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What We Must Never Give Away to AI!

MattOS: Why staying human keeps us relevant

AI isn’t intelligent - but it’s clever enough to change our work, and soon. We all know that jobs will shift, but what are the real stakes? Who thrives when those jobs evolve?

As it develops from the world’s best librarian, giving you answers, to a conductor of tasks, orchestrating tasks and people, we need to ask, ‘What will we keep to ourselves?’

I don’t argue against AI adoption. I just assume it’s happening. What I do advocate for is helping teams get clear about where it really adds value and where the risks lie if we blindly hand over our agency without understanding the costs.

This keynote explores the themes which don’t get the airtime they deserve - and why they make you, as a leader, more valuable in an AI-driven world:

Judgement

Our ability to stop, think and decide what actually matters in a real-world situation. “When does a human say stop - and why?” Judgement draws the line.

Stance

Knowing what you won’t compromise on, and being willing to slow things down when moving fast would do damage to people or the organisation; e.g. “I don’t let AI fire people without my involvement.”

Taste

Knowing when something works on paper, but doesn’t feel right for the moment. An opportunity to make a strong profit emerges, but people will hate us if we do it. Taste makes reputation.

Sense-making

Information is everywhere. AI floods dashboards with data. It’s up to us to say ‘this is why it’s happening, what matters and what we should do.’ Sense-making builds trust.

Responsibility

Being ready to own outcomes, even when AI has helped us make the call. “No one decided - the system did” won’t stand up in court, or parliament!

These aren’t soft skills. They’re MattOS - an operating system. When they’re missing, your teams will feel it.

Key Takeaways

You’ll know how to retain the best of yourself while implementing the best AI has to offer too.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Clarity on what to hand over to AI, and what to keep uniquely yours.
  • The confidence to say ‘this is my call’.
  • Skills to keep your bearings when leading both human teams and AI systems.

"Matt’s insights into why human engagement is essential for successful technological change have given us many new avenues to explore in how we talk about our work. His energy helped us create an original, thought‑provoking event that got the whole team talking. One of our best‑ever speakers – professional, polished and provocative."

Executive Vice President & Global Practice Lead
International communications firm

Brand New

Controlled ‘FIRE’

Find your way through the changes that impact your work, role and industry
and become a better leader by anticipating the early signals that matter.

This interactive keynote introduces the FIRE Framework, a repeatable approach for recognising early signals of change and turning them into opportunities. We’ll collaborate to anticipate change, interpret signals, and act confidently, covering:

Setting the Scene

Change is constant. Learn to spot it early, capitalising on opportunities instead of reacting to crises. I’ll introduce the early signals of disruption tailored to your industry, role, and market, helping you prepare with clarity. You'll leave with a clear view of upcoming shifts and where to focus.

Forecast: Spotting Early Signals

Learn to identify emerging signals of change, including AI-driven ones, both inside and outside your industry. This phase helps you anticipate disruptions instead of reacting to them.

Interpret: Challenging Assumptions

Explore how to interpret early signals for your team and business. Challenge assumptions and rethink strategies to stay ahead.

Realise: Aligning on Strategy

Align on insights and identify strategic opportunities from the signals, giving you clarity and a clear path forward.

Engage: Taking Action

Commit to one small, low-risk action to apply your insights. This will allow you to gather real-world data, making it easier to make informed decisions based on experience rather than intuition.

Key Takeaways

You’ll gain the tools to forecast, interpret, realise, and engage in the face of disruption. This session will help you turn uncertainty into clarity.

What You’ll Gain:

  • A complete understanding of the FIRE Framework and how it helps navigate disruption with confidence.
  • Practical tools to identify emerging signals and act on them.
  • A future-ready mindset to lead with confidence in a rapidly changing world.
  • A simple, repeatable process for making strategic decisions and engaging with disruption.

"I’ve listened to a number of futurists before, but I often walked away feeling like I hadn’t really learned anything. This experience was completely different. I was genuinely engaged throughout and have already made changes"

Stephen Swift
Ford

Leading the Future: Why Leading in the AI Era is So Different

Supercharge your leadership by adapting to an AI-driven world.

In this practical keynote, I’ll show you how to evolve your leadership style and mindset to succeed in an AI-transformed world. We’ll explore the skills and strategies that will help you and your team stay ahead, including:

Setting the Scene

AI is changing everything: workflows, expectations, decision cycles, and entire job categories. Together, we’ll walk through a simple timeline towards 2040, highlighting the major shifts and where attention needs to be focused. Jobs will evolve, some roles will disappear, and new ones will emerge. Our goal is clarity and direction, not fear.

  • The New VUCA: Redefining leadership in a world of Velocity, Unorthodoxy, Collaboration, and Agility. Learn how to navigate rapid change with clarity and confidence.
  • Human-Centred Leadership in the AI Era: Why empathy, active listening, and human connection are now essential leadership skills - and how to apply them properly.
  • Gen Alpha is Coming: We’ll prepare for the AI-first generation’s expectations and understand how they will impact culture and leadership.
  • Practical AI for Leadership: Learn how to integrate AI into your day-to-day leadership practice, from decision-making to automating tasks, in order to improve productivity and business outcomes. I’ll provide you with an iron-clad AI decision-making tool that simplifies everything, helping you make top-notch decisions faster and with serious confidence.
  • Antifragility for Leaders: Resilience is prized - but it only gets you back to where you were. ‘Antifragility’ approaches help you to ‘bounce forward’, to take advantage of circumstances rather than aiming for your last comfortable situation. We’ll look at how other organisations are embedding these principles into their DNA.

Key Takeaways:

You’ll get the tools to lead in an AI-augmented future, the judgement to balance tech with your own instinct and insights; and the adaptability needed to thrive in a dramatically changed business.

This session is packed with strategies to help you confidently lead your team through an AI-powered world.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Insights into leading with AI and embracing completely new leadership models.
  • Practical tools for developing critical skills like empathy, creativity, and adaptability.
  • A future-ready mindset to inspire and lead teams in an evolving workplace.
  • A clear decision-making AI tool that makes high-quality leadership decisions, clearing your headspace for leading your teams.

"Matt brought energy, insight, and fun to our AI week, engaging a global leadership audience of 400. His deep understanding of our business and culture ignited our teams', with many now actively pushing new frontiers. Highly recommended!"

Simon Duckett
CIO, Sonnedix

Future Ready for 2030: The Skills We’ll Need For Work

Supercharge your potential by fusing the AI and Human Skills needed to thrive in work.

Imagine a future where success isn’t about outcompeting AI, but in teaming up with it. In this forward-thinking keynote, I’ll help you, your organisation, and your teams prepare for the future. We’ll explore the mindsets, skills, and strategies that will help you thrive in a world shaped by humans working alongside AI, including:

  • High-speed Change: Why being future-ready matters more than ever.
  • An AI Pathfinder: Understand where AI is heading and how it can support your strategy, from creative capabilities to performing tasks on your behalf. Learn how to stay ahead with confidence.
  • Human Skills for the AI Age: AI already gives you cognitive superpowers. But the skills and traits that will make you truly superhuman in the AI era - communication, empathy, a willingness to get out from behind a screen - might need some more engineering. We’ll look at those here.
  • Human-Machine Teaming: Combine AI’s speed and precision with human creativity, ethics and emotional intelligence to unlock peak productivity.

Key Takeaways:

Gain the judgement to maximise the value of automation in some aspects of your life and work, while balancing it with areas where your highly attuned human skills are best used - with a resilient and future-ready mindset focused on adaptability and consistent growth.

This session is packed with insights and strategies to help you embrace the future with confidence.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Insights into the latest AI approaches and their impact on your industry.
  • Practical tools for developing future-ready skills and powerful human-machine partnerships.
  • An optimistic mindset for thriving in a world where tech amplifies what makes us uniquely human.

"I thoroughly enjoyed your session and haven't stopped talking about it to anyone who will listen (and even those who don't) 😀 The first thing I am packing for my vacation next week is your book. Can't wait to dig in deeper."

Cyndi Hunter
Director of Sales, United Airlines

You Can't Be Future Proof, But You Can Be Future Ready!

Practical strategies for thriving in an AI-driven world.

No one can predict the future, but you can be prepared for it. In this energising keynote, I’ll equip you with the insights, tools, and mindset to adapt, thrive, and stay ahead in a world where AI is changing everything. Together, we’ll look at how to use AI properly without sacrificing the human touch that makes you unique. We’ll overcome resistance to change and develop the skills that will keep you relevant.

Highlights:

  • From Generative to Agentic AI: AI isn’t just about content creation anymore. It will act independently - and empower everyone to achieve more. We’ll cut through the BS and make sense of it together.
  • Supercharge Your Productivity: Learn simple, effective ways to integrate AI into daily workflows - to save time, money, and hassle. I’ll show you how to get started fast and effortlessly move beyond Co-Pilot and ChatGPT.
  • Overcoming Resistance: Why do we resist new tools? Through stories (including my own), I’ll share practical approaches for creating a culture of curiosity and adoption that makes teams enthused, energised and productive; instead of fearful.
  • AI-Ready Your Work: As routine tasks vanish, we’ll focus on the future-ready skills AI can’t replicate: creativity, emotional intelligence and adaptability; and how to develop them for long-term success.
  • Preparing for Generation Alpha: Born into an AI-first world, this generation will bring new expectations to the workplace. I’ll show you how to meet their needs and harness their potential to work with you, not against you.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Practical Tools and Insights: Real approaches to integrate AI into your work.
  • A Future-Ready Mindset: Strategies to adapt and thrive as AI transforms the world of work.
  • Skills to Stay Relevant: How to develop creativity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence.
  • Takeaway Resources: Custom prompts and guides to move AI adoption forward in your organisation.

You Can't Be Future Proof, But You Can Be Future Ready! is designed to leave leaders feeling clear, confident, and equipped to navigate rapid change without losing what makes great leadership human.

"Matt O'Neill I am not given to being insincere, so when I say it was a fascinating, engaging keynote, you can be assured I mean it! Great job. I need to be more ‘mind fluid.’"

John Maguire
General Manager EMEA, SugarCRM

"Your session at our annual board strategy day made the whole team think again about some of the challenges facing us. The ideas it sparked have already led to new initiatives across the business"

Russell Atkinson
CEO, NAHL PLC

"Your content for navigating the pandemic was invaluable for our customers. Several of them remarked how they'd been able to implement your recommendations quickly into their businesses."

Scott Addington
Enterprise Marketing Director (UK), Sage