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Workshops and Keynote Presentations

Mark Hurst has over two decades of experience leading workshops and delivering keynote presentations. Here are his current offerings.

“AI for Customers” presentation

This keynote or seminar presentation explores how companies should evaluate AI when considering new strategic investments and product launches.

Who the presentation is for:

– AI product managers
– Dev teams
– Executives with responsibility for AI-related products or services

Topics covered:

– Evaluating whether an AI is the right choice in a given use case
– Privacy pitfalls, especially with LLM (large language model)-based products
– How to think about claims of sentience in AI bots
– Future challenges in AI accuracy
– A simple ethics test for products using AI

Book Mark Hurst for this AI keynote: Email us at emailus@creativegood.com.

Mark Hurst speaking on stage.

Customers Included workshop

This half-day or full-day workshop is an interactive experience that explores the “customers included” approach to leadership, innovation, and product management.

Who the workshop is for:

– Product leaders
– UX teams
– Executives with responsibility for customer-facing products or services

Topics covered:

– Why customer inclusion is often the difference between success and failure
– Case studies of products that succeeded with customers included, or failed with customers ignored
– Strategies for designing and running customer research
– How to avoid multimillion dollar pitfalls encountered by Walmart, Ford, and others
– What to do when customers are wrong (since they are not “always right”)
– Interactive group exercises to practice ideation, and research, with customers included

Book Mark Hurst for a customer experience workshop: Email us at emailus@creativegood.com.

Mark Hurst speaking on stage.

Bit Literacy (keynote or workshop)

This keynote or workshop by Mark Hurst explores how teams can become more effective by embracing some foundational skills of digital management.

Who the presentation is for:

– Executives or managers leading teams
– Teams working with digital technology for communication (this is nearly everyone, today!)

Topics covered:

– Shifting from mere “productivity” to overall team effectiveness
– Improving team communications via email and other channels
– The importance of the action item
– Creating shared team practices for storage of files and deliverables
– Solving email overload
– Solving the problem of files like "presentation final final FINAL.ppt"

Book Mark Hurst for a bit literacy presentation: Email us at emailus@creativegood.com.

Mark Hurst speaking on stage.