KEYNOTE SPEAKER BUSINESS EDUCATOR TECH STRATEGIST
Helping startups, non-profits and established businesses make sense of technology and make better decisions.
Tech talks should not leave you pumped up and empty-handed. I follow the research on how technology is changing your organization, people, customers, and your decisions. I help turn that research into practical next steps for your team.
I follow the paper trail so you don’t have to.
I spent over twenty years running my own technology business, then taught at the University of Missouri, where I directed the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In many ways, my job has always been the same: understand what is really happening, then help people see why it matters and what to do about it.
Today I follow the research on how technology works, how it’s being used, and what it’s doing to our organizations — and bring it back in plain language you can act on. Clarity over clickbait.
Substance and energy aren’t opposites.
I have spoken with hundreds of groups, including:
Three ways to work with me
Keynotes & Talks
What the research actually says about AI — the real story, without the hype or the doom. A talk your audience is still quoting next quarter.
Workshops
Using AI Well Workshops. The tools matter. How you use them matters more. A hands-on workshop for using AI effectively in real work.
Consulting & Special Projects
Entrepreneurship and innovation programs, built and run — from a two-day intensive to a multi-month cohort, in the US and abroad. Not another strategy deck.
★★★★★
"EXCELLENT speaker. Loved the content and how realistic it was. Wished it was longer, to be honest."
— Mizzou AI Staff Development Week
For years, my job as a professor was simple: read the research and make people understand the implications for work and society.
I learned two things. The answers organizations are looking for are often already in the research. And people don’t act on ideas they don’t remember.
I bring both together: real evidence, made memorable and useful.
Want results like these for your event?
Free Resources
Still don't really get blockchain?
Get the hands-on game that's helped audiences around the world finally understand how blockchain actually works. In multiple languages and free from Prof C.
Stop guessing about AI
Get the free guide that helps you tell real AI from hype, adapted from my book, AI: The Missing Manual.
Stop making million-dollar technology decisions based on the most confident forecast in the room. The evidence already exists. It’s just buried in papers written for other researchers.
J. Scott Christianson
“
subscribeA technology newsletter for non-techies.
Each month I share insights, resources and links to help you understand how technology is changing our world and the implications for society and you!
the latest from prof c
Want a keynote your audience actually remembers?
Let's have a 20-minute conversation about your event, your attendees, and the topics that matter most.