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This pivotal moment in history is compelling us to change our ways.

The stories we tell about the future feel hopeless.
Unpredictable forces demand that leaders transcend their limits.
Artificial intelligence can do practically anything — except care about the outcomes.
We are as gods, with our exponentially growing technologies, but nothing works as promised.

These aren't separate challenges—they're facets of the same large-scale historical transformation.

We’re in it, and we might as well get good at it.

I’ve spent my career exploring this transformation.

  • In The Age of Heretics, I described how business learned to rethink its practices.

  • In The AI Dilemma, Juliette Powell and I dissected the hopes and biases of the new technology.

  • In The Wise Advocate, my coauthors and I discovered the neuroscience-based high ground of strategic leadership.

  • In the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series, my coauthors and I conveyed the essence of organizational learning practice.

  • At New York University, I teach scenario thinking, responsible AI design, and content strategy.

Now I’m ready to help you see and navigate your part in it — and your organization’s potential.

Thought Leaders

I can bring your ideas to life and help your influence grow. I offer intensive collaboration, honest feedback, and an understanding of your voice, your goals, and the gaps you need to cross.

AI Leaders

I can help you develop the new habits that AI demands, using the tech to augment your abilities and make better choices. I can work with you and your team to develop your “inner game of AI.” (I am a certified auditor/advisor on the European Union AI Act.)

Change Leaders

I have a unique background in management thinking and practice. I can help you bring organizational learning and machine learning together to generate real change. I spent 35 years studying the first type of artificial intelligence: the business organization. (I am a certified coach with the Marshall Goldsmith stakeholder-centered coaching method.)

Offerings covered on this site:

AI Impact: Research partnership to develop applications for responsible technology.
(Includes free access to leading-edge software.)

AI Advisory: Helping you navigate the risks and opportunities.

Editorial Consultation: Specializing in business books that make a difference.

AI Leadership Course: Online seminar launching February 2026.

Coaching: Based on Marshall Goldsmith’s stakeholder-centered approach.

Speaking: Talks and podcasts

Scenario Planning: Look dispassionately at the factors affecting your business.

Ideas: Index to recent thinking and writing.

Books: