Innovation & Leadership
Keynote Speaker
Eric gives leaders a proven framework to turn disruption into clarity, culture, and competitive advantage.
Experience Eric's Keynotes
Why Eric?
Leaders turn to Eric because he knows how to make complex change feel human and actionable. Drawing on global innovation leadership at Intel and his ACT Framework™ (Adapt, Connect, Translate), he helps teams see disruption as an opportunity instead of a threat.
Recognized as a 40 Under 40 leader and trusted by companies like Deloitte, Harry’s, and SHPE, Eric brings a proven ability to connect across cultures, industries, and career stages.
When Eric takes the stage, audiences walk away with clarity, confidence, and practical tools to lead with purpose in a fast-changing world.
The signature keynote. 45 to 60 minutes. Opening or closing general session.
Every technology shift in history has been announced as an ending. This one is being announced to your people directly, and most of them have not been told the part that matters: the era replacing the industrial one needs them more, not less.
This keynote moves a room from anxious to unmistakably useful. It draws on seventeen years of building automation from the inside, at a Shell refinery and then at Intel, and on the one lesson that experience teaches. Technology rarely fails at the silicon. It fails at the seam where it meets human beings.
Your audience walks out saying the same sentence to each other in the hallway: "I'd never seen it that way. This change can be led by me, not at me."
Best for: general sessions with a technical or operational audience, where the organizer needs the human question answered before people go home and decide for themselves what to think.
Building the Human Era
The same arc, built for your profession. 45 to 60 minutes.
Same core argument. Your language, your stories, your examples.
Leading Safety in the Human Era for safety and risk professionals; Leading Research in the Human Era for clinical and scientific research; Engineering the Human Era for engineering associations and technical staff; Leading Your Team in the Human Era for corporate leadership teams
Your audience hears their own work in the title. The custom layer is thin by design. The arc underneath is the one that has already worked in rooms like theirs, which is exactly why it holds up.
[Your World] in the Human Era
When you bring Eric to your stage, you get more than inspiration. You get a speaker who:
- Delivers a proven framework (ACT™) that teams can apply immediately.
- Bridges technology and humanity, making complex change relevant and practical.
- Customizes each talk so the message feels tailored, not canned.
- Activates lasting momentum, sparking conversations that continue long after the event ends.
What You Can Expect
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