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HumAIn First Keynote

The future of AI transformation starts with humanity, not technology.

A one-hour, eye-opening conversation that gives everyone in your organization a chance to understand AI, and its opportunities, from a completely different perspective.

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At its core, uncertainty is driving AI decision making.

Giving everyone AI chatbots isn’t helping either.

Leaders

“We’re going to lose ground.”

Decisions about AI get made from fear of falling behind, not from the right headspace.

Team members

“Am I going to lose my job?”

People hold back, protect what they have, and wait to see what happens.

When everyone is running scared, there’s very little room for innovation.

This keynote helps leaders see the value of putting humanity first in their AI strategy, and how fear, resistance, and outdated mindsets undermine people’s ability to do the best work of their careers.

AI transformation is
a people problem first.

  • 95% of generative AI pilots deliver no measurable ROI
  • 72% of U.S. workers don’t feel their job is safe from AI
  • 90% of workers use AI tools daily in their personal lives

People are confident with AI at home, and anxious about it at work. That gap is where transformation stalls.

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We’ve been there too.

As leaders, we’ve had the sleepless nights. We’ve stood at the crossroads in the middle of uncertainty and fear, and had to work our way through it.

This isn’t a lecture about tools. It’s our story, told honestly, to challenge conventional thinking about AI. A paradigm-shifting, refreshingly human experience.

“AI shouldn’t replace what makes us human. It should give us more opportunities to be human.”

One hour.
A new way to see AI.

45minutes

The Keynote

An eye-opening, refreshingly human conversation on why fear stalls AI transformation and how a people-first strategy moves it forward.

15minutes

Open Q&A

Your audience’s real questions, answered honestly by Frank, Moh, or both.

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Three main
takeaways.

01

Recognize the traps holding AI transformation back

Why organizations stall at experimentation, how fear and resistance undermine adoption, and why buying technology without preparing people creates the illusion of progress.

02

Rethink transformation through a HumAIn First approach

A People → Process → Technology framework that puts humanity at the center of change, reshapes beliefs through meaningful experiences, and builds the trust lasting adoption needs.

03

Move from experimentation to meaningful transformation

An introduction to the five Horizons of AI maturity: where your organization truly stands, and how to progress toward efficiency and automation without sacrificing the human experience.

AI Traps we cover during the keynote

Four traps
most leaders fall into.

01

The Hammer Looking for a Nail

Buying AI tools before identifying the real business problem.

02

The Big Bang

Waiting to roll AI out to everyone at once instead of experimenting in steps.

03

The Data Swamp

Believing historical data must be perfectly clean before AI can be used.

04

Falling Asleep at the Wheel

Accepting AI’s first draft as good enough and giving up human judgment.

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Who it’s
for.

For anyone who wants AI to start with people.

  • The executive weighing the stakesYou feel the pressure to move fast, and the weight of what AI could mean for your people, your culture, and your business.
  • The leader ready to get strategicYou’ve seen the experiments. Now you want a clearer, more intentional way to implement AI across the organization.
  • The team at a starting line, or a resetWhether you’re just beginning or regrouping after a rollout that stalled, you want to get it right this time.
  • Anyone who believes people come firstYou want an AI strategy that builds trust and makes room for people to do the best work of their careers.

Audience Outcomes

What your audience
walks away with.

Challenge conventional thinking

See that implementing tools is not the same as transforming an organization.

Identify the barriers

Name what keeps employees and leaders from embracing AI with confidence.

Assess readiness

Gauge where your organization stands against the five Horizons of AI maturity.

Prioritize human-centered opportunities

Cut low-value work and strengthen collaboration.

Lead with intention

Understand how experiences shape beliefs, behaviors, and the success of change.

The HumAIn First Framework

People. Process.
Then technology.

01

People

Build trust, challenge assumptions, and reshape beliefs through meaningful experiences.

02

Process

Rethink how work gets done. Remove friction and low-value tasks.

03

Technology

Apply AI intentionally to strengthen capabilities and unlock new possibilities.

Want to see where your organization stands? Explore the five AI Horizons →

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Your Storytellers

Mohammad Anwar
& Frank Danna.

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Mohammad Anwar
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Frank Danna
  • 30,000+ people reached per year
  • 200+ speaking events since 2022
  • 2X national bestselling authors

Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling authors who led their own company through a near-bankruptcy turnaround, then rebuilt their software business around AI.

Ready to put humanity first?

For conferences, leadership gatherings, and all-hands. Tell us about your event.

HumAIn First

A human-first approach to AI transformation.

Softway / Culture+

Contact: frank.danna@softway.com