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Paul Gibbons is an AI adoption advisor, keynote speaker, and author of eight books on leadership and change. He turns the hardest question in the room — how do people actually change? — into a story your organization can act on Monday morning.

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Signature Talks — 2026

Five talks for the year AI stops being optional.

Built for boards, leadership offsites, and all-hands moments where the room needs more than a demo — it needs a way to think.

What AI Is Doing to Human Minds

Cognitive Atrophy vs. Creative Explosion

Does AI sharpen us or hollow us out? The research says cognitive offloading is making us dumber; the anecdotes show workers in some fields hitting 2–3x productivity explosions. Both sides of the evidence — and what leaders should do about the skills question everyone is quietly worried about.

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Enterprise Adoption

When Moving Fast and Breaking Things Generates ROI — and When It Just Breaks Things

Individuals are getting 3–5x gains. The enterprise sees almost none of it. Why? A four-box friction model — load-bearing, theatre, ritual, and turf-defending friction — and the leadership courage it takes to cut the three that don’t earn their keep.

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The AI Chief of Staff

Build Your AI Chief of Staff

Most of us can’t afford $300K a year for a chief of staff. Yet with AI, an ever-awake, professional chief of staff can be built in a few hours — learn how.

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Judgement Under Uncertainty

Volatility, Uncertainty, and Game Theory — What High-Stakes Poker Teaches About AI Strategy

For decades, poker has taught high-pressure decision-making with limited information — outcomes determined partly by the math of game theory, and partly by understanding how humans misprice risk.

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What AI Is Doing to Human Culture

The AI Backlash and the Polycrisis

Trust, work, meaning, institutions. Why the backlash is coming, what it means for companies deploying AI, and how to lead through it.

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Upcoming & Selected

Where to catch Paul.

Sep 2026Harvard Business School European Alumni Summit — AmsterdamNext
Dec 2025CultureCon Global Conference
2024MSIG Annual Strategy Conference
2019Aspen Future of Work Conference
2017Talks at Google
2016Microsoft Distinguished Author Program
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