Researcher, speaker, and strategist working at the intersection of AI, media, and governance.
AI adoption and governance, media literacy, disinformation, institutional trust, and the systems pressures reshaping how we lead, decide, and communicate. I bring these to conference stages, executive briefings, podcasts, and public commentary — and to the agricultural sector through The Future Herd, a podcast and leadership forum at the intersection of technology, policy, and farming.
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The media infrastructure most institutions built their public presence on is fragmenting. X, Facebook, and legacy media are losing coherence simultaneously while AI-mediated information systems are taking over. This talk maps what's replacing them — and how organizations can build credible, durable public presence in what comes next.
Agriculture is where AI confronts physical reality — soil, weather, labour, supply chains. The farm is the most honest test of what AI can and cannot optimize. This talk uses food systems to cut through AI hype and show what resilient, grounded automation actually looks like.
The strategic frameworks most organizations depend on were built for stable conditions. They are failing under accelerating change. This talk gives leaders practical disciplines for navigating genuine uncertainty — not strategies for avoiding it, but tools for making consequential decisions when the ground keeps shifting.
Every organization deploying AI is asking the same question: which decisions do we keep? The gap between what AI can do and what institutions know how to govern is widening fast. This talk gives leaders a practical framework for mapping decision authority, designing meaningful oversight, and building accountability structures before something goes wrong.
Bringing together farmers, policymakers, and technologists to think clearly about the future of agriculture. Hosted by Jesse at the intersection of technology, policy, and practice.
Institutional legitimacy and power in networked environments.
Decision frameworks for AI capability, risk, and governance.
Countering narrative manipulation and trust erosion.
Governing autonomous AI systems before they govern you.
Deciding which decisions to keep.
Earning credibility when authority no longer transfers.
Who constructs reality, and how.
The pressures reshaping what we grow, how, and who eats it.
A field guide to information warfare for non-specialists.
Building credible public presence after platform coherence fails.
What the farm reveals about what AI can and cannot do.
Practical disciplines for leading when stability is not coming back.
"Brilliant, ethical, and forward-thinking — I recommend him to any group that values deep insight." — CEO, Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada
"Engaging, thought-provoking, and absolutely fantastic." — Canadian Health Informatics Association
"Smart, grounded, capable of lifting complex ideas into actionable insight." — Chairman, Harris/Decima
"Speaks with energy and provokes lasting discussion long after the event ends." — Communications Consultant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
"Everything went very well… super smooth and very engaging." — Senior Program Manager, Local Government Management Association (LGMA)
"Deep understanding of modern society and technology." — Hon. Bob Rae
Exporttag (Vienna) (Keynote / conference session)
Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit (Talk / presentation)
ITUofT (conference session) (Featured speaker)
Digital Main Street Forum (Speaker)
Toronto Insurance Conference (Black Tie Dinner) (Speaker)
CPJ RPC 150th anniversary event (Speaker)
Agri-Food 2050 (Headline talk)