Speaking
Richard Foster-Fletcher speaks on what AI is doing to the organisations that adopt it. Sessions are built from ongoing published research, for senior audiences.
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Formats
Conference keynote
30 to 45 minutes. For industry events, summits, and large audiences.
Board session
90 minutes to 2 hours. A private session for boards and senior leadership teams. Includes a presentation drawn from current research followed by a facilitated discussion designed for the room to examine where these patterns apply to their own organisation.
Virtual briefing
60 minutes. A focused session delivered remotely for executive teams or governance committees.
Event chairing and moderating
Conference and panel chairing for senior audiences.
Signature talks
What AI is actually doing
AI capability is advancing faster than the language organisations use to describe it. Foundation models are reasoning. Humanoid robotics is moving from prototype to production. Vendor strategies shift underneath contracts signed twelve months ago. In this session Richard explains what AI does now, where the capability is heading, what the vendors are underplaying, and what it means for organisations already committed.
For technology conferences, leadership summits, and annual events.
What AI is doing to your people
AI adoption changes the people who use it. Professional capability erodes when cognitive work is routinely offloaded. Judgement weakens when the first draft always comes from a machine. Individuals accumulate skills that cannot transfer to the institution. Richard has named these dynamics and documented them across industries.
For leadership summits, executive offsites, and people and talent events.
What AI is doing to what your organisation knows
The information organisations rely on is changing character. Documents that carry human signatures contain reasoning that originated in machine output. Formal reports become smoother, less specific, and harder to challenge. Richard's empirical research measured this shift across 150 corporate filings and found it accelerating.
For board audiences, risk conferences, and governance events.
Selected engagements
- —Salesforce — Masterclass for senior leaders on enterprise AI agents.
- —Telefónica — Keynote on AI strategy and organisational decision-making.
- —Henley Business School — Executive education on AI adoption and its consequences for leadership teams and MBA programmes.
- —Cranfield School of Management — Sessions for the Director as Strategic Leader programme on how AI adoption reshapes leadership judgement and institutional responsibility.
- —UK Parliament — Evidence and perspective on AI's effects on institutional decision-making and accountability.
Selected feedback
"Richard delivered a truly engaging and thought-provoking session at our Director as Strategic Leader programme. His ability to articulate complex concepts in an accessible manner made the session highly impactful."
"Richard has a very thoughtful approach to the important intersections of AI that allowed us to explore critical issues in a way that was both engaging and insightful."
"Richard skillfully gets to the heart of the matter."
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