A clear point of view
A focused talk that gives an audience language for the shift, practical questions to carry forward, and something worth discussing afterward.
Speaking · Panels · Podcasts
Thoughtful conversations about what AI changes—and what it doesn't.
I’m available for selected keynotes, panels, fireside conversations, podcasts, and public educational events. I bring a practical enterprise point of view, make technical shifts easier to understand, and leave room for the human questions that matter.
Christina AdamesAI strategist · Innovation designer · Speaker
Ideas in conversation
Grounded perspective, direct answers, and the ability to connect business, technology, and people without flattening the nuance.
Room to go deeper
A relaxed, candid exchange for audiences who want to explore the tensions behind enterprise AI decisions.
Useful, human dialogue
Engaging conversations about AI strategy, agentic systems, technology economics, innovation, and how work is changing.
Talk themes
Start with the question your audience is already carrying.
Each theme can be shaped for executives, technology leaders, practitioners, or a broader business audience. The goal is clarity people can actually use—not a parade of trends.
When AI Becomes an Operating Decision
Why the consequential questions begin after the technology works: where AI acts, what it touches, and how it earns trust.
The Reordering of the Enterprise Technology Stack
What changes when applications, agents, data, infrastructure, and human judgment stop behaving like separate strategies.
When Software Begins to Build Software
How agentic development shifts the center of gravity from producing code to designing the environment in which people and agents make decisions.
From Hours to Outcomes
A more useful way to talk about AI and work—one that centers value, transparency, trust, and what people should be free to do better.
The Hidden Economics of Enterprise AI
Why models, tokens, infrastructure, context, and the human work that remains all belong in the same value conversation.
What Technology Cannot Decide for Us
A grounded look at accountability, delegated authority, and the decisions organizations should be careful not to hand away.
Selected appearances
Ideas in public.
Published writing · CDWJune 15, 2026
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Scaling AI Without Scaling Costs Starts With Token Awareness
A practical look at token economics, model selection, governance, and the operating discipline required to prevent AI consumption from becoming uncontrolled cost.
Read on CDW ↗Influencer interview · CXO Spice2026
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What CDW + IBM Bob Reveals About the Future of Enterprise AI
A conversation with Helen Yu about modernization, institutional knowledge, cost architecture, and turning AI productivity into durable business capacity.
Watch the interview ↗Featured from CenteredJuly 15, 2026
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The Reordering of the Enterprise Technology Stack
Why the convergence of applications, agents, data, infrastructure, and human judgment demands a new leadership model—not another isolated technology strategy.
Read on LinkedIn ↗Christina AdamesEnterprise AI strategy
Speaker bio
Strategy, design, and a talent for making complexity feel navigable.
Christina Adames is an AI strategist and innovation designer who helps leaders connect emerging technology to real decisions about value, architecture, trust, and work. She serves as AI Strategy Lead for CDW’s IBM practice and brings more than 15 years across enterprise technology, product strategy, facilitation, and human-centered design. Her work has shaped more than 100 enterprise engagements and influenced over $50 million in opportunities.
15+years in strategy & design
100+enterprise engagements
2,000+workshop hours
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Independent appearances are educational and vendor-neutral unless clearly stated otherwise. Company-specific advisory work, customer briefings, workshops, and vendor-sponsored engagements may require employer review and written approval.