For executive and cross-industry audiences
AI Will Take Your Job
A practical leadership agenda for automation, work, and organizational choice.
Keynotes on AI and the redesign of work
Most companies are buying AI. The winners are redesigning work around it.
Jeff Schatten shows leaders where AI changes workflows, expertise, and decisions — and what to redesign next.
Associate Professor, Washington and Lee University · Author of AI Will Take Your Job · Advisor to executives, founders, and private equity teams
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Watch Jeff on stage.
Two complete keynotes. No sizzle cut.
The flagship keynote
The Company After AI
The tools arrive quickly. The organization does not.
AI rarely stalls because the software fails. It stalls because the company around it was built for another era. This keynote shows leaders which workflows AI truly changes, where the operating model will resist, and what to redesign first.
- Identify the workflows AI actually changes
- Locate the operating constraints blocking adoption
- Decide what must be redesigned first — and who owns it
The argument stays. The room changes.
The same keynote has been rebuilt for founders, investors, functional leaders, and industry conferences — and for the operating sectors where the change is most physical.
Delivered for
- Founders and entrepreneurs
- Private equity and portfolio companies
- CEOs of small and mid-size companies
- Sales organizations
- Marketing and creative agencies
- Industry associations and conferences
- Security and monitoring
- HVAC and field service
- Senior living
- Logistics and distribution
Named versions
For security companies
AI Has Left the Camera
Cameras are becoming operating intelligence. What must a security company redesign to sell it?
For HVAC and field service
The Intelligence Layer
AI makes expertise transferable — so every service call strengthens the next.
Don't see your audience? The flagship is rebuilt for the room every time — the sector versions above are simply the ones that have been named.
ESX · Opening keynote
Three ways to bring Jeff into the room.
Signature Keynote
45–60 minutes, built for an opening or closing general session.
Keynote + Executive Session
Add a 60–90 minute working session for 15–30 senior leaders.
Leadership Offsite
A half- or full-day engagement built around an executive team's operating questions.
Every engagement includes an organizer briefing, pre-event research, and industry-specific customization.
About
Jeff Schatten is an Associate Professor at Washington and Lee University and author of AI Will Take Your Job. His work sits at the intersection of AI, organizational behavior, and leadership, helping companies, founders, and private equity teams redesign how work gets done. His research appears in Leadership Quarterly and Negotiation Journal.
He wrote the book during a year in Barcelona, where he also tried stand-up comedy.
- Professor, Washington and Lee
- Author, Emerald Publishing
- Advisor to companies and investors
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AI Will Take Your Job
Emerald Publishing, 2025
A practical argument about work, automation, and the social contract.
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