Practical AI speaking for teams that need more than hype.

AI speaking should help people make better decisions after the session ends.

A useful AI talk is not just a tour of new tools. Business leaders, managers, HR teams, operators, and internal champions need something more practical: shared language, realistic expectations, safe-use reminders, and a clearer sense of what to do next.

Edward Jacak, founder of Sixth City AI, and selected Sixth City AI team members may be available for speaking engagements, roundtables, internal learning sessions, and leadership briefings focused on practical AI adoption.

Typical inquiries include business group presentations, chamber or association programs, executive sessions, internal company learning events, manager briefings, and practical AI readiness conversations.

For speaking inquiries, contact Sixth City AI at 216.353.5150, email info@sixthcityai.com, or use the contact page with details about your audience, goals, timing, and format.

What Makes the Sessions Different

Sixth City AI speaking topics are designed for organizations that want to move past vague AI curiosity without jumping straight into a broad rollout, custom automation, or a new platform.

The focus is practical:

• Where can AI support real work?
• What should teams avoid?
• What guardrails do employees need?
• How should managers reinforce responsible use?
• Which workflows should be reviewed before automation?
• How can a small team learn through a governed pilot?
• What should leadership do before larger AI investments?

The goal is not to make AI sound magical. The goal is to help people understand where AI may be useful, where it creates questions, and what a responsible first step can look like.

Common Speaking Topics

AI Readiness Before Larger Investments

Many organizations are not ready for a broad AI rollout, but they are ready to ask better questions.

This session helps leaders think through readiness before committing to a platform, implementation project, or automation roadmap.

Topics may include:

• where AI curiosity is already showing up,
• which teams are most ready to learn,
• what policies or guardrails are missing,
• what workflows may be good first candidates,
• what data and context issues could slow adoption,
• and how to choose a bounded next step.

This topic is a strong fit for leadership teams, business groups, and organizations trying to separate practical opportunity from AI noise.

Responsible AI Use for Teams

Employees need clear guidance before AI use spreads too far.

A responsible-use session can introduce practical habits such as:

• using approved tools,
• avoiding sensitive information in unapproved tools,
• checking AI outputs before use,
• keeping human judgment visible,
• knowing when to pause or escalate,
• and asking better questions about higher-risk use cases.

This session should not be treated as legal, compliance, privacy, or cybersecurity assurance. It is practical education that helps teams understand the kinds of guardrails and review habits responsible AI use requires.

Prompting and Output Review for Real Work

Prompting matters, but output review matters just as much.

This topic helps teams understand how to use AI for practical work patterns such as drafting, summarizing, planning, comparing, organizing information, and preparing first drafts.

It also emphasizes that AI output should not be treated as finished work simply because it sounds polished.

Useful discussion points include:

• how to give AI better context,
• when to ask for structure,
• how to compare versions,
• how to review for accuracy and tone,
• when subject matter review is needed,
• and how to avoid putting sensitive information into the wrong tools.

Workflow Review Before Automation

AI automation is easier to overbuild than to use well.

This session helps teams understand why workflow review should come before larger automation or agent concepts.

Topics may include:

• where the workflow starts and stops,
• who owns each step,
• where handoffs create friction,
• what information enters the process,
• where human judgment is required,
• which outputs need review,
• and what should be clarified before automation is considered.

This topic is useful for organizations that are interested in AI agents or automations but have not yet reviewed workflow fit, quality standards, or governance needs.

Manager Reinforcement and AI Adoption Habits

Managers are often where AI adoption becomes real or stays vague.

This session helps leaders and managers think through how AI expectations show up inside team conversations, review habits, and normal work routines.

Topics may include:

• manager talking points,
• team discussion prompts,
• employee questions,
• responsible-use reminders,
• adoption check-ins,
• output review habits,
• and escalation paths.

The goal is to help managers support AI adoption without turning it into pressure, surveillance, or scattered experimentation.

Starting With a Governed AI Adoption Pilot

A governed pilot can help a small team learn through real work before the organization makes larger AI decisions.

This session introduces the logic behind a bounded pilot:

• learn practical AI use,
• practice on real work,
• reinforce guardrails,
• capture useful use cases,
• review adoption signals,
• and decide what should happen next.

This topic is a good fit for leadership teams that want AI progress but do not want the first step to become a company-wide rollout or open-ended implementation project.

Audience Fit

Speaking sessions may be useful for:

• chambers of commerce,
• business associations,
• executive groups,
• leadership retreats,
• HR and learning teams,
• operations teams,
• manager groups,
• internal AI champion groups,
• nonprofit leadership teams,
• professional services firms,
• and small or mid-sized organizations trying to build practical AI fluency.

The best sessions have a clear audience and a practical question. For example:

• “What should our leadership team know before expanding AI use?”
• “How do managers support AI adoption after training?”
• “What guardrails do employees need before using AI in daily work?”
• “Which workflows should we review before considering automation?”
• “How can a small team start with a governed pilot?”

Formats

Speaking engagements can take different forms depending on the audience and goal.

Possible formats include:

• keynote or featured presentation,
• panel contribution,
• leadership briefing,
• internal company learning session,
• manager-focused session,
• facilitated roundtable,
• practical workshop,
• virtual session,
• or event-based Q&A.

A presentation is useful when the group needs shared language. A roundtable is better when the value comes from discussion. A workshop or training session is usually better when participants need practice, examples, and feedback.

What a Speaking Session Can Do

A practical AI speaking session can help a group:

• understand AI adoption in plain language,
• separate useful first steps from hype,
• learn common safe-use habits,
• ask better readiness questions,
• see why workflow review matters,
• understand the manager role in adoption,
• and identify what support may be useful next.

A session can create shared language and momentum. It can also help leaders decide whether training, readiness work, workflow redesign, manager support, or a governed pilot is a better next step.

What a Speaking Session Cannot Do Alone

A speaking session is not a substitute for organization-specific implementation work.

Unless separately scoped, it is not:

• hands-on AI training,
• legal review,
• compliance review,
• cybersecurity review,
• privacy review,
• procurement review,
• custom GPT development,
• automation engineering,
• systems integration,
• company-wide rollout,
• or a guarantee of adoption, productivity gains, ROI, savings, risk reduction, or implementation success.

Those boundaries matter. A good speaking session should help people think clearly, not imply that a complex adoption problem can be solved in one talk.

Public Events and Recordings

Public event dates, registration links, recordings, or session materials should only be assumed when they are listed on this page or shared directly by Sixth City AI.

If no public event is listed here, this page should be treated as a speaking inquiry and topic page.

Organizations may still inquire about private sessions, internal learning events, leadership briefings, and facilitated roundtables.

How to Inquire

When you contact Sixth City AI about speaking, include as much of the following as you can:

• organization or event name,
• audience size and role mix,
• preferred date or timing,
• location or virtual format,
• desired session length,
• topic or learning goal,
• whether the audience is new to AI or already experimenting,
• and whether you need a presentation, roundtable, workshop, or training session.

You can contact Sixth City AI through the contact page, call 216.353.5150, or email info@sixthcityai.com.

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