Interactive AI keynote for executives, boards and leadership teamsShow AI, Don't Tell It

From Personal Productivity to Company-Wide Results

Your people are saving hours with AI. What is your business gaining? Turning individual breakthroughs into company-wide results takes leadership. Dr. Lisa shows your audience how to connect scattered AI efforts to business priorities, choose opportunities worth scaling and measure what changes. Grounded in her doctoral research and brought to life in her Wiley book, including Visual Dartboarding, this keynote gives leaders a practical method for moving from “look what AI can do” to “look what we achieved.”

From “look what AI can do” to “look what we achieved.”

For executives, boards and leadership teams. 45 to 60 minutes. In person or virtual. CE credit eligible.

“Unbelievably fantastic! Dr. Lisa named something I've lived but never heard anyone talk about. I took notes like crazy and walked away energized.”
Carla Blickensderfer, Global Strategy Center of Excellence Leader, AWS

The leadership question

Hours saved. What changed for the business?

Your people are saving hours with AI. What is your business gaining? Dr. Lisa shows leaders how to connect scattered AI efforts to business priorities, choose what is worth scaling and measure what changes.

WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE LEAVES WITH

  • They can distinguish individual time savings from measurable business results and identify what it takes to connect the two.

  • They know how to show what an AI initiative changed, why it matters and what deserves further investment.

  • They turn a room full of individual use cases into one shared direction.

Why Dr. Lisa

She wrote the book on making AI's value visible.

Former CIO, Gartner VP, Microsoft and Splunk executive, board director, Doctorate in Artificial Intelligence (2023), author of Show AI—Don't Tell It (Wiley, 2026), print and Audible.

Her doctoral research is the source. The book brings it to life. Today she builds with AI every day as founder and CEO of Neurocollective.

Dr. Lisa Palmer presenting on stage at Dell

Proof

“Unbelievably fantastic! Dr. Lisa named something I've lived but never heard anyone talk about. I took notes like crazy and walked away energized.”
Carla Blickensderfer, Global Strategy Center of Excellence Leader, AWS
“The continuous polling throughout your presentation was brilliant and kept folks engaged.”
Faith Hawley, Event organizer, Premier Connects
Cover of Show AI—Don't Tell It by Dr. Lisa Palmer, published by Wiley

The research, brought to life

Show AI—Don't Tell It (Wiley, 2026) brings Dr. Lisa's doctoral research to life for leaders who need AI's value to be seen.

About the book

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Keynote now. Shared direction next.

Keynote

In-person keynotes start at $25,000, plus travel. Virtual keynotes start at $15,000.

Every keynote includes a three-minute pre-event decision-style assessment so the keynote runs on attendees' own answers, a post-event report-out on how the audience decides with AI, delivered in a 30-minute video call with the host's executive sponsor, learning objectives and an outline for CE submission, and a book signing when the host orders copies of Show AI—Don't Tell It.

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Event planner materials

Headshots, speaker bio, intro script and CE submission materials. The Show AI one-sheets are available above.

Questions event teams ask

What does Show AI, Don't Tell It cover?
It helps leaders connect scattered AI efforts to business priorities, choose opportunities worth scaling and measure what changes. Your audience learns to distinguish individual time savings from company-wide results and show what deserves further investment. Details: https://drlisa.ai/show-ai-keynote.
Who is this keynote for?
For executives, boards and leadership teams. Leadership meetings, executive offsites, board sessions, client advisory boards and partner events. Works as a standalone keynote or as the opening session for an AI Adoption Engineering Level 1 cohort. Discuss your event: https://drlisa.ai/contact.
How does the keynote relate to the book?
Dr. Lisa's doctoral research is the source. Her Wiley book Show AI—Don't Tell It brings it to life, including Visual Dartboarding. The keynote brings those lessons to your audience so leaders can connect AI activity to measurable business results. About the book: https://drlisa.ai/book.
Does it qualify for continuing education credit?
The keynote is CE credit eligible and includes learning objectives and an outline for CE submission. The host or attendee confirms eligibility for their program. Request the session outline: https://drlisa.ai/contact.