David Dean | Author & Keynote Speaker on AI, Leadership & the Future

David Dean speaks to organizations about understanding how AI is already changing work, judgment, and accountability.

David Dean Business AI Realist, Author, Architect

Upcoming Engagements

A collection of David Dean’s speaking engagements on the interplay between AI, legacy systems, and organizational behavior.

April 11, 2026 - AI and the Organizational Mirror

In this hashtag#ProductCampPHX presentation, based on his latest book, An Inbox Between Us, https://a.co/d/0bexGSNV, author and AI security and governance expert David Dean explores the new insights AI offers to the internal functioning of companies, and how we can make the most of this new potential.

April 16, 2026 - Behavioral AI: What AI Reveals When It Enters Real Work

As AI moves from experimentation into everyday operations, its biggest impact often isn’t technical—it’s behavioral. In this session, David Dean explores what becomes visible when intelligent systems enter real organizational workflows: how judgment shifts, how responsibility blurs, how risk gets distributed, and how accountability quietly changes hands.

May 21, 2026 - AI as a Mirror: Governance, Power, and the Behavioral Reality of Organizational Systems

The GETS Conference brings together leading scholars, policymakers, industry experts and practitioners to examine the complex governance, ethical and societal questions arising from emerging technologies and scientific innovation. The conference is premised on the belief that there is much to be learned and shared across disciplines that shape these rapidly evolving fields.

Bring clarity to how AI is changing work

David Dean helps leaders and teams understand how AI reshapes judgment, coordination, and accountability inside modern organizations—without hype, fear, or tool-driven agendas.

Author of An Inbox Between Us