Phil Kirschner
Keynote Speaker: Future of Work Speaker & Organizational Strategist; Creator of "The Workline" & Leading Voice on the Chief of Work
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Phil Kirschner Biography
Phil Kirschner approaches work as a system — tracing the connections between technical, behavioral, and structural choices that determine how work gets done, where it gets done, and whether changes stick. Drawing on expertise across IT risk, change management, organizational design, workplace strategy, and AI adoption, his speaking helps senior leaders diagnose what their operating models demand and make decisions that hold.
Kirschner's 24-year career spans McKinsey & Company, WeWork, JLL, and Credit Suisse, with engagements across financial services, professional services, real estate, and government. His BS in Computer Science with an AI and robotics concentration (Washington University in St. Louis, cum laude) informs a practitioner's perspective on technology-driven work redesign. He is the author of "The Workline," a widely read future of work newsletter, and a LinkedIn Top Voice. Recent speaking engagements include the Society for Hospitality and Food Management, WorkSpaces, Tradeline, Independent Suppliers Group, and Culturati.
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Phil Kirschner Speaking Topics
Go around the room at any leadership offsite and ask who's responsible for how work actually gets done — not the strategy or the quarterly targets, but the daily experience of working inside the company. You'll get three answers from three people who rarely sit in the same room. HR will say people. IT will say tools. Real Estate will say space.
Nobody will say ""us,"" and the experience of work lives in the gaps between them.
Phil Kirschner has spent two decades inside these functions and across them, and the pattern holds everywhere: every large organization has a scattered network of people who've already figured this out and are doing the integration work anyway — Employee Experience, Digital Workplace, Workplace Strategy — with no mandate and no cover, holding the whole thing together with duct tape and favors.
This talk is about giving them a home. And giving the leaders above them a way to see the problem, name it, and take action.
Attendees leave with:
- A diagnostic lens for where the gaps live across HR, IT, and Workplace
- Language for the integration problem for improving Employee Experience
- Examples from organizations that built this on purpose
- A first step that works within existing structures
The office has been redesigned many times, from assigned desks to activity-based settings, from private offices to open plans. Most organizations emerged from the pandemic with a halfway-updated version of the last design and called it hybrid.
Phil Kirschner's argument is simpler and harder: the primary purpose of the modern office is social capital — the relationships, trust, and connective infrastructure that enable people and organizations to do their best work. Most offices generate the wrong kind. Team offsites and departmental retreats build bonding capital, the deep trust within groups that already work together. The cross-departmental connections that drive mobility, innovation, and organizational resilience get left to accident.
This session maps the evolution from the exclusivity-based workplace to the activity-based workplace to what comes next: a connectivity-based model built around purpose, proximity, activated community, and the choice architecture employees need to decide when showing up is worth it.
Attendees leave with:
- A framework for evaluating your workplace against social capital outcomes
- The four shifts that turn an office into a place people choose
- A way to measure return on connection, beyond occupancy data
- Practical approaches for building bridging capital into the physical and operational model
Most change programs fail at a predictable point — long before execution. Leaders announce the transformation, hand it to a project team, and discover six months later that the real barriers were never mapped, the right people were never in the right roles, and what everyone called ""the change"" meant four different things to four different functions.
Phil Kirschner has spent two decades running and studying large-scale work redesign. His diagnosis is consistent: organizations that execute change well do harder upfront work. They define the change precisely before asking anyone to implement it. They map the forces driving and blocking adoption — both functional and emotional. They recognize that by the time a leader announces a transformation, they've spent months processing their own concerns while employees are just beginning theirs. And they cast the right people in the right roles with the authority those roles require. This session packages that upfront work into a set of diagnostic frameworks any leader can apply.
Attendees leave with:
- The Four Forces model for mapping what is driving and blocking adoption
- A framework for defining the change with precision, before the project team is stood up
- A model for sponsor accountability versus task delegation
- A casting framework for assigning change roles that surfaces resistance earlier
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How much does it cost to book Phil Kirschner for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Phil Kirschner, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Phil Kirschner are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Phil Kirschner, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Phil Kirschner speak about?
Phil Kirschner is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Business Consulting, Futurism, Future of Work, Finance, Human Resources, Strategic Leadership, Corporate Strategy, Business, Motivational, Change Management and Corporate Culture.
Where does Phil Kirschner travel from?
Phil Kirschner generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
Who is the agent for Phil Kirschner?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Phil Kirschner for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Phil Kirschner for your next private or corporate function.
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AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Phil Kirschner or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
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If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
Phil Kirschner is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business Consulting, Futurism and Future of Work. The estimated speaking fee range to book Phil Kirschner for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Phil Kirschner generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Laura Putnam, Natalie Nixon and Kris Boesch. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Phil Kirschner for an upcoming event.
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Phil Kirschner Speaking Topics
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Whose Job Is the Job? The Case for Cross-Functional Work Design
Go around the room at any leadership offsite and ask who's responsible for how work actually gets done — not the strategy or the quarterly targets, but the daily experience of working inside the company. You'll get three answers from three people who rarely sit in the same room. HR will say people. IT will say tools. Real Estate will say space.
Nobody will say ""us,"" and the experience of work lives in the gaps between them.
Phil Kirschner has spent two decades inside these functions and across them, and the pattern holds everywhere: every large organization has a scattered network of people who've already figured this out and are doing the integration work anyway — Employee Experience, Digital Workplace, Workplace Strategy — with no mandate and no cover, holding the whole thing together with duct tape and favors.
This talk is about giving them a home. And giving the leaders above them a way to see the problem, name it, and take action.
Attendees leave with:
- A diagnostic lens for where the gaps live across HR, IT, and Workplace
- Language for the integration problem for improving Employee Experience
- Examples from organizations that built this on purpose
- A first step that works within existing structures
-
The Connectivity-Based Workplace: Reimagining the Future Office Experience
The office has been redesigned many times, from assigned desks to activity-based settings, from private offices to open plans. Most organizations emerged from the pandemic with a halfway-updated version of the last design and called it hybrid.
Phil Kirschner's argument is simpler and harder: the primary purpose of the modern office is social capital — the relationships, trust, and connective infrastructure that enable people and organizations to do their best work. Most offices generate the wrong kind. Team offsites and departmental retreats build bonding capital, the deep trust within groups that already work together. The cross-departmental connections that drive mobility, innovation, and organizational resilience get left to accident.
This session maps the evolution from the exclusivity-based workplace to the activity-based workplace to what comes next: a connectivity-based model built around purpose, proximity, activated community, and the choice architecture employees need to decide when showing up is worth it.
Attendees leave with:
- A framework for evaluating your workplace against social capital outcomes
- The four shifts that turn an office into a place people choose
- A way to measure return on connection, beyond occupancy data
- Practical approaches for building bridging capital into the physical and operational model
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North Star, Four Forces, Right Roles: A Change Practitioner's Playbook
Most change programs fail at a predictable point — long before execution. Leaders announce the transformation, hand it to a project team, and discover six months later that the real barriers were never mapped, the right people were never in the right roles, and what everyone called ""the change"" meant four different things to four different functions.
Phil Kirschner has spent two decades running and studying large-scale work redesign. His diagnosis is consistent: organizations that execute change well do harder upfront work. They define the change precisely before asking anyone to implement it. They map the forces driving and blocking adoption — both functional and emotional. They recognize that by the time a leader announces a transformation, they've spent months processing their own concerns while employees are just beginning theirs. And they cast the right people in the right roles with the authority those roles require. This session packages that upfront work into a set of diagnostic frameworks any leader can apply.
Attendees leave with:
- The Four Forces model for mapping what is driving and blocking adoption
- A framework for defining the change with precision, before the project team is stood up
- A model for sponsor accountability versus task delegation
- A casting framework for assigning change roles that surfaces resistance earlier
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How do I book Phil Kirschner to speak at my event?
Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Phil Kirschner for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Phil Kirschner, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Phil Kirschner or any other speaker of your choice. -
How much does it cost to book Phil Kirschner for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Phil Kirschner, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Phil Kirschner are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Phil Kirschner, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Phil Kirschner speak about?
Phil Kirschner is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Business Consulting, Futurism, Future of Work, Finance, Human Resources, Strategic Leadership, Corporate Strategy, Business, Motivational, Change Management and Corporate Culture. -
Where does Phil Kirschner travel from?
Phil Kirschner generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Phil Kirschner?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Phil Kirschner for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Phil Kirschner for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Phil Kirschner or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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