Speaking, books, and appearances
I speak about leading complex change, enterprise orchestration, and building software in the age of AI agents — drawing on running Sensei Labs, advising Klick Health, and a decade of watching transformation programs succeed and fail. To book a talk, see Contact.
Talks
I’ve spent quite a lot of time on stage speaking about the same topics you’ll find on this site. We did an extended, global speaking tour in support of The Decoded Company, including these two:
- TEDx — How technology eats bureaucracy. Why the systems we build to manage complexity end up managing us, and what a technology-first alternative looks like.
- Future of Work — Survival of the Fastest. What if companies understood their talent better than they understand our customers? Applying the Decoded principles in a modern organization.
Book
- The Decoded Company: Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers (Portfolio / Penguin, 2014) — co-authored with Leerom Segal, Aaron Goldstein, and Rahaf Harfoush. A New York Times bestseller about using data and technology to build talent-centric workplaces.
Writing elsewhere
- Forbes — I’ve written several articles for Forbes.com, including:
- Transformation Transformed: Welcome to the Enterprise Orchestration Era (2022)
- Portfolio Orchestration: Private Equity’s New Superpower To Improve Value Creation (2023)
- Navigating Change: Transformation Trends In 2024 (2024)
- Mastering The Six Most Disruptive Enterprise Transformation Challenges (2025).
- More details on my Forbes author profile page.
- Sensei Labs blog (ongoing) — I regularly contribute to the Sensei Labs blog on topics like transformation, resiliency, M&A integration, and the evolving PMO, collected under Essays. See my Sensei Labs author profile page for the most recent content.
Podcast appearances
I make infrequent appearances on podcasts, generally on the topics of leadership, startups, private equity value creation, and enterprise transformation.
- Human Side of Business Podcast — Leadership Evolution: Growing Teams and Company Culture (September 2024)
- Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast — Optimizing Private Equity Success with Conductor · watch on YouTube (September 2024)
- Digital Transformation Podcast — Why Digital Transformation Often Fails (September 2024)
- Long-Distance Worklife — Weasel-Proofing Your Work: Navigating Digital Transformation in a Remote World · watch on YouTube (August 2024)
- StartWell podcast — How Sensei Labs Innovated the Future of Work with a Collaborative Office Space (August 2024)
- The Leadership Enigma — Survival of the Fastest: Embracing Speed in Leadership and Business (August 2024)
- The Decoded Entrepreneur — Unlocking Enterprise Orchestration with Sensei Labs (August 2024)
- EM360 Podcast — The Key to Successful Sustained Transformation (August 2024)
- The Leadership Podcast — Breaking Down the Default Energy of “No” (August 2024)
- M&A Talk — Unlocking Business Value with Technology (July 2024)
- Unlocking Your World of Creativity — The Magic of Big Data for a Highly Engaged Team (September 2022)
- Clearspace × Bold — How Company Culture Drives Real Estate Decisions, with Mark Goh and Caleb Parker (September 2022)
- Innovation Meets Leadership — On Minimal Loveable Products, with Natalie Born (July 2022)
- Midstage Startup Momentum — How to Keep Iterating in a State of Product-Market Fit, with Roland Siebelink (July 2022)
Councils and advisory roles
- Member, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
- Member, Forbes Technology Council
Boards
I’m currently exploring independent director and advisory board roles with companies building enterprise software, running large transformation programs, or becoming AI-native product organizations. If that describes your company, get in touch.