Technology Futurist | Author | Keynote Speaker
Practical wisdom for an AI-shaped world.
Exploring how artificial intelligence is changing business, society and everyday life — and helping people understand the choices that will shape our future.
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Four Latest Releases. Pick the one written for you.
For Executives
The Executive's AI Strategy Handbook
Capability, Control & Cost
The three decisions that separate an AI strategy from an AI spending habit — written for leaders who sign off the budget.
For Merchants
The Second Customer
A Merchant’s Guide to Selling to AI Agents
Your next customer may be an AI agent shopping on someone’s behalf. How to be found, chosen and paid when the buyer isn’t human.
For the Curious
The Contradiction
Is Us
Essays on how everyone, and no one, is choosing our AI future
Everyone is choosing our AI future, one decision at a time. No one is choosing what those decisions add up to.
For Everyone
What to Hand
Over to AI
and What to Keep for Yourself
A practical guide for everyday life — the assistants, wearables and shopping agents worth trusting, and the decisions worth keeping.
Keynotes | Workshops | Webinars
Bring the wisdom to the room.
Every keynote can run as a one-hour talk, a half-day or a full-day hands-on workshop, tailored to your audience or event.
Keynote | 45 - 60 Min
The Contradiction Is Us
Everyone is choosing our AI future, one decision at a time. No one is choosing what those decisions add up to. A provocative opener for conferences that want the room arguing at the coffee break.
Also available as a fireside chat or panel lead.
Keynote | 45 - 60 Min
Capability, Cost & Control
Most AI strategies are a spending habit with a slide deck. The three decisions that separate organisations getting returns from those still running pilots.
Picking the right AI, not the latest
Controlling AI costs
AI Sovereignty that fits
The Long View | A Philosophical Trilogy
The Metis Imperative
The Metis Imperative is an expansive and ambitious project.
A unique, detailed and multi-disciplinary exploration of the long term changes facing humanity.
Examining the Promethean Convergence of AI, Robotics, Longevity and Resources, this collection challenges us to discover the wisdom (metis) to build the world we want.
About David
David Kerrigan is a technology futurist, author and international keynote speaker. He works with organisations to find practical applications for disruptive technologies, with particular depth in AI, retail, financial services, education and health. His books have been recommended reading on Stanford Continuing Studies courses on AI and autonomous vehicles.
Earlier Books
The Executive’s Agentic AI Handbook
The Executive’s Gen AI Handbook
Can a Robot Blow Out a Candle?
Meet Your Non-Human Colleagues
The New Acceleration
Life As A Passenger
When Humans Stop Shopping
Unlock Your Learning
Better Online Presenting
Virus Hunters
Your Phone Can Save Your Life
The EStars Classroom of the Future
The Metis Imperative:
The Opaque Machine
The Chronos Conundrum
The Atlas Burden