Keynote
45 to 60 minutes · Any audience size
A leadership offsite, an all-hands, a conference, a customer event. Chevelle tells the story, names what's changed, and leaves the room with one thing to do differently on Monday.
Workshop
90 minutes · Hands-on · Up to 30 people
Everyone practices. Not a lecture. People leave with prompts they'll reuse and clear lines for when to use AI and when to ask a person.
Book one, or pair a keynote with a workshop in the same day.
Keynotes
Leadership teams, offsets, conferences
AI Is Not a Typical Rollout: What Worked Before Won’t Work Now
Before Modern Workery, Chevelle led a Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout to 77,000 people and reached 93 percent adoption in two months. The playbook that got there looked nothing like a normal technology launch, because AI isn’t one. It changes every month. The best uses come from the people who know the work, not from the center. And people adopt it when someone they trust shows them it’s worth it. This talk covers what that rollout got right, what it got wrong first, and the three questions every leadership team should answer before the next license renewal.
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Pairs with: The Lead with AI workshop for your managers the same afternoon.
Managers, people leaders, leadership development
Lead with AI: Managing When the Work Changes
When AI does the first draft, the manager’s job changes. What to ask, what to check, what stays human. This talk gives managers a simple way to inspect critical thinking instead of just copy, practical guardrails they can repeat to their team, and a plan for coaching each person on AI week by week. Managers leave knowing what to try first and what good work looks like now.
Pairs with: The Lead with AI workshop, where managers practice it.
All-hands, team days, employee events
Your Personal Board of Directors: How to Use AI Responsibly and Effectively
Expert advice at your fingertips. The board advises; you decide. A practical, funny walk through how to assemble the right expert viewpoints, brief them well, check the advice, and spot the weak spots. People leave with a prompt they can use that afternoon and a clear picture of when to trust AI and when to walk down the hall and ask a person.
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Pairs with: The Personal Board of Directors workshop, where teams build their own.
Hands-on workshops
For managers
Lead with AI: Managing When the Work Changes
For managers who have to lead differently now and help their people start well.
What they practice
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How leading changes when AI does the first draft: what to ask, what to check, what stays human
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How to inspect critical thinking and judge AI content, not just copy it
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Practical guardrails they can repeat: what is safe to share, what needs a check, what stays off limits
They leave with: A simple plan for coaching their people on AI: what to try first, what good work looks like, and how to help each person get better week by week.
For teams
Your Personal AI Board of Directors: How to Use AI Responsibly and Effectively
Expert advice at your fingertips. The board advises. You decide.
What they practice
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How to assemble your board: pick the right expert viewpoints and give clear context
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How to brief your board well: ask clear questions, set what good advice looks like
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How to decide what to use: check the advice, spot weak spots, know when to trust it, get an hour back
They leave with: A simple plan for coaching their people on AI: what to try first, what good work looks like, and how to help each person get better week by week.
90 min
Each workshop, hands-on. Not a lecture.
Up to 30
People per session, so everyone practices.
Your choice
In person or virtual. Travel costs apply for in-person.
One session starts it. Champions keep it going.
New habits stick when a few people in each team keep helping others week after week. If you want what the workshop started to still be happening in six months, ask on the call how a champion network keeps it going.