Speaking Topics
What I talk about.
Four signature topics. Each available as a 20-minute keynote, 45-minute talk with Q&A, or half-day workshop with the diagnostic built in.
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Signature Keynote
The Five Patterns Running Every Business
The framework talk. Ownership, Clarity, Rhythm, Flow, Value — the five structural patterns running every founder-led business, why scaling makes broken patterns worse, and the diagnostic questions that surface what's actually breaking. Built for founder audiences, leadership conferences, and industry summits.
Founder Audiences
Conferences
45–60 Min
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Workshop
The Pattern Disruption Index — Live Diagnostic
Half-day or full-day workshop. Founders run the PDI™ on their own business, walk out knowing which pattern is breaking first, and leave with a structural priority list. Best delivered to peer groups, advisory boards, or executive networks of 8–20.
Peer Groups
Advisory Boards
Half-Day
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Industry Talk
Why Most $5M–$20M Businesses Are Structurally Unsellable
The exit-readiness talk. What buyers actually look at, why the gap between operating value and sale value is enormous, and the two- to three-year structural work that closes it. Built for M&A, accounting, advisory, and broker audiences.
M&A / Advisory
Brokers / Accountants
30–45 Min
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Origin Story
From Sparkie to CEO to Author
The personal story behind the framework. The trade, the COO seat, the CEO chair, the MBA, and what it took to name a discipline that had been hiding in plain sight. Designed for podcasts, fireside chats, and founder-development audiences.
Podcasts
Fireside
Founder Dev
