Speaking
Using Humor to Drive Innovation
Kirk's captivating presence, limitless creativity, and humor-driven approach to complex topics will leave your audience motivated, inspired, and buzzing with new ideas.
Disrupt or Get Disrupted: AI for Credit Unions
Every vendor is selling “AI-powered” something, and half your board thinks ChatGPT will leak the member database. Kirk cuts through the hype — where AI creates real member value, and how a regulated institution moves fast without a compliance heart attack. Fail-forward stories and a framework your team can use Monday morning.
Anti-Ordinary: Building It All With AI
From banking to a boutique winery to a stack of AI ventures, Kirk runs an anti-ordinary portfolio with an AI “secret bench” that drafts, decides, and delegates. A funny, fail-forward playbook for entrepreneurs and small-business owners who want 10x leverage without losing the human parts that matter.
AI, Meet Compliance
The scariest phrase in any business is “let’s just try this new AI tool.” Drawing on years building secure AI infrastructure and running a disaster-recovery company, Kirk gives boards and executives a funny, genuinely useful playbook for adopting AI without leaking data, tripping regulators, or ending up in a headline.
“Kirk recently spent time with over 30 members of our Leadership Team. He uses thought- provoking questions, industry-related examples, personal stories as well as data and information to make you truly think about the way you think, work and approach life. Two questions he wove into his presentation early on were, “What could you do that could make you uncomfortable?” and “What did you fail at last week?” Kirk has a style and way about him that is well- researched, thought-provoking and leaves you believing that yes, you do need to change and evolve to be relative in this industry, but he approaches it in a way that inspires curiosity and action vs. fear about the future relevance of our organization.”
David Larson, CEO, Affinity Plus Credit Union
