Straight talk on AI, governance, and leadership.
Keynotes, panels, workshops, and podcasts for government associations, leadership teams, and industry events. Practical, specific, and built around your audience.
Seven talks, tailored to the room.
Each works as a keynote, panel conversation, podcast, or hands-on executive workshop.
AI in the Public Trust
GovernmentHow cities, counties, and constitutional offices can adopt AI responsibly: where it helps residents and staff, where it does not belong, and how to stay accountable to the public while you do it.
AI Independence: Don’t Build on Someone Else’s Land
Government · ExecutiveWhy no organization, and especially no public office, should become captive to one AI vendor, and how to design for replaceability before convenience turns into dependence.
Access Is Not the Same as Control
ExecutiveA practical framework for leadership visibility, governance, routing, and cost discipline as AI spreads across every department.
Privacy Starts Before the Prompt
Government · ExecutiveYour employees are not your AI privacy strategy. How to protect records, case files, and sensitive data with policy and architecture, not just training.
The Agency That Agencies Use
BusinessLessons from building a white label partner to 750+ agencies: scaling through partners, confidentiality, and operational discipline.
1 + 1 = 3: Leading Through Debate
LeadershipBuilding leadership teams that argue productively, reach real consensus, and change course before the market forces them to.
The Rule of Sevens
LeadershipSeven years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes. A leadership framework for setting priorities with the clock running, and for deciding what actually matters this quarter.
Where I fit best.
- Government
- City and county commissions and managers, constitutional officers and their senior staff, and state and regional government associations
- Executive
- Boards, CEOs, and leadership teams deciding how far to trust AI with their operations
- Industry
- Agency owners, marketing and technology conferences, chambers, and business groups
- Media
- Podcasts, interviews, and commentary on AI policy, independence, and cost
On the mic.
A few of the conversations I've joined.
The Sevens: Putting Priorities in Perspective
The Rule of Sevens, and how it changes what leaders do with their time.
Listen Manage2Win · #121White Label Guru, Creator of the RAD Method
How That! Company moved to white label, and the RAD method for engaging employees and clients.
Listen Predictive ROI · Ep. 1005How to Increase Website Traffic Organically
Organic growth, brand presence, and the Exercise of the Sevens.
Listen LifeBloodWinning at SEO
The history of internet marketing, staying nimble, and why “why” matters most.
Listen The Daily Drive ShowHost
A business and marketing show for entrepreneurs, salespeople, and leaders, also aired on WQBQ 1410 AM.
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Short speaker bio
Ken Knorr is the founder and CEO of Buildtelligence and That! Company, and the architect of ThinkFreely, the AI operating layer organizations control. He helps cities, counties, and constitutional officers adopt AI they can govern, without handing their data, context, or budget to a single vendor.