Paul Gibbons
FRSA
CO, USMany business are struggling with the people side of AI - culture, upskilling, ethics, and the future of work. Paul helps leaders understand and navigate the leadership challenges of AI deployment.
Paul returned to the speaking circuit in 2023 after leaving IBM, where he was their #1 thought leader in Talent Consulting - specializing in the future of work, and the human side of technology adoption.
He is the author of eight books, notably in 2025, Leading AI - Ethics, Culture, Talent, and Strategy; in 2015 The Science of Organizational Change became one of the top-five change management books of all time.
Paul gives keynote speeches on five continents and in three languages - his top four topics for 2025 are AI Agents, AI leadership and ethics, Exponential technologies, and Leading Artificial Intelligence.
In the 2010s, Paul was a professor of business ethics and leadership at the University of Denver, and before that, he was CEO of an award-winning leadership consulting boutique. Paul's consulting career started at PwC's strategy practice in London, and he left the firm in 2001, as one of its global experts on innovation and change management.
In 2007, he was named one of Europe's two "CEO-supercoaches" by CEO magazine, has been ranked #5 in the world on culture change, and has been featured in The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal.
He lives in Colorado with two young sons, and enjoys reading science, philosophy, and competing in the World Series of Poker.
Paul returned to the speaking circuit in 2023 after leaving IBM, where he was their #1 thought leader in Talent Consulting - specializing in the future of work, and the human side of technology adoption.
He is the author of eight books, notably in 2025, Leading AI - Ethics, Culture, Talent, and Strategy; in 2015 The Science of Organizational Change became one of the top-five change management books of all time.
Paul gives keynote speeches on five continents and in three languages - his top four topics for 2025 are AI Agents, AI leadership and ethics, Exponential technologies, and Leading Artificial Intelligence.
In the 2010s, Paul was a professor of business ethics and leadership at the University of Denver, and before that, he was CEO of an award-winning leadership consulting boutique. Paul's consulting career started at PwC's strategy practice in London, and he left the firm in 2001, as one of its global experts on innovation and change management.
In 2007, he was named one of Europe's two "CEO-supercoaches" by CEO magazine, has been ranked #5 in the world on culture change, and has been featured in The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal.
He lives in Colorado with two young sons, and enjoys reading science, philosophy, and competing in the World Series of Poker.
21st Century Innovation: Lessons from Google, IBM, Intel, and Shell
This talk first looks at the innovation track record of those giants and asks the question whether it is their internal innvation practices, or whether serendipity had a role to play.
Having examined their portfoilo, we ask what they do right (and wrong) - and which aspects of that can be emulated.
How to Change Your Habits, and How Habit Change Can Drive Culture Change
Fortunatley, the 21st century has seen some ground breaking research on habit change - and although research-based, some very practical tools follow from the research.
Lastly, we see that most...
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You will learn:
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- the pitfalls of naive use of analytics
- when to trust your gut, and when to trust a model
- when teams make better decisions than experts, and when not
- the...
Leading in a VUCA World: Five Megatrends that will Transform Business and Leadership
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Why Your Training Budget is Getting Flushed Down the Drain
In this talk, we explore why and specific strategies that make training more than just edutainment - and how real business results can be produced.
