I work with governments, companies, universities, and international organizations, usually at one of three depths. A talk opens a question. A workshop of a day or two turns it into a shared diagnosis and a short list of practical moves. An engagement of a few months helps the people responsible carry those moves out and learn from what happens.
For keynotes and conference talks, please contact Chartwell Speakers. For workshops, convenings, and advisory work, write to me directly.
Governance and Integrity
Integrity Under Pressure: Corruption in Disasters and Reconstruction
Emergencies suspend the rules that keep public money honest, and the money arrives faster than the safeguards. From Peru’s El Niño reconstruction to post-conflict recovery, I help agencies design relief and rebuilding so that speed and integrity reinforce each other: pre-arranged contracts, published decisions, citizen monitoring, audits people believe. A talk, or working sessions with the agencies that will hold the checkbook.
Convening for Reform: From Diagnosis to a Plan
Most anti-corruption strategies die as reports. My approach brings the people who must act into one room: officials, business leaders, civil society, and now AI tools that assemble the evidence overnight. In two or three days a group moves from “everybody knows” to a shared diagnosis, a short list of practical moves, and the beginnings of a coalition to carry them out. A facilitated engagement, with preparation before and follow-through after.
AI and Institutions
Co-Intelligence in Practice
Human–AI teams can upgrade research, strategy, and decision-making, and I show it live: clarifying a problem, probing the evidence, mapping scenarios. Audiences leave with ways to use these tools in their own work the following week. A keynote with demonstration, or a hands-on half-day for a team.
The AI-Ready Institution
Every agency and university now has an AI policy; few have an AI practice. I work with leadership teams to find where intelligent tools would change results, where they would flatten judgment, and what rules and training must come first. The result is a candid assessment, two or three pilots built to be measured, and a plan owned by the people who will live with it. A few months, beginning with a two-day working session.
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Further keynote topics, on governing in an age of AI, integrity by design, and fixing failing institutions, are described on my Chartwell Speakers profile. For anything else, get in touch.