Keynote
Your Members Have Confused Studying AI with Leading on AI
The difference between a task force and a transformation.
There is a gap between studying AI and leading on AI. Most leaders are on the wrong side of it. Not because they aren't working hard. They are. But task forces, pilot programs, and conference panels are the studying side. Leading looks different.
Leading means your technology plan is a living document that updates itself. Leading means your board can see real ROI data, not a PowerPoint someone stayed up all night building. Leading means the knowledge one leader discovers doesn't stay locked in that leader's head.
He has served 100+ organizations and spoken with leaders across thousands of districts nationwide. He built Edapt, a production-grade AI platform, to prove that "systems that learn from themselves" is not a metaphor. It is operational infrastructure that exists today.
This keynote closes the gap between studying and leading. It shows your members what the other side looks like, and gives them the diagnostic tools to get there.
Audiences leave with
- •A clear understanding of where your organization sits on the Studying-to-Leading spectrum
- •The 6 Leadership Traits framework for diagnosing organizational readiness
- •Three real examples of districts that crossed from studying to leading (with data)
- •A specific recommendation for what to do in the first 30 days
Best For
State associations, executive leadership groups, board associations, business officer groups, AASA state affiliates
Available Formats
- 45-60 minute keynote
- 90-minute breakout session