I’ve spent much of my career studying how technology changes people and how those changes eventually reshape markets, organizations, and culture (or how it needs to). AI is accelerating and stressing that cycle in ways and speeds I have not seen before. This is why I keep one question close by. Are we using this moment to rethink what is possible, or merely to make what already exists faster, cheaper, or more efficient? It’s something to think about… When the…
The Web Has a New User: AI
For decades, we built the web for people. Now, AI is becoming a user too. It searches, reads, compares, summarizes, recommends, and increasingly acts on our behalf. That means the web is no longer just a collection of destinations for humans. It is becoming an intelligent layer where machines help decide what gets discovered, trusted, chosen, and acted upon. This is a much bigger shift than AI-generated content or the future of search. The web itself is changing. And as…
Brian Solis to Keynote BrokerTech Connect 2026
Innovation creates the most value when it moves beyond ideas and into action. That belief is shaping the content at this year’s BrokerTech Connect, where brokerage leaders, technology innovators, and industry changemakers will come together for candid conversations about what it takes to build the brokerage of the future. Brokers sit closest to clients and experience firsthand where processes break down, where technology falls short, and where better solutions could create meaningful value; however, too many industry conversations happen in…
Brian Solis Keynotes Western Digital’s Built to Win Sales Leadership Conference
What a wonderful experience! I had the opportunity to keynote Western Digital’s “Built to Win” Sales Leadership conference in beautiful San Diego. The message to explore “how to win” with AI as a force multiplier not an automator. Everyone received a copy of Mindshift too! What an unforgettable experience! Book Brian to keynote your next event! Read Infinite: How Visionary Leaders Transform Today’s Businesses into AI-Forward Companies.
AI Is Reshaping Business, Yet Most Leaders Are Investing in the Optimization of Yesterday
If AI is eating the world, you could also say that it’s also exposing leadership. The companies that win next will not be the ones that automate the fastest, but the ones that learn to imagine bigger. That’s how we’ll start this story. Also, my keynote is below if you’d like to jump straight to the video. At Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona, I talked about AI in a way that made some people nod, some people uncomfortable, and others…
CTRL-ALT-DEL: Rebooting Your Business in the AI RenAIssance
Florence has a way of putting ambition in perspective. You’re surrounded by reminders that the future is something people choose to design, even when the tools, materials, and models of the day feel limiting. That’s what I kept thinking about as I prepared for the Baker Hughes Annual Meeting conference in January 2026. I’m proud to share that they 10-minute keynote address is now online and I’ve included it below 👇 This is not Just a Future of Work Moment,…
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Beyond the AI Revolution: Why Many Companies Live in the Past [Keynote]
by Chris Killian, Home Care Innovation Forum When Brian Solis, Chief of Global Innovation at ServiceNow, futurist, and bestselling author, took the stage at the Home Care Innovation Forum, he began his talk by delivering a sobering quote from legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla. “Most businesses have no clue what is about to hit them in the next 10 years when most rules of engagement change,” Khosla said. Drawing from his decades of studying technological revolutions and writing over 60 research…
“We’re Not Building a Phone”: Steve Jobs’ Leadership Lesson for Reframing the Future
The beauty of this moment is that every one of us gets to be a leader of what’s next. Why now? Because the only playbook that exists is for yesterday. There is no playbook for tomorrow. No proven answers. No “best practice” to copy and paste. No “quick win” use cases that unlock new value. And that’s exactly the point. Right now, I define leadership in a simple (and slightly uncomfortable) way: a leader is someone willing to think differently…
Brian Solis to Keynote AI Summit: Agentic Singularity
Brian Solis will serve as the opening keynote for AI Summit: Agentic Singularity on December 9th. Registration is free. We’re moving from “AI fluency and reskilling” to “Agentic operational transformation and business innovation,” a shift that demands more than new tools; it requires a total organizational mindshift. Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow, argues that becoming truly AI-first means rebuilding the enterprise from the inside out…redefining leadership around imagination instead of efficiency, empowering mavericks who challenge “business as usual,”…
Keynote: Innovation Starts Where Certainty Ends
💡 The light bulb wasn’t the result of better candles. Think about that. Innovation rarely comes from perfecting the past, it comes from experimenting forward and eventually jumping to the next curve. In this short video, I share the story of how true innovation requires moving beyond what works to chase what could be. It’s uncomfortable. It’s risky. But it’s necessary. Iteration is safe, but finite. Innovation is bold, but risky. The future won’t come from enhancing what we already know. The future will come…