Speaking
Talks and workshops on AI,
learning, and the future of work.
Michelle and Brandon speak to HR and L&D audiences at conferences, corporate events, and leadership gatherings worldwide. Sessions range from keynotes to half-day workshops and can be tailored to your audience.
speaking@innovate-elevate.aiInnovate · Michelle Lentz
Speaker, facilitator, and explainer of complicated things.
Michelle helps audiences make sense of emerging technology without losing the human thread. Her sessions blend AI strategy, change management, and enough creative energy to keep the room engaged. Open to alternative time zones, travel, and international engagements.
Connect on LinkedIn"Michelle Lentz should speak on AI at all ATD conferences."
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"LOVED THIS SESSION! Michelle had such great ideas behind the use of AI ethically in L&D spaces."
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"Amazing. Practical and insightful and informative and engaging."
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Signature topics
AI strategy and enablement
How HR and L&D leaders can build AI capability across their organizations — from governance frameworks to practical fluency programs. Actionable and grounded in real implementation.
Humanizing AI transformation
A culture-centered change management framework for organizations adopting AI. Balances the urgency of transformation with the need to bring people along.
Critical thinking & AI
The human judgment skills that make AI actually useful — and how to develop them intentionally inside learning organizations.
Inspired instructional design
Creativity, copyright, and next-gen learning design. Fan-favorite sessions that blend unexpected cultural references with practical design principles.
Recent engagements
Elevate · Brandon Carson
International keynote speaker on leadership, learning, and the skills economy.
Brandon brings 25+ years of enterprise L&D leadership to the stage — with a coaching sensibility and a systems perspective that resonates with executive and practitioner audiences alike.
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Building the AI-powered workforce
Six strategic actions executive teams should take to prepare their L&D functions for the age of AI. Co-developed with Dr. Markus Bernhardt and grounded in enterprise experience.
Leadership development in a skills economy
How organizations are rethinking leadership development as skills-based talent models replace traditional career ladders. Practical frameworks for L&D and CHRO audiences.
From training department to capability function
The transformation required for L&D to earn a strategic seat — new scope, new stakeholder relationships, new ways of demonstrating value.
Executive coaching for the AI era
How senior leaders need to adapt their decision-making, communication, and team development practices as AI reshapes the workplace.
Recent engagements
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Earlier presentations
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We speak at conferences, corporate offsites, leadership summits, and virtual events. Sessions can be tailored as workshops ranging from 1–4 hours. Reach out with your event details and we'll respond within two business days.