Alison McCauley Featured AI Keynote Speaker and Best-Selling Author; Artificial Intelligence Top Voice

We are living in a remarkable era where everyone, regardless of background or experience, can leverage AI to enhance their creativity and cognitive performance. But what sets those who truly thrive with AI apart from others? In this talk, Alison reveals a simple yet powerful 3-step framework for transforming AI from a mere novelty into an indispensable thought partner. You'll gain a deep understanding of how to leverage AI for your unique needs and goals, enabling you to extract genuine value from these new "thought machines". 

Learn to accelerate learning, broaden your perspectives, and tackle complex challenges with the cognitive boost of AI. Become a more creative, adaptable, and capable thinker, freeing yourself to focus on your best work. This session will guide you in developing a path to not only leverage AI, but continually expand the benefits it brings to your daily life and work. You'll leave equipped with actionable insights to integrate AI thoughtfully into your daily routines, ensuring you achieve real, lasting value. Get ready to unlock the power of machine intelligence and elevate your potential beyond what you ever thought possible.

Discover how AI can become a true "team superpower" that amplifies collective intelligence and unlocks higher levels of performance. Learn battle-tested strategies for weaving AI into your team's creative and analytical processes, from enhancing decision-making to revealing unexpected insights that drive innovation. We'll explore how thoughtfully integrated AI can serve as a catalyst for deeper collaboration and expand your team's capabilities in ways that honor and amplify uniquely human strengths.

Navigate the cultural shift required to foster genuine human-AI collaboration at the team level. We’ll examine how to nurture an environment where AI enhances rather than replaces human judgment, where experimentation is encouraged, and where collective learning becomes self-reinforcing. Learn how pioneering teams are building "AI muscle" through structured yet creative approaches—from focused learning circles to collaborative discovery sessions—while developing the discernment to know when to lean on human insight and when to leverage machine intelligence.

Transform your team's relationship with AI from cautious exploration to confident integration through a proven learning journey that emphasizes responsible innovation and shared growth. We'll explore how to balance the pressure for rapid implementation against the need to build lasting capabilities, examining ways to accelerate learning while strengthening team cohesion. Discover how to help your team develop the nuanced understanding needed to thrive in an AI-enhanced future—creating a culture where technology amplifies your collective impact while preserving the human ingenuity that drives true innovation.

AI is poised to reshape business, but many leaders struggle to harness its potential. In this talk, we’ll cut through the noise with a practical roadmap to build your organization's AI capabilities. Alison will help your audience understand how AI accelerates change, how it’s different from past waves of digital change, and empower your teams to seize AI-driven opportunities that propel your organization forward.

With straightforward insights on AI development and strategies to build "AI muscle," this talk will equips leaders with actionable steps to confidently navigate the AI era. Ideal for executives ready to move beyond the AI hype, this talk provides strategic grounding and practical guidance in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Being human just got a lot more complicated. Artificial intelligence burst into our world with a disruptive force we're still struggling to comprehend. Sophisticated AI technology is now at the fingertips of anyone with an internet connection – upending long-held assumptions and raising profound questions across every sector.

"Being Human at the AI Crossroads" dives into this tumultuous journey, with stories and hands-on examples that examine what all this technology change means to us. Why is this happening now? What shape will change take? How do we forge a path forward? 

You’ll come away with an understanding of what AI change means, and a tangible path to navigate what's coming. We'll explore how AI can augment our human weaknesses, enhance our decision-making, and unlock new opportunities for creativity and innovation. And we’ll look at the ethical dilemmas, societal impacts, and the tradeoffs and questions we face as we stand on the brink of this new era. Whether you're a technophile, a skeptic, or somewhere in between, this talk will equip you with knowledge and perspective to navigate the evolving landscape of being human in the age of AI.

In this interactive talk, Alison shares her insights as a mom with a 30-year career at the front edge of tech to prepare yourself and your family for an AI-driven world. Artificial Intelligence is already reshaping our cultural landscape, unlocking a new “possible” and altering what drives success. But it’s also bringing us new problems we need to navigate, from deepfakes and disinformation to ethical concerns in education, shifting job landscapes, and even questioning our understanding of what it means to be human.

How do we guide our families? What do we tell our kids about how to succeed in a future where AI is ubiquitous? How do we stay safe in an era of deepfakes everywhere? Where should AI be used—and not used—for schoolwork?

With stories and frameworks, Alison helps you to understand the nuances of AI's integration into our lives. You’ll come away with practical knowledge to personally engage with AI, and ready to engage in meaningful discussions with those around you.