Talks and seminars

Rooms that have heard the hype.

Keynotes and seminars for conferences, events, peak bodies, industry bodies and organisations that want one session with substance. Each is grounded in cognitive science.

One session that changes how a room thinks about AI.

Conferences and industry events
A keynote or seminar slot where the audience spans roles and industries, and the brief is to shift how the room thinks about AI rather than to show it a tool.
Organisations wanting a catalyst session
An all-hands, a leadership offsite or a team day: one session that opens the conversation about AI across a workforce, before or instead of deeper training.
Peak bodies and professional associations
Member events and professional development programs for people whose work runs on judgement, and who would rather hear from a cognitive scientist than from a vendor.

Who you’d be booking.

Dr Ryan Jesson · PhD, Cognitive Science, UQ

Talks are given by Dr Ryan Jesson, a cognitive scientist whose research is in how people judge and decide, and how they tell real insight from claims that only sound profound. You may have heard him on ABC Radio National’s This Working Life, or read him in Public Accountant and HRM.

His interviews and writing, on Team

Signature topics

Each topic is shaped for the audience it’s given to.

01
The imagination problem
Why AI adoption stalls, and what moves it.
The thesis, on Philosophy
02
AI and the human experience of work
Joy, meaning, and what the tools can’t replace.
The argument, on Philosophy
03
Capability that lasts
What durable AI fluency actually looks like.
The evidence, on The Science
04
Biases in the age of AI
The cognitive traps that distort how we use these tools.
The evidence, on The Science
05
The alluring intuition
Judgement when a machine can draft anything: why the answer that sounds right wins over the one that is, and how to tell them apart.
The argument, on Philosophy