A Catalyst forNew Thinking.
Keynotes, interactive workshops, and expert facilitation on AI, innovation, and the future of work. Designed to spark real change for your team, company, or community.
A Trusted Voice on Stages Across Europe
As a speaker and facilitator, I blend technical depth with human-centered energy that moves rooms. Here to inspire, instill growth mindset, and celebrate continuous learning.
What I Bring to the Stage
Every talk starts with listening. Here’s how I approach each engagement.
Depth Without Jargon
My background spans software engineering, product strategy, and organisational design. I work hard to make AI accessible for both technical and non-technical audiences, so neither group feels talked down to.
Grounded in Practice
I only teach what I actively use: facilitating workshops, building products, coaching teams, solving real organisational problems. When I share a framework, it comes from hands-on experience.
Tailored to Your Audience
Every engagement starts with a briefing call. I shape the content, examples, and tone to your audience's role, industry, and vocabulary. No two talks are the same.
Keynotes & Workshops
Human Loving Machines: From Tool to Teammate
This talk offers a powerful, human-centric alternative to the common narrative around AI. We’ll explore the profound mindset shift required to move from simply using AI to truly collaborating with it as a creative partner, showing how our humanity is not being replaced, but amplified.
- Discover the difference between a ‘tool user’ and ‘co-creator’ mindset.
- Learn three practical frameworks for collaborating with AI on complex strategic problems.
- Understand how to use AI to augment creativity, not just automate tasks.
The AI Co-Creation Lab
A hands-on, participatory lab designed for curious audiences. Whether at a community meetup or an international conference, participants don’t just watch—they roll up their sleeves and explore the ‘AI as a teammate’ mindset through real exercises and live experimentation.
- Experience the shift from ‘AI as a tool’ to ‘AI as a creative partner’ firsthand.
- Apply advanced prompting techniques to a real challenge in real time.
- Leave with a practical framework and the confidence to keep experimenting.
Past Talks & Workshops
Sessions on craft, collaboration, and emerging technology. Different topics, one thread: helping people and teams think and work better together.
What is good code? Evaluating Code Quality
A hands-on coding dojo that moves beyond opinion to evaluate code quality using simple design rules and objective software metrics.
Software on the road: The Journey
A personal narrative exploring the intersection of radical minimalism, nomadic travel, and the core principles of software crafting.
What is (not) Software Crafting?
This talk demystifies the movement, exploring its history, key concepts like deliberate practice, and its vital role in building professional communities.
Tools, tools everywhere (Ruby)
A practical session walking through a curated set of powerful tools to amplify a developer’s talent and improve workflow using the Ruby programming language.
Confident Software Delivery
In a world where time-to-market dictates the success or failure of many companies, confidently and quickly releasing software isn’t a competitive advantage anymore. It’s a must-have.
The Art of Workshop Facilitation
Great facilitation isn’t about controlling the room. It’s about creating the conditions for collective intelligence to emerge. Over the years, some of the most powerful learning moments in my life happened inside workshops, and I carry that energy into every session I lead.
Techniques I Love
Liberating Structures
A repertoire of 33 facilitation methods that distribute participation more equally, so every voice shapes the outcome, not just the loudest. I discovered these hands-on through the Berlin Facilitation Community, who used them throughout our meetups. Learning by doing: the best way.
Teach from the Back of the Room
Sharon Bowman’s brain-based learning design: learners do 90% of the talking, writing, and doing. A tip I owe to Dan North, and it permanently changed how I design learning experiences.
Workshop Culture
Coined by Alison Coward (Bracket, London): the idea that great collaboration is a practice, not a one-off event. I attended one of her talks at Craft Conference 2018 in Budapest. That talk (and her awesome books) reshaped how I think about building teams that actually work well together.
Formats I’ve Run & Loved
Open Space Technology
Participants self-organize around the topics they care about most. I’ve facilitated and participated in Open Space events all over Europe. The energy in a well-run Open Space is unlike any other format.
Coderetreat
A day-long intensive focused on the practice and craft of software development. I participated in several Global Day of Coderetreat events across Europe, and co-facilitated the first Coderetreat ever in Asturias. Deliberate practice at its finest.
Full-Day Deep Dives
Some experiences are genuinely transformative. The full-day workshop “Psychological tips for problem-solving” with Linda Rising at Craft Conference 2018 was one of them. Her mastery of learning science and facilitation strongly influenced every workshop experience I’ve created since. Fruits and generous breaks are now a given in every workshop or training I facilitate.
Questions from Organizers
Everything you need to know before making the booking decision.
Keynotes (60–90 min), half-day interactive workshops, full-day deep-dive labs, and hybrid formats. I also do panel participation, fireside chats, and internal brown-bag sessions. We'll work out together what fits your programme best.
Yes, always. Every engagement starts with a briefing call to understand your audience's roles, industry context, and the challenges they're navigating right now. The content, examples, and tone are then shaped accordingly. No recycled decks.
Yes. I speak English and Spanish fluently and have delivered sessions across several European countries. If your event has a specific language requirement, mention it in your enquiry.
Standard setup: projector or large display, HDMI connection, slide clicker, and a lapel or handheld microphone. For interactive workshops: individual laptops or tablets per participant and a whiteboard or shared digital workspace. A full requirements sheet is sent on booking confirmation.
Ideally 6–8 weeks ahead for a keynote, 8–12 weeks for a workshop (customisation takes time done properly). That said, reach out even with shorter notice; if the dates work, we make it happen.
Attendees receive a curated resource pack (key frameworks, recommended reading, and reflection prompts) within 48 hours. Organizers get a brief session summary with suggestions for sustaining momentum inside the team.
Yes. Fees vary by format, audience size, and scope of customisation. Corporate events and conferences typically carry a speaking fee; community meetups, non-profits, and educational events are considered on a case-by-case basis. Transparency on both sides makes for the best partnerships, so reach out and let's talk.
For in-person engagements, travel and accommodation are typically covered or reimbursed by the organising team. I'm based in Europe and travel internationally regularly. Details are confirmed during the booking process.
Interested in Booking a Talk or Workshop?
Every engagement starts with a conversation. Tell me about your event, your audience, and the outcome you want, whether that's a keynote, a workshop, or a full facilitated experience.