Kate Delaney Author’s Corner, Michael Earls interview, how to be human again in a digital world
Michael joins Emmy Award–winning broadcaster Kate Delaney on Author's Corner to talk about The Digital Compass — why speed without direction is just noise, what AI can't replace, and how to be human again in a digital world.
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Kate Delaney Author’s Corner, Michael Earls interview, how to be human again in a digital world
August 10, 2026
Michael joins Emmy Award–winning broadcaster Kate Delaney on Author's Corner to talk about The Digital Compass — why speed without direction is just noise, what AI can't replace, and how to be human again in a digital world.
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Know the Room, Own the Room: How Humor Keeps Leadership Human in the Age of AI
July 16, 2026
A conversation on humor as a leadership tool, empathy as AI's uncrossable line, and why "own the room, know the room" is the guiding principle Michael learned from a mentor years ago.
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Direction Over Speed: How to Stay Human in the Age of AI
July 11, 2026
A conversation on why direction matters more than speed in the AI era, the human side of change, and what AI can never replace.
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AI Pilots Fail Because Leaders Optimize Wrong
June 29, 2026
A conversation on why most AI initiatives never make it past pilot — and how direction, not speed, is what enterprise leaders keep getting wrong.
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What Happens to Humanity When Tech Evolves Too Fast?
September 16, 2025
A conversation on gratitude, grit, and growth — and how a "glass is always full" mindset turns technological disruption into opportunity.
Interested in featuring Michael Earls or reviewing his work?
Michael brings 20+ years of enterprise cloud and AI experience to conversations about leadership, clarity, and staying human in a world moving at machine speed.
Finding Direction in the Age of AI
A signature keynote on why AI strategy keeps stalling — and the framework leaders can use to align AI initiatives with real business purpose. Built for executive audiences, with stories from the field.
Why AI Initiatives Stall — and How to Fix Them
An honest, tactical session on the pattern behind the 70%+ of AI projects that never ship. Diagnosing the gaps in data, ownership, and clarity — and the small moves that get teams moving again.
From Cloud to AI: What Leaders Are Missing
Lessons from a decade of cloud transformation that most organizations are about to repeat with AI. The hidden cost of skipping foundations, and how to stage a modernization roadmap that compounds.
The Human Element in a Digital World
A talk for any audience working through change fatigue. How to lead people — not just platforms — through accelerating transformation, and why empathy is the new technical skill.
The Digital Compass — Four Directions for Fast-Moving Teams
The signature framework from Michael's newest book. North, East, South, West — four practical directions leaders can use to check whether their team is still pointed where they said they wanted to go.
For podcast appearances, interviews, panels, and speaking inquiries:
press@michaelearls.com