Speaking and workshops
Conversation. Challenge. Action.
Keynotes, lectures and working sessions that help people make sense of change, challenge assumptions and leave with clearer choices.
Themes
Where I focus.
Future of Mining
Technology, workforce, operations and the changing social and economic context of resource development.
Critical Minerals
Supply chains, strategic choices and the gap between ambition and industrial delivery.
AI and Industry
What generative AI may change in decision-making, work and organizational design.
Resilience and Adaptation
Preparing systems and teams for uncertainty, disruption and changing expectations.
Innovation and Prize Thinking
Framing ambitious problems, attracting new approaches and testing what works.
Futures and Strategy
Exploring possible futures and the choices worth making now.
Formats
Fit the format to the outcome.
Keynote
An opening or closing perspective that gives the room a shared frame and useful questions to carry into the conversation.
Lecture
A deeper treatment of a theme, connecting frameworks and examples with time for questions and discussion.
Workshop
Facilitated working time for participants to examine assumptions, explore options and identify practical next steps.
More than a presentation
The room should do some of the work.
Good workshops create movement.
The best sessions combine useful frameworks, candid discussion, relevant examples and structured activities. Participants bring their experience into the process, examine the choices ahead and build a shared understanding of what happens next.
I design and facilitate sessions around the audience, the challenge and the decisions people need to make.
Ways to work together
Designed around the people in the room.
Executive Workshops
Focused sessions that help leadership teams examine disruption, strategic choices and organizational readiness.
Innovation Programs
Interactive programs exploring emerging technology, commercialization, adoption and organizational change.
Founder Sessions
Practical workshops for founders testing customer needs, commercial assumptions, partnerships and routes to market.
Global Delegations
Customized learning for international professionals, combining instruction, discussion and industry context.
Conference Workshops
Engaging sessions that turn a broad conference theme into a useful participant experience.
Local Working Sessions
Small, focused gatherings for organizations, professional groups and communities working through a shared challenge.
From insight to action
Every engagement begins with the outcome.
What should participants understand, decide or be ready to do differently when the session ends?
From there, the format can be shaped around the audience: a focused ninety-minute session, a half-day working meeting, a full-day workshop or a multi-day learning program.
Featured program
Future of Mining.
The future of mining is a moving target.
Leaders must make decisions while technology, operating conditions and expectations continue to change. These programs bring together technology, operating reality, workforce, sustainability and innovation adoption.
Developed with expert colleagues Joshua Marshall and Priscilla Nelson, programs can be adapted for executives, technical teams, universities and international delegations. Faculty participation depends on the engagement.
Start with the challenge
Let’s design the right room.
Locally, globally or online—tailored to your organization, audience and decisions.
Tell me who will be in the room, what is changing around them and what you want the session to accomplish.
Scope and fees depend on the format, preparation, location and faculty. Share your event brief for a tailored proposal.