Topics

Keynote

Fatal Abstraction: Why Most Strategy Is Theater

Why organizations systematically filter out the information they most need to hear, and what leaders can do about it. Based on my forthcoming book.

Keynote

Bayesian Strategy: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

How the principles that make AI effective—starting with "I don't know," testing hypotheses, updating beliefs—can transform how organizations make strategic decisions.

Keynote / Workshop

Innovation Governance: Beyond the Accelerator

What I learned coaching 300+ ventures at Bosch about why most corporate innovation fails—and the governance structures that actually work.

Workshop

Business Model Validation

A hands-on workshop for teams working on new ventures—internal or external. How to identify and test the assumptions your business model depends on.

Panel / Roundtable

Corporate Venture Capital & Strategic Innovation

How established companies can effectively invest in and partner with startups without destroying the value they're trying to capture.

Previous Appearances

Keynotes — Disruptive Innovators' Network, Innov8ers, SPEEDA Asia Seminar, Corporate Acceleration Symposium (Imperial College London, annual)

Podcasts & Panels — The Innovation Show, Mind the Bridge, roundtables with Charles O'Reilly (Stanford), Roland Deiser, Valery Yakubovich (Wharton), Andrew Binns (Change Logic)

Livestreams — Sessions with Chris Heemskerk, Emily Tedards (Harvard Business School), Emily Owczarzak (Google)

Featured In — Inside Innovation, Singapore Global Network, Harvard Business Review (program coverage)

What to Expect

I don't do motivational speaking. I don't recycle TED talk platitudes. I share frameworks that are actually useful and perspectives that might be uncomfortable—because the comfortable answer is usually the one you already have.

My talks are grounded in a decade of hands-on experience with corporate strategy, venture capital, and innovation—not just theory. I've built the systems, coached the teams, managed the portfolio, and made the mistakes.

For workshops, I work directly with teams on real problems. We don't do hypotheticals—we apply the frameworks to whatever strategic challenge you're actually facing.

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Available for keynotes, panels, workshops, and executive sessions. Let's discuss what would be most valuable for your audience.

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