Dynamic, provocative, intelligent, and highly informative perspectives on today’s most critical business and technology issues.

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Keynoting the SAS/JMP Conference ein San Diego in 2015
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"Phil is able to distill the complex to more tactical and strategic thinking, making his presentations not only entertaining but also operational."
—Lori H. Schwartz, Managing Partner, Storytech™

I have spoken about dozens of different work-, management-, data-, and technology-related topics throughout my career. This page provides information about my most requested talks, but I will gladly customize a topic for your team, conference, department, or organization.

The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace

Automation, generative AI tools like ChatGPT, blockchain, and other forces are profoundly affecting how we work—and what to do about it now.

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Proceed With Caution: The Promise and Peril of Generative AI

Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude 2 are all the rage, but how can we balance the pros and cons of generative AI in the workplace?

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Citizen Developers and the Future of Software Development

In this talk based on my book Low-Code/No-Code, I explain why citizen developers represent the future of business applications. It turns out that the future of coding is no coding at all.

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Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace

We’ve never been great at managing projects and launching products in person. Hybrid and remote work only complicate matters further. Fortunately, there’s a path forward. 

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Reimagining Collaboration and the Future of Work

A timely talk about how companies can turn the pandemic into an opportunity to overhaul their cultures, internal processes, and much more.

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How to Fix Business Communication

Thanks to loads of jargon and a tsunami of e-mail, how we’re working just isn’t working anymore.

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Becoming a Visual Organization

There’s so much data today. How do we actually understand it and make better business decisions?

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What Is Big Data?

It seems to be a really big deal, but how does our organization separate the considerable hype from reality?

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Agile Analytics

How can our organization quickly find meaningful insights in its data and act on them?

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How to Build a Culture of Analytics

What can our organization learn from the cultures of Amazon, Netflix, Google, and more? In this talk, I answer that question in spades.

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The Power of Contemporary Platforms

Understanding the most important and powerful business model of the millennium.

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