I build AI for the part of healthcare nobody photographs: freight, schedules, the loading dock. I've also explained it at public library branches to people who had never typed a prompt. I can do both for your room.
My job on a stage is to describe the present accurately to people who have to make decisions in it. I leave the predictions to others.
What these tools are good at, where they fall on their face, and how to use them without giving away your own judgment. Based on the book. No slides full of logos.
For anyone, including people who have never typed a prompt
I've watched good AI projects die in conference rooms, and the model was rarely the cause. A talk about what happens between the demo and the day people use the thing.
For executives and leadership teams
A hospital runs on trucks that arrive when they should. What freight and schedules taught me about where AI earns its keep, and why the patient never sees it.
For healthcare and operations audiences
A working session. Five moves from the book, practiced on your team's own work until they stick.
For teams of any size
I also do corporate workshops, faculty talks, bookstore signings, and book club Q&As.
“The machines got dramatically better in sixteen months, and the average workday did not.”
From Why I Revised My Book
A minute of me on why I wrote the book. If you're deciding whether to put me in front of your people, this is the fastest way to find out.
The book is built on five moves. I teach them in the workshop because people can still recall them on a bad Tuesday.
How to Use AI Without Losing Your Mind · Revised edition, 2026, in paperback and ebook · Audiobook of the first edition, read by the author
I wrote the first draft in a week. The next morning I watched my father's heart stop. He came back.
The book I finished afterward is about using AI, and about what you refuse to hand over to it. Twelve short rounds, a tool in each you can use that week, and a hype track for every one. Sixteen months later I rewrote it: the research is now in the text, every quotation is checked, and there are rules for using AI at work.
“Ryan writes like a coach in your corner, showing you how to work smarter without losing your mind!”S, Amazon review · Verified Purchase
“I was afraid, uneducated, and stubborn. Now I've downloaded ChatGPT, I know Claude exists, and I'm excited to make more of what I already am.”Jason Carbonneau, Amazon review · Verified Purchase
Each one stands on its own. The first is about using AI without losing your mind. The second is about leading yourself when AI can do the work. The third is about leading others when AI can do the teaching.
“Today I pulled into a Home Depot parking lot and cried.”
The first line of A Shelf, A Turtle, and a Quiet Victory. Read it →I taught myself to code. Since then I've run a web studio, run operations, built AI products, played music on Chicago stages, and written a book in a week.
I mention the range because it's the reason I can talk to an engineer, an executive, and somebody's grandmother about the same subject and be understood by all three.
Who will be there, what they're worried about, and what you want them to walk out with. I read every note and I answer them myself.