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High-energy keynotes on AI, agentic AI and innovation. Delivered in person worldwide and as cinematic virtual experiences.
Keynotes built for business audiences, not technical ones
Shawn Kanungo speaks about artificial intelligence, autonomous AI systems and innovation, always to business audiences rather than technical ones. Twelve years advising Fortune 500 leadership at Deloitte sits behind every talk, which is why the content lands on decisions, org design and people rather than on how the models work.
He wrote The Bold Ones, ranked #5 on McKinsey & Company's Top Books on Decision Making, and is the first innovation expert with a streaming special on Apple TV and Prime Video. Forbes called him the best virtual keynote speaker they had ever seen.
Every keynote is rebuilt for the audience in front of him after a pre-event briefing call with your team. He speaks in person worldwide and delivers virtual keynotes filmed with a professional crew, not a screen share with slides.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Three ways in
AI Keynote Speaker
What artificial intelligence means for your business model, your people and your next three years. Built for mixed business audiences.
VIEW THE AI KEYNOTE →Agentic AI Keynote Speaker
For leadership teams facing AI that plans, decides and acts without a human in the middle. Strongest for executive and HR audiences.
VIEW THE AGENTIC AI KEYNOTE →Innovation Keynote Speaker
Why capable organisations keep losing to smaller, stranger competitors, and what it takes to make the decisions they avoid.
VIEW THE INNOVATION KEYNOTE →SIGNATURE KEYNOTES
The talks themselves
Seven keynotes, delivered in person or as a cinematic virtual production. Each one is customised to your audience and industry.
The book material, built for a stage. How disruptors actually operate, and how to borrow their tactics.
Four questions that decide whether a strategy moves an organisation or sits in a deck.
Why AI has changed the unit of leverage in business, and what that does to headcount, budgets and competitive position.
Built for public sector organisations navigating modernisation and AI adoption.
For executive teams: which decisions still need a human, and who answers for an action no employee took.
Why culture, not tooling, decides whether AI adoption sticks. Strongest for CHROs and HR leaders.
Why culture, not tooling, decides whether AI adoption sticks. Strongest for CHROs and HR leaders.
WATCH
See him on stage
The first innovation expert with a streaming
special
The Bold Ones, released on Apple TV and Prime Video in August 2023.
Watch the special →WHERE HE'S BEEN
Recent stages
Deltek ProjectCon
Denver · 2025
Read the post-event recap →Atomicon
Newcastle UK · 2026
Watch the keynote →IMSH
2006
Watch the keynote →TESTIMONIALS
What clients say
“One of the most charismatic and energetic speakers I have ever seen.”
“Our summit went very well, and Shawn's presentation was a major contributing factor.”
CLIENTS
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FORMATS
How Shawn can appear
In-person keynotes
45 to 60 minutes, delivered worldwide. Shorter 20 to 30 minute formats are available.
Cinematic virtual keynotes
Filmed with an award-winning crew in theatrical settings. The format Forbes was reviewing.
Workshops & breakouts
Extended sessions for smaller groups that need to leave with something built.
Fireside chats & panels
Moderated formats for senior audiences where dialogue matters more than a stage.
QUESTIONS
Choosing a topic
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DescriptioIf your theme is broad (change, growth, transformation, reinvention), start with the innovation keynote. If your rogramme is specifically about AI and your audience is mixed in seniority, take the AI keynote. If your audience is an executive team or an HR function already deploying AI, take the agentic AI keynote; it assumes a higher baseline and goes further into accountability and workforce design.n text goes here
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Yes. The topic pages are how the material is organised for browsing, not fixed products. Most events end up with a blend, decided on the pre-event briefing call once the audience and the event theme are clear.
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No, but they land harder with one. If most of your audience has not yet used AI tools in their day-to-day work, the AI keynote is the better fit and can still cover autonomous systems in the second half.
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Yes. He speaks globally, and international bookings are accommodated with appropriate lead time for travel. He is based in Canada, with two decades of work across North America, Europe and beyond.
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