With 25 years of experience delivering engaging and educational tech keynotes and trainings, Christina Kerley—known simply as “CK”—remains at the forefront of her field. Renowned for her boundless energy and relentless reinvention, CK is currently focused on: Artificial Intelligence (AI), The AI Reskilling Revolution, Spatial Computing, Web 3, and whatever’s coming next . . .
Christina Kerley’s Session Descriptions:
Why AI?
AI is the hottest and most hyped technology of our time–but it’s also the most misunderstood. Science fiction shows are frequently misconstrued as reality. Facts too often drown in a sea of fake news.
And AI’s astonishing growth only compounds the problem, as executives feel unprepared for how rapidly the world is reshaping all around them.
In “Why AI?” CK cuts through the confusion and converts the AI chaos into accessible, tangible insights for audiences. She answers the big questions, tackles the hot topics, and dispels the prevailing myths.
Structured in Q&A format to facilitate learning, CK explores a wide range of issues, including: What exactly is AI, and what are the real benefits and opportunities for businesses? Will AIs take all our jobs? How will humans compete against these super-brainy bots that require neither sleep, nor salaries?
Generative AI is this era’s killer app—but will it also kill-off fields like marketing and writing? Where will organizations find all the talent skilled in these cutting-edge technologies? What are the risks with AI, and how to guard against them? Which industries are getting AI right? Conversely, what can we learn from those that are getting AI (really) wrong? And more!
Bring in CK to provide answers to “Why AI?” and let her convert the AI chaos into accessible, tangible AI insights for your audience.
Creating a Curious Culture:
In this session CK makes a compelling case for curiosity to be at the core of corporate culture . . .
To be human is to be inherently curious: it’s how we learn, why we evolve, and what moves us outside of our comfort zones. And to succeed in the age of acceleration and AI, companies will have to (constantly!) push beyond familiar boundaries.
Culture isn’t what a company creates; it’s the shared values and priorities that comprise the company. And the power of curious cultures comes not from technology, but from an unending stream of questions, a commitment to continuous learning, and a spirit of relentless reinvention.
Curious cultures thrive on questions. While answers bring us to an end point, questions perpetually propel us forward. Even the quality of AI outputs (answers) is dependent on the caliber of Human inputs (questions).
Learning is truly the lifeblood of curious cultures. Especially since digital transformation isn’t a finite destination, but an ongoing journey of leveraging–and learning!–new technologies. And the refreshing of skills is particularly essential, given the rapid evolution of new roles, and job requirements.
AI Transforms The Future Of Work:
In this insightful session, CK explores how AI, Automation, and Robotics are transforming the Future of Work across: the emerging careers that humans will pursue; the rise of machine coworkers; and the essential competencies required for success.
Packed with examples, forecasts, and “aha-moments” this session is divided into 3 overarching impacts of:
Impact #1: New Careers: AI elevates human roles, and reshapes the nature of work that humans will engage in. As AIs take on more tasks that have historically been performed by humans they will “promote” people to work in different—and better!—roles and activities.
Impact #2: New Coworkers: Humans will transition from working on machines to collaborating with machine coworkers. This shift requires us to reframe our view of “human-machine teamwork,” and learn how to integrate AIs into the workplace ethically and efficiently to increase productivity, job fulfillment, and business outcomes.
Impact #3: New Competencies: A new era demands a new skillset—and this time reskilling is vastly different on two fronts: first, the skillsets needed will be comprised of BOTH technical literacy and emotional intelligence. And second, continuous learning has pivoted in priority to that of strategic imperative. After all, AI capabilities will continue to evolve, and human skills must keep pace.
Book CK today to start preparing for a vastly different workplace of tomorrow.
The AI Reskilling Revolution:
As we navigate an era marked by revolutionary developments in AI, organizations must recognize that the key to future success lies not solely in the technology itself—but in the human talent that engages with it.
Welcome to The AI Reskilling Revolution: a global movement addressing the unprecedented demand for new skills due to digital acceleration.
The numbers are sobering–and staggering! By 2025, 50% of employees will require reskilling, and could well skyrocket to 90% of the global workforce by 2030. And the cost of ignoring this reality may reach $15 trillion in lost GDP.
In this enlightening session, CK guides audiences through actionable strategies, real-world examples, and creative solutions to meet this historic moment.
Despite the rampant myths and misconceptions that dominate discussions about the “Future of Work,” the truth is nuanced. Robots are not here to replace us, but to augment our workforce. AIs don’t outsmart humans; they offer different types of intelligence that complement (and don’t compete with) human skills.
The real danger is not in human obsolescence, but in allowing our existing skills to become increasingly outdated.
As CK advocates, in this new paradigm employers need to take on the role of educators, skillsets must encompass BOTH technical literacy and emotional intelligence, and the cultivation of talent should shift from an option to a strategic necessity.
Most important, organizations must create a culture of continuous learning so that skills can constantly evolve. After all, just as AI technology will not remain static, neither can human skills. Engage with CK to begin developing your most precious natural resource: your talent.
AI Age Of Ideas:
Bring in CK to introduce the extraordinary era of Generative AI to your audience, and to illuminate how they can tap into these tools to delve into limitless possibilities and unleash their creativity.
Gone are the days when success was determined only by massive budgets and SEO-optimized campaigns. Now the power of the best ideas can overcome long-standing barriers to captivate and inspire audiences.
How? Through Generative AI!
Generative AI is a revolutionary force that democratizes the process of creation by making it accessible, affordable, and scalable. With its ability to “automagically” generate text, images, video, and music, these tools propel AI to new heights . . . marking the arrival of the Age of Ideas.
Moreover, these tools not only provide valuable resources but also offer creators the most essential element of the creative process: TIME for ideation, collaboration, and refinement. So let CK show your audience how there’s never been a better time to be creating, experimenting, and succeeding on the merits of their ideas.
AI’s HUMAN Renaissance:
Forget the polarizing AI headlines and provocative Hollywood Movies–CK paints a VERY different picture of life among the machines.
In “AI’s HUMAN Renaissance” CK shows audiences how AI won’t rob us of our humanity–on the contrary, it will help us to restore it. She illuminates how intelligent machines won’t de-humanize us, but rather they’ll enable us to re-humanize our strategies, customer experiences, and personal interactions.
As the world fixates on “The Rise of The Robots,” another phenomenon will emerge . . . but this time it’s a “HUMAN” Renaissance. This movement could easily be confused as an anti-technology campaign. Yet for humans, AI is friend, not foe. After all, the more tasks that people can automate, the freer they become to pursue their own projects and passions.
It may seem counterintuitive, but in a world brimming with intelligent machines, inherently human skills will actually soar in popularity. This shift arises from the historical scarcity of technological expertise. However, with the emergence of advanced AI systems, these gaps will be filled, allowing our unique “human-ness” to become a competitive advantage.
Hyper-personalization, and machine-to-machine insights, will lead to greater human-to-human interactions. Businesses should take note: When everyone has access to top-tier tech, you must also prioritize the Human Experience, as humans will be holding you accountable, too.
So let the rest fixate on the bots; CK will focus your audience on AI’s “HUMAN” value. You’ll learn why “human-ness” will be a feature (not a bug), how automation has always advanced us . . . and, why, in the AI wars, humanity will emerge the BIG winner!
More AI Programs (Contact us for full descriptions):
-Human + AI Collaboration
-Meet Your Modern-Day Assistant
More Talent Programs:
-Navigating the Talent Crisis
-The Expectation Economy
Christina Kerley’s Bio:
With 25 years of experience delivering engaging and educational tech keynotes and trainings Christina Kerley—known simply as “CK”—remains at the forefront of her field. Renowned for her boundless energy and relentless reinvention, CK is currently focused on: Artificial Intelligence (AI); Spatial Computing; Web 3; The Metaverse; and whatever’s coming next . . .
CK captivates (and keeps!) the imagination of her audiences. She’s headlined at scores of Fortune 500s, and trained thousands of executives, at companies like: Verizon, Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, E*TRADE, ADP, Best Buy, Bissell, TEDx, The United Nations, Neutrogena, The Ad Council, the ANA, the IAB, and more. For over a decade CK has been a highly popular faculty member at Rutgers Business School for Executive Education. Additionally, she has guest lectured at Stanford, Cornell, Vanderbilt, USF, Carnegie Mellon, and Northwestern.
In an era rife with disruptions and distractions, CK cuts through the chaos—providing leaders with foresight into the future while also focusing them on priorities for the present. To rally her learners around change, she adeptly places “humanity back into the center of technology,” by reframing innovations through a more approachable, less intimidating lens. While CK deserves acclaim for her charismatic personality, theatrical flair, and smart humor, it’s important to recognize her exceptionalism. Her extensive repertoire—a catalog of over 15 topics across more than 10 technologies—gives CK a breadth-and-depth perspective that few speakers in the industry can rival. But what truly sets CK apart is her extraordinary career narrative.
Throughout three decades of digital transformations, she has consistently embodied the spirit of relentless reinvention. CK has evolved and pivoted from: smartphones to smart things; apps to AIs; big media to social media; Internets to “Outernets;” devices to data; Web 2 to Web 3; and wearable to spatial computing. A creature of two spectacular contrasts, CK built her career in fast-paced NYC and moved to sun-soaked SoCal in 2020 (she travels between coasts quarterly.)
