Mark DeVolder

AI’s biggest impact will not come from simply automating or speeding up individual tasks. It will come from changing how people, teams, companies, and entire industries work together. AI can connect information, people, processes, and capabilities that once operated separately, creating new ways to work and new sources of value. The opportunity is not just to make the old system faster or better, but to rethink and transform the system itself. It’s the difference between improving Blockbuster’s DVD rental business and creating Netflix’s streaming model.

"REWIRED" is a practical playbook for creating high-performing Human–AI Partnerships and reinventing how work gets done. Leaders will learn how to build AI fluency, rethink their roles, combine human strengths with AI capabilities, and help their teams adapt to new ways of working.

Keynote takeaways:

AI Fluency + Become a Dual Athlete: Why everyone needs AI fluency alongside deep expertise in their role, so AI becomes part of how people work, not something left to the technology team.

Rewire Human–AI Collaboration: How combining human judgment, creativity, and experience with AI capabilities can create greater value and new ways of working.

Build High-Performance Teams How psychologically safe, cross-functional teams can collaborate, adapt, and thrive as roles, workflows, and systems evolve.

Imagine a new way to change: unhurried, composed, and confident instead of the usual frenzy, chaos, and uncertainty. The Empowered Change strategy presented in this high-impact keynote equips participants to transform the pace of change and drive sustainable success by providing a clear roadmap for navigating the stages of change.

This program is perfect for leaders and teams in the midst of constant change who are:

• Going through organizational growth, such as mergers and acquisitions, leadership changes, restructuring, and digital transformation
• Navigating their team members’ reactions to the volatility, complexity, and ambiguity in their work and life (like frustration, anxiety, confusion, and fear)
• Feeling unprepared for their evolving roles and responsibilities or unable to change at the rate and pace needed to keep up with ever-increasing changes

After this intensely practical session, the audience will leave with:

• A Journey-map framework for understanding any change they experience
• A personal plan for confidently navigating the transitions between each stage of change
• The skills and mindset for boldly mobilizing through disruptive change to accomplish their objectives

In this transformative keynote, we explore the remarkable potential of diverse teams.

Rather than being hindered by differences, these teams achieve seemingly paradoxical success by embracing them. When teams rally around a unity of purpose while celebrating individual uniqueness, they ignite a powerful synergy that fosters belonging and empowerment through the whole team; the many become one. Through inclusion, equity, and diversity, those who were once excluded or marginalized can now contribute their distinct skills, abilities, and perspectives. The result? Innovation flourishes, problem-solving abilities soar, and exceptional performance becomes the norm. Ideal for leaders and teams who are:

• Seeking to empower a diverse and cohesive workforce
• Striving to adopt a transformational mindset to tackle modern-day challenges
• Teams facing engagement, collaboration, or well-being hurdles

Key Takeaways:

• Enhanced awareness and appreciation of both unique qualities and shared values among team members
• Empower team transformation by championing diversity, equity, and inclusion through inclusive leadership
• Practical frameworks for collaboratively navigating complex problems and generating creative solutions

Join us on this journey as we explore how embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion can propel your team toward unparalleled success and collective achievement.

Drawing from more than two decades of working with global industry leaders, Mark distills the secrets of effective change leadership into the five essential mindsets demonstrated by top leaders.

This program is perfect for leaders and managers who are:

• Leading significant organizational changes that require alignment, buy-in, and engagement
• Struggling to keep up with the constant evolution of work, including remote/hybrid work, digital transformations, and new business models
• Needing to adapt to, anticipate, and initiate disruption in their industry

During Mark’s high-octane presentation, your audience will learn how to:

• Avoid change-paralysis and develop change-ready thinking and behaviors
• Overcome decision-quicksand and make smart decisions faster
• Develop a leadership mindset for navigating themselves and their team through any change

This keynote empowers the audience to eliminate the mindsets and actions that extinguish motivation and enthusiasm and instead create life-giving opportunities to energize everyone every day.

This program is ideal for anyone in the organization who is:

• Navigating multiple changes in the organization, some happening simultaneously
• Experiencing change saturation because of the pace and rate of constant change
• Frustrated and stressed about having to do more with less while contending with unclear direction and communication

The audience will leave with:

• Tools for identifying which of their current behaviors build up and tear down engagement
• Strategies to increase engagement in four key areas: clarity, competence, influence, and appreciation