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AI value isn't bought.
It's engineered.

AI keynote speaker and AI adoption advisor to boards and CIOs

Dr. Lisa helps boards and executive teams turn AI spend into measurable business outcomes — using frameworks built from doctoral research, not opinion.

  1. Here's what I see with enterprise AI: plenty of pilots, some even driving business value. But the results aren't repeatable.
  2. There's no internal discipline guiding predictable outcomes. The problem isn't the technology. It's that organizations haven't built the capability to drive adoption themselves.
  3. That's why I wrote my book and built the Bold AI Model. We partner on strategy, certify your talent, and give you the tools to scale AI success on your own.

Trusted by leaders like you

And Many More!
  • Dell
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Little Caesars
  • Splunk
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • Grant Thornton
  • New York Post
  • Carolina Panthers
  • Black & Veatch
  • Computacenter
  • Stewart
  • Seismic
  • Starburst
  • Ascent Resources
  • Oklahoma State University
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • Northeastern State University
  • SIM — Society for Information Management
  • CCISDA — California County Information Services Directors Association
  • Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association
  • Encartele
  • The Partner Masters
  • EFM Events
  • Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority
  • CP
Dr. Lisa Palmer on stage at Gillette Stadium

The 360-degree view

My unique value lies in having been a technology executive, buyer, seller, advisor, researcher — and now AI adoption book author and startup founder — giving me a 360-degree perspective on how to effectively leverage AI for measurable, high-impact business outcomes.

360°

view of Technology

  • Executive

    Ran the P&L

  • Buyer

    Bought the tech

  • Seller

    Sold the tech

  • Advisor

    Guided CIOs

  • Researcher

    Studied adoption

  • Founder

    Builds AI-native

Founder and CEO of Neurocollective — building the Six Sigma of AI Adoption.

  • Basel, Switzerland

    Led 36 global bank CIOs through AI planning, ensuring trillions in cross-country money movement. Sponsor: US Federal Reserve CIO

  • AI Adoption Engineering™

    Creator of the discipline: methodology, diagnostics, 4-level certification, and an MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, or Slack.

  • Doctorate in AI (2023)

    Practitioner-focused primary research, designed to inform practical action

  • Original research, not recycled takes

    46 enterprises across 8 industries, studied firsthand. 11 expert reviewers validated.

  • Former Gartner VP

    Executive Programs; hundreds of CIOs

  • Microsoft · Splunk

    Former executive leader, sales and field strategy

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As featured in

Featured in Financial Times, NBC Bay Area, Fox News Media, Global Finance, CIO, and Forbes

The thesis

“Identical technology produces different value depending on organizational capability.”

Proprietary IP

Named frameworks, not slideware

Trademarked, field-tested models built from primary research — not repackaged theory.

BALM

Bold AI Leadership Model™

A repeatable three-tier framework — Mindset, Strategy, and Action — for leading in the age of AI.

AIE

AI Adoption Engineering™ Certification

A certification path that moves practitioners from “pilot purgatory” to operational performance.

5AP

5 AI Success Pillars™

The empirical, research-backed foundation behind enterprises that get results from AI.

APF

AI Performance Flywheel™

A self-reinforcing engine that turns AI potential into sustained business momentum.

VIZD

Visual Dartboarding™

An interactive co-creation method that aligns stakeholders on high-impact AI priorities, fast.

PACE

AI Pace Style™

A behavioral diagnostic that aligns individual leadership styles with your organization’s position on the AI Performance Flywheel.

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