Your Leadership Team isn't failing at AI.
They're firefighting.
They should be architecting.

Mike Weston helps SME leaders escape operational drag and build AI strategies that amplify excellence, not chaos.

Founder, Escape Velocity | Former CEO | BBC World News Pundit

You're trapped in a cycle you can't afford

• You're the highest-paid person solving the lowest-value problems

• Your AI initiatives create new fires faster than they solve old ones

• Your team asks 'what should we automate?' when they should ask 'what should we amplify?'

There's a reason this keeps happening.
And it's not what you think.

Three talks that rewire how leaders think about AI

The Indiscriminate Amplifier

Why AI doesn’t care what it makes louder. And why you should.

Every organisation is racing to adopt AI. Almost none are asking the question that actually matters: what are we about to amplify? AI will scale your best thinking and your worst habits with exactly the same enthusiasm. This talk reframes the conversation, from “what tools should we buy?” to “what’s worth making louder?”

45 - 60 min keynote | 90 min interactive session
Conferences, leadership summits, executive away days

Most Expensive Firefighter

The leadership trap that’s costing you more than you think.

You’re the most senior person in the building. And you’re spending your days solving problems that shouldn’t reach you. You know it. Your team knows it. This talk names the trap that keeps capable leaders stuck in operational firefighting, and shows why adding AI to a broken operating model just makes the fires bigger.

45 - 60 min keynote | Half-day workshop
Vistage groups, CEO peer groups, leadership teams

Silicon vs. Carbon

Why your AI transformation keeps failing. And where to actually start.

The technology works. The humans don’t. Most AI transformations fail not because the tools are wrong, but because the human systems they’re built on aren’t ready. Get the carbon right, and the silicon takes care of itself.

45 - 60 min keynote | 90 min interactive session
Corporate L&D programmes, conference tracks, board-level strategy sessions

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