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Megan C. Starkey giving the opening keynote at the Applied AI Conference, Saint Paul, November 2, 2026
Opening keynote, Applied AI Conference, Saint Paul RiverCentre, November 2, 2026

The signature keynote

Work, Reimagined

How Leaders Transform Organizations for an AI-Powered Future

AI is changing more than the work we do. It is challenging the assumptions about leadership, structure, and collaboration that have shaped organizations for generations. Yet many companies are trying to navigate this new era with the same operating models and leadership playbooks that created yesterday’s success.

Drawing on her work with Fortune 500 organizations and insights from her book, The Intelligence Organization: Nature’s Operating Model for the AI Era, Megan C. Starkey challenges all of us to rethink what work—and leadership itself—can become. She explores how organizations can move beyond rigid hierarchies and command-and-control thinking toward more adaptive ways of working, where intelligence is shared, decisions happen closer to the work, and people and AI create value together. Attendees will discover why thriving in an AI-powered future requires more than adopting new technology: it requires transforming how we lead, how organizations operate, and how to unlock human potential.

Audience
Executive teams, leadership summits, industry conferences
Running time
25 to 60 minutes; 90 minutes with workshop
Delivered
Opening keynote, Applied AI Conference, Saint Paul, November 2, 2026
Source
The Intelligence Organization, RBD. Press, 2026
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Title frame of the Work, Reimagined keynote deck
Megan C. Starkey on stage at the Applied AI Conference, November 2, 2026

The rare speaker who makes you rethink the problem, not just the solution.

"I see so many times companies struggling to put this together at an enterprise level — and that's where Megan comes in."
Megan Starkey delivering a keynote
Megan Starkey presenting at the Business Architecture Conference North America

What Megan speaks about

The state of AI, for HR and people leaders

What is happening at the frontier, translated into decisions an enterprise can act on this quarter: where the work goes, what HR owns, and what HR can measure.

Deck frame: the connection engine and the separation structure

New ways of working

Operating models and business process design for the AI era. Connectors networked across the organization. Decision rights with the people who know the work. Jobs unbundled into skills.

Deck frame: connectors networked across the organizationDeck frame: polycentric authorityDeck frame: jobs unbundled into skills

The method, with rigor

The frameworks from The Intelligence Organization: how to implement them, how to decide which way of working fits your organization, and how to score the decision before you make it.

Deck frame: the principles that shape how we work
Opening keynoteApplied AI Conference
70 C-level executivesODSC AI West roundtable, off the record
Leaders from Uber and SalesforceLeadership session, New York
6 VPs, 600 sellersAI for Leaders lab, W.W. Grainger
Minnesota Star TribunePublished commentary
20 research titlesThe Intelligence Center

Talks available

Three talks, by audience. Other talks and outlines on request.

Your AI Program Is Running on a 1946 Operating Model
AI and technology conferences, strategic AI tracks, non-technical30 to 45 minutes
AI Governance from Policy to Deployment: A Decision Rights Map, a Risk Classification Matrix, and a Pre-Deployment Review Checklist
Corporate counsel, compliance and privacy leaders, governance committees. Faculty session, Minnesota CLE (Minnesota Continuing Legal Education), November 202645 to 60 minutes; published course materials
Enterprise AI and the Workforce: What HR Owns and What HR Can Measure
HR and people leaders, SHRM chapters and conferences. Conference session, MNSHRM (Minnesota State SHRM Council), January 202745-minute keynote; 60 minutes with Q&A; 90-minute working session

Upcoming

Past

Bios, photographs and media contact: rbdco.ai/press.

From the keynote to the work

Each step teaches the frameworks at greater depth. Every room starts with the book.

  1. The book
    The frameworks in full. Signed copies for attendees, $55 each. Order copies
  2. Keynote, 60 minutes
    $2,500 · The argument and the frameworks, for the whole room.
  3. Keynote and workshop, 90 minutes
    The frameworks applied to your organization at the tables. Scoped on a call.
  4. Half-day executive session
    $10,000 · Your leadership team decides which way of working fits, and how to decide: the frameworks scored against your own use cases, people and data rules. Each leader leaves with an artifact from live work.
  5. Implementation
    Advisory and operating model work, scoped after the half day. Schedule a Conversation

Ideal for

  • Executive offsites
  • Board retreats
  • Leadership summits
  • Industry conferences
  • Internal innovation days

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About Megan

CEO & Principal Consultant of RBD. Author of The Intelligence Organization. Megan advises enterprise leaders on AI governance, organizational design, and transformation strategy across diverse industries.

Harvard Business School, Executive Education  ·  Commentary in the Minnesota Star Tribune

Megan C. Starkey

"A fierce challenger of the status quo and her work is top notch."

EVP & Chief Marketing Officer  ·  Fortune 300 Insurer

Published research

Enterprise AI Investment 2026 Outlook Beyond Alignment: How the Science of Intelligence Reshapes Enterprise AI Operating Model Design 5 Critical Risks to Enterprise AI Through 2027 3 Foundational Decisions That Separate the 6% Generating EBIT from AI Enterprise AI Tool Strategy: Embedded, Reasoning, and Specialized AI Compared Workforce 2030: Four Forces Reshaping Enterprise Talent Strategy

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