Your People Are Already Changing
AI isn't just changing workflows—it's changing how your people think, decide, and see themselves. Most organizations won't notice until it's a crisis: disengagement, confusion, quiet resistance, or blind adoption without reflection.
We help you see what's actually happening—and design for what's coming.
Through live experiences grounded in one of the world's only story-based research programs on the human experience of AI, we shift teams from anxiety to agency. Your people leave with a shared language for what's changing, clarity on how AI shapes thinking and identity, and the tools to stay the authors of their own minds.
AI isn't just changing workflows—it's changing how your people think, decide, and see themselves. Most organizations won't notice until it's a crisis: disengagement, confusion, quiet resistance, or blind adoption without reflection.
We help you see what's actually happening—and design for what's coming.
Through live experiences grounded in one of the world's only story-based research programs on the human experience of AI, we shift teams from anxiety to agency. Your people leave with a shared language for what's changing, clarity on how AI shapes thinking and identity, and the tools to stay the authors of their own minds.
This Isn't Generic
Most AI talks offer the same secondhand insights to every audience. We do something different.
We conduct one of the world's only story-based research programs on the human experience of AI—hundreds of hours of ethnographic interviews surfacing how people actually think, feel, and change as they work alongside AI.
And we don't just bring the world's experience to your organization. We bring your organization's experience to itself. Before we arrive, we conduct interviews across your teams—so your people hear their own stories reflected back, not abstractions from somewhere else.
The result: sessions that land because they're about the room, not just for it.
Most AI talks offer the same secondhand insights to every audience. We do something different.
We conduct one of the world's only story-based research programs on the human experience of AI—hundreds of hours of ethnographic interviews surfacing how people actually think, feel, and change as they work alongside AI.
And we don't just bring the world's experience to your organization. We bring your organization's experience to itself. Before we arrive, we conduct interviews across your teams—so your people hear their own stories reflected back, not abstractions from somewhere else.
The result: sessions that land because they're about the room, not just for it.
The Questions Nobody's Asking Out Loud
Your people are wondering things they don't have language for yet. Our keynotes surface what's already in the room:
AI & the Human Mind
"Am I thinking differently now—or is it just the tools?"
Something's shifting. Ideas come faster but feel thinner. Tasks that once took effort now feel automatic—and slightly hollow. Your people sense it but can't name it.
This keynote makes the invisible visible. Drawing on hundreds of hours of story-based research, we reveal the cognitive and identity shifts happening as people learn to think alongside AI. We explore what it means that the humanist era—centuries of humans at the center of meaning-making—is transforming into something new.
Audiences leave with language for what's changing, clarity on what's at stake, and the confidence to remain the authors of their own minds.
Collaborating with AI
"How do we actually work with this thing?"
Your teams are already collaborating with AI—they just haven't examined what roles they've assigned it, or what they've given up in the process. Some treat it as a tool. Some as an oracle. Some have quietly handed over judgment calls they used to own.
This keynote surfaces the hidden dynamics of human-AI collaboration. We help teams see the roles AI has slipped into, where human agency is eroding without anyone noticing, and how to design workflows that keep humans in the loop—not as a checkbox, but as authors of the work.
Leaders leave with a shared vocabulary for collaboration and a clear view of where to intervene before drift becomes default.
The Intimacy Economy
"What happens when AI knows us better than we know ourselves?"
AI is no longer a tool at arm's length. It's becoming a confidant—privy to your people's doubts, fears, half-formed thoughts, and private reasoning. We're moving from an attention economy built on distraction to an intimacy economy built on vulnerability.
This keynote confronts what most organizations aren't ready to discuss: the power asymmetry when AI holds the inner lives of your workforce. What happens to trust? To autonomy? To the boundaries between self and system?
Leaders leave unsettled in the right way—awake to the risks, and equipped to design environments where human dignity isn't a casualty of convenience.
AI & the Human Mind
"Am I thinking differently now—or is it just the tools?"
Something's shifting. Ideas come faster but feel thinner. Tasks that once took effort now feel automatic—and slightly hollow. Your people sense it but can't name it.
This keynote makes the invisible visible. Drawing on hundreds of hours of story-based research, we reveal the cognitive and identity shifts happening as people learn to think alongside AI. We explore what it means that the humanist era—centuries of humans at the center of meaning-making—is transforming into something new.
Audiences leave with language for what's changing, clarity on what's at stake, and the confidence to remain the authors of their own minds.
Collaborating with AI
"How do we actually work with this thing?"
Your teams are already collaborating with AI—they just haven't examined what roles they've assigned it, or what they've given up in the process. Some treat it as a tool. Some as an oracle. Some have quietly handed over judgment calls they used to own.
This keynote surfaces the hidden dynamics of human-AI collaboration. We help teams see the roles AI has slipped into, where human agency is eroding without anyone noticing, and how to design workflows that keep humans in the loop—not as a checkbox, but as authors of the work.
Leaders leave with a shared vocabulary for collaboration and a clear view of where to intervene before drift becomes default.
The Intimacy Economy
"What happens when AI knows us better than we know ourselves?"
AI is no longer a tool at arm's length. It's becoming a confidant—privy to your people's doubts, fears, half-formed thoughts, and private reasoning. We're moving from an attention economy built on distraction to an intimacy economy built on vulnerability.
This keynote confronts what most organizations aren't ready to discuss: the power asymmetry when AI holds the inner lives of your workforce. What happens to trust? To autonomy? To the boundaries between self and system?
Leaders leave unsettled in the right way—awake to the risks, and equipped to design environments where human dignity isn't a casualty of convenience.
Bring the Summit to You
A keynote opens a door. A summit walks through it.
For organizations ready to go deeper, we design and deliver a full convening—bringing the Artificiality Summit experience inside your walls. This isn't a keynote with breakouts bolted on. It's an immersive experience designed to create a shared turning point for your leadership.
We blend original research, guided inquiry, and collaborative exercises that surface what's actually happening in your organization as AI reshapes how people think and work. Your teams won't just learn about human-AI co-evolution—they'll practice navigating it together.
Leaders leave with more than insights. They leave with shared language, renewed clarity, and the kind of alignment that only comes from doing the work in the same room.
A keynote opens a door. A summit walks through it.
For organizations ready to go deeper, we design and deliver a full convening—bringing the Artificiality Summit experience inside your walls. This isn't a keynote with breakouts bolted on. It's an immersive experience designed to create a shared turning point for your leadership.
We blend original research, guided inquiry, and collaborative exercises that surface what's actually happening in your organization as AI reshapes how people think and work. Your teams won't just learn about human-AI co-evolution—they'll practice navigating it together.
Leaders leave with more than insights. They leave with shared language, renewed clarity, and the kind of alignment that only comes from doing the work in the same room.
Who We Work With
Organizations designing for who their people are becoming
What They Say
"With discussions around AI often centered on efficiency or technicalities, it was valuable to go deeper and discuss how it influences leadership, human systems, and organizational readiness."
— Brighid Kelly, Chief People Officer, Transpower NZ
"Helen and Dave delivered a uniquely engaging session that addressed AI's technical and moral complexity. Everyone came away more optimistic about the role AI will play in their business."
— Zazie Pence, The New York Times
“I have been involved in executive development and digital transformation for a number of years and can safely say that Helen and Dave's ability to make AI simple and accessible is outstanding. They break down technical barriers so executives can understand new strategic opportunities and the extent to which machines will change people and the way we work.”
— Paulo Pisano, Chief People Officer, Galp
"The fascinating thing about you is that you’re always at least two or three years ahead of what everyone else is talking about."
— Dave Copps, CEO, Worlds
“Helen and Dave have a unique understanding of AI technology, its business opportunities and its effect on people and society. They have a knack for pulling disparate pieces together in a way that helps people understand the bigger picture.”
— Kevin Delaney, Cofounder and Editor-in-Chief, Charter
“Helen and Dave sparked a candid and vigorous conversation among senior administrators from Oregon colleges and universities during their half-day session. While we've all been inundated with news reports and commentaries about AI, their presentation cut through the noise by helping identify key information and issues for these leaders to wrestle with.”
— Ben Cannon, Executive Director, Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
“Helen and Dave have a unique ability to describe what it means to be human in the age of AI. They prompt an audience to think beyond the technology and to consider how technology can be both humanizing and dehumanizing. They are masters in translating complex issues into compelling, relatable stories, and theirs was the first presentation about AI that reassured me that, yes, we can do this, a beautiful future is possible with AI.”
— Tim Leberecht, Co-CEO, The House of Beautiful Business
"With discussions around AI often centered on efficiency or technicalities, it was valuable to go deeper and discuss how it influences leadership, human systems, and organizational readiness."
— Brighid Kelly, Chief People Officer, Transpower NZ
"Helen and Dave delivered a uniquely engaging session that addressed AI's technical and moral complexity. Everyone came away more optimistic about the role AI will play in their business."
— Zazie Pence, The New York Times
“I have been involved in executive development and digital transformation for a number of years and can safely say that Helen and Dave's ability to make AI simple and accessible is outstanding. They break down technical barriers so executives can understand new strategic opportunities and the extent to which machines will change people and the way we work.”
— Paulo Pisano, Chief People Officer, Galp
"The fascinating thing about you is that you’re always at least two or three years ahead of what everyone else is talking about."
— Dave Copps, CEO, Worlds
“Helen and Dave have a unique understanding of AI technology, its business opportunities and its effect on people and society. They have a knack for pulling disparate pieces together in a way that helps people understand the bigger picture.”
— Kevin Delaney, Cofounder and Editor-in-Chief, Charter
“Helen and Dave sparked a candid and vigorous conversation among senior administrators from Oregon colleges and universities during their half-day session. While we've all been inundated with news reports and commentaries about AI, their presentation cut through the noise by helping identify key information and issues for these leaders to wrestle with.”
— Ben Cannon, Executive Director, Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
“Helen and Dave have a unique ability to describe what it means to be human in the age of AI. They prompt an audience to think beyond the technology and to consider how technology can be both humanizing and dehumanizing. They are masters in translating complex issues into compelling, relatable stories, and theirs was the first presentation about AI that reassured me that, yes, we can do this, a beautiful future is possible with AI.”
— Tim Leberecht, Co-CEO, The House of Beautiful Business
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