Bringing the examined life to your stage.
Not motivation. Not self-help. A conversation that leaves your audience seeing something they can't unsee.
The best talks don't inform. They disturb.
Every talk I give starts from the same place. The conviction that most people, and most organizations, are operating from a first draft they never consciously chose. A story assembled from convention, pressure, and inherited belief rather than deliberate authorship.
The work isn't to inspire your audience. Inspiration fades. The work is to make them see something with such precision that they can't go back to not seeing it. That's what changes behavior. That's what changes organizations.
I speak at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, identity, and narrative strategy. Whether the audience is a leadership team, a conference room, or an arena, the question is always the same. Are you living and leading from a first draft or a second one?
Three talks. One philosophy.
The First Draft Organization
How companies, like people, operate from inherited narratives that no longer serve them. The strategies, the positioning, the internal language — all assembled before anyone stopped to question whether they were chosen or just inherited. This talk gives leadership teams the framework and the permission to examine what they're actually building from.
Best for: Leadership teams, executive offsites, strategy conferences
Words as Architecture
The specific language an organization uses internally and externally is either building authority or quietly eroding it. Most companies treat narrative as a marketing problem. The ones commanding their markets understand it as an identity problem. This talk gives audiences a precise framework for auditing and rewriting the language that shapes their reality.
Best for: Marketing leaders, brand conferences, sales organizations
The Second Draft Leader
What the examined life looks like in practice for people carrying significant responsibility. The intersection of identity, authorship, and leadership at the highest level. For the leader who has achieved everything they were supposed to achieve and is quietly questioning what it means and what comes next.
Best for: Executive audiences, leadership development programs, CEO forums
Keynote
45 to 60 minute signature talk for conferences, summits, and large organizational events. Built specifically for each audience and context. Nothing off the shelf.
Leadership Offsite
Half day or full day immersive session for executive teams ready to do the actual work. Not a talk. A working session.
Workshop
90 minute to 3 hour interactive workshop for teams applying The Second Draft framework to their organization's specific narrative challenges.
Podcast Guest
Available for podcast appearances on shows aligned with the intersection of identity, leadership, psychology, and the examined life.
Producer. Editor. Director.
Five shows produced, edited, and directed across identity, culture, performance, and technology. Listed on IMDb. From intimate literary audio experiences to long form celebrity interviews.
View IMDb Profile ↗The Second Draft Podcast
The weekly essay read aloud
Habits of the Few
Reverse engineering exceptional psychology
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
A literary audio experience
Culture Raises Us
Long form cultural conversations
Hey Huzi
SaaS and society
Let's talk about your event.
Every engagement begins with a conversation. Tell me about your event and audience and I'll tell you honestly whether this is the right fit.