Keynotes on Human Effectiveness in the Age of AI

Help your audience understand what's changing. And what to do next.

Kevin Surace brings decades of firsthand experience in AI, innovation, and building what comes next to stages around the world. His keynotes help audiences understand the technology, see the opportunities ahead, and stay creative, adaptable, and effective as work continues to change.

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SMART. PRACTICAL. HIGH-ENERGY.

Kevin combines deep expertise in AI and innovation with stories, humor, and ideas audiences can actually use. The result is a keynote people understand, remember, and talk about long after the event ends.

Human Effectiveness in the Age of AI

One flagship keynote. A body of work built for what your audience needs next.

How do people remain effective when the world changes faster than they do? AI is changing the work. Innovation shapes what we build next. And our ability to stay curious, creative, energized, and adaptable determines how well we move through either.
Flagship Keynote

AI Will Replace Joyless Work

How the Best Teams Put AI on Draining Work, Freeing People for Judgment, Taste, Experience, Creativity, and Connection

AI is already changing the work. Kevin shows audiences how to identify the repetitive, draining work AI should take on, use the tools practically, and reclaim more time for the things humans do best: judgment, creativity, experience, and connection.

Generative AI

WHAT’S REAL, WHAT’S NEXT, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

Kevin gives audiences a current, practical view of generative AI, agents, automation, and the future of work — separating real opportunity from hype.

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

HOW TO BUILD WHAT COMES NEXT

Innovation rarely dies because people run out of ideas. More often, certainty becomes more comfortable than curiosity.

Drawing from decades of building companies and bringing new technologies to market, Kevin shows audiences how to challenge assumptions, experiment faster, and create room for ideas before they look obvious.

THE JOY–SUCCESS CYCLE

THE SCIENCE-BACKED PATH TO FULFILLMENT AND PEAK PERFORMANCE

We tend to treat joy as something that comes after success. Kevin believes we have the order backwards.

Joy is not the reward for success. It is the foundation from which success grows.

Kevin gives audiences a practical framework for building the energy, curiosity, purpose, and resilience required to perform at their best.

THE KEVIN SURACE EXPERIENCE

5 REASONS KEVIN WORKS SO WELL IN THE ROOM

01
HE’S LIVED THE IDEAS HE TALKS ABOUT.

Kevin has spent decades inventing technologies, building companies, and leading through the kind of disruption audiences are trying to understand now.

02
HE MAKES COMPLEX IDEAS EASY TO GET.

AI can become technical quickly. Kevin makes it understandable without watering it down, so everyone in the room can see why it matters to them.

03
EVERY KEYNOTE IS BUILT FOR THE AUDIENCE IN FRONT OF HIM.

Different industry. Different challenges. Different room. Kevin tailors the stories, examples, and takeaways to the people he is actually speaking to.

04
PEOPLE LEAVE WITH SOMETHING THEY CAN USE.

Kevin gives audiences more than ideas to think about. They leave with practical ways to apply what they learned to their work, teams, and decisions.

05
HE KNOWS HOW TO HOLD A ROOM.

Kevin is an inventor and entrepreneur, but he is also a lifelong performer. Expect storytelling, humor, energy, timing, and a speaker who knows how to adapt in real time.

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Beyond the Keynote

Built for the room
you're creating.

MAINSTAGE KEYNOTE
A 45–60 minute keynote for conferences, leadership meetings, and industry events.
KEYNOTE + EXECUTIVE Q&A
The mainstage experience followed by a candid senior-leader conversation on AI, talent, trust, and change.
KEYNOTE + AI WORKFLOW LAB
A hands-on, industry-specific session built around practical AI use cases and workflows.
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING / LEADERSHIP OFFSITE

A deeper conversation on AI reality, strategy, culture, talent, and Human Effectiveness for senior teams.

FIRESIDE CHAT / MODERATED CONVERSATION
CEO interviews, panels, executive conversations, and expert moderation.
BOOK BUNDLE + 30-DAY ACTION PLAN
Pair the keynote with copies of The Joy–Success Cycle and a practical plan to keep the ideas moving after the event.
For Meeting Professionals

Everything you need to bring Kevin to your stage.

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