Keynote Speaker · AI, People & Change
Not applause that lasts until coffee. Answers that create change.
Most people ask how we use AI. The decisive question is a different one: who is shaping whom? Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Alexander Frank speaks about what technology consultants cannot observe – how people actually change under pressure, uncertainty and acceleration.
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“Who is shaping whom?”The question that stays in the room after the talk – and keeps working inside your organisation.
Why Prof. Frank
Not a tech speaker speculating about AI. A clinician who has observed change for 31 years.
Clinical depth, not slide-deck knowledge
Working in psychotherapy, occupational therapy and coaching since 1995 – many thousands of guided change processes. To know what AI does to people, you first have to know how people work.
The 180° Model
His own framework for lasting behavioural change, developed since 1999 at Humboldt University of Berlin and proven in clinical practice, business and the lecture hall.
At home with people in responsibility
Board members, entrepreneurs, executives – and students. Prof. Frank speaks the language of the C-suite and of the lecture hall, without bending either.
Interdisciplinary substance
Psychology, neuroscience, economics and business practice in one person: university professor, entrepreneur and therapist – not a compiled perspective, but a lived one.
The common thread
060° · 120° · 180° – why change succeeds or fails.
Every keynote follows the logic of the 180° Model: change needs three preconditions at the same time. If one is missing, any transformation – digital or personal – stays on the surface.
Need
The pressure is real: markets, technology, health. But pressure alone changes no one – it only exhausts.
Ability
Can people actually do the new thing? Competence does not come from tools, but from practice, recovery and mental energy.
Purpose
Only when people recognise a purpose in it does an initiative become a culture.
Keynote formats
Three talks. One core: the human being in change.
AI – People – Change: who is shaping whom?
What artificial intelligence does to attention, decisions and self-image – and how leadership prevents tools from rebuilding their users. The signature keynote for conferences, leadership summits and transformation programmes.
The 180° Model: change that lasts
Why 70 percent of change initiatives fail – and what need, capability and purpose have to do with it. Distilled from 31 years of clinical practice, translated to organisations.
ADHD & attention in the workplace
The underrated leadership question: how organisations deal with neurodiverse attention – from stigma to strength. For HR conferences, health days and leadership programmes.
Women in Management & Leadership
Competence was never the problem. The double bind, invisible work and the difference between mentorship and sponsorship – and what an organisation can change the next morning. Details of this keynote →
What your audience takes home
Tools, not wake-up calls.
- A clear model to test change initiatives – digital or personal – for their chance of success.
- The distinction between AI that strengthens people and AI that shapes them – with concrete criteria for everyday observation.
- Immediately applicable leadership impulses: energy, attention and purpose as management variables.
- A question that stays – and keeps working in the team long after the talk is over.
References
Stages Prof. Frank has spoken on.
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Fachhochschule Erfurt
and more
Framework
The key facts for your event.
| Duration | Keynote 45–60 minutes, optionally with Q&A or a deep-dive workshop |
| Languages | English and German |
| Format | In person (worldwide) or digital |
| Audiences | Boards & executive teams, leaders, HR & transformation, universities & foundations |
| Briefing | Every keynote is tailored to your industry, occasion and audience |
| Fee | On request |
Prof. Dr. phil.Thomas Alexander Frank
I look forward to our conversation – find out where working with me personally makes the difference. Since 1995 I have been guiding people as an executive coach, psychological therapist and occupational therapist – with the 180° Model I developed.
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