assessment and collect responses before the workshop. Send the proposed date to receive a direct availability answer.
What is the difference between a keynote and a workshop?
A keynote is designed to move a broad audience through a clear argument. The AI readiness workshop is participatory and uses the team's scored assessment to support alignment, prioritization and planning.
Will the speaker tailor content to our industry?
Yes. Industry context is incorporated through the pre-event call, audience survey and customized Future Readiness Score rather than added as a generic industry introduction.
What does the audience receive afterwards?
The participating team receives the engagement's written intelligence report and leaves with a ranked ninety-day action plan built from the session.
Does the speaker present virtually?
A virtual readiness workshop can be considered when the platform supports discussion and participation. Include time zones, team size and platform details 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
Build your readiness workshop
Start with the leadership question your organization needs to resolve.
