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Jack P. Flaherty is a keynote speaker and executive advisor who helps boards and leaders govern how their people use AI. A former PwC Director with 25 years in digital risk and regulatory advisory, he delivers two keynotes, Spot the Ripple and The Decision Switch, and wrote the book.

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Jack P. Flaherty is a keynote speaker and executive advisor who helps boards and leaders govern how their people use AI. A former PwC Director, he spent 25 years in digital risk and regulatory advisory, 15 of them at the Big 4, in the rooms where technology decisions were made, defended and paid for. He has implemented, managed or audited every wave of change from mainframe to blockchain. He served as acting enterprise risk and audit leader for a $10B health system and led a board-mandated cybersecurity program for a $4B health system. He delivers two keynotes, Spot the Ripple and The Decision Switch, wrote The Decision Switch, and lives in Los Angeles.

Name on every program and slide: Jack P. Flaherty. Title: Keynote speaker and trusted advisor.

Keynotes

Two keynotes on governing how your people use AI.

Boards, C-suite teams, managing partners, PE and VC sponsors, and leaders in healthcare and financial services.

Spot the Ripple™The Hard Questions About How Your People Use AI

Health systems: deciding on new clinical technology when the board, the clinicians and the regulator each want a different answer.

Professional services: approving AI tools their clients will stand behind.

What the room leaves with: Three questions to ask before any technology decision: who owns it, what was it for, how will the board know it was a success. One first move for the week they get back. Short enough to repeat without a slide.

Keynote 45 to 60 min. Board briefing 90 min.

Full description

Executive teams, nurse leaders, founders and owners, PE and VC sponsors, and association and conference general sessions.

The Decision Switch®

Set the Direction. Stay on It. Versions for Healthcare & Nursing, Entrepreneurs, PE & VC, and Associations & Conference Audiences.

Gain a one-page decision record your team can use Monday: the decision, the owner, the goal, and the signal that says check again.

Keynote 45 to 60 min.

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Stage intro

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Our next speaker has spent 25 years in the rooms where technology decisions get made, defended and paid for. Fifteen of those years were at the Big 4, most recently as a PwC Director. He has been the acting enterprise risk and audit leader for a ten-billion-dollar health system, and he led a board-mandated cybersecurity program for a four-billion-dollar health system that closed its urgent gaps within a year. He wrote the book The Decision Switch, and he is here today with one idea that will change how your organization makes its next call on new technology. His keynote is called Spot the Ripple. Please welcome Jack P. Flaherty.

For The Decision Switch, swap the last two sentences: "...and he is here today to show you how a leadership team gets a stalled decision made and stands behind it. His keynote is called The Decision Switch. Please welcome Jack P. Flaherty."

Jack P. Flaherty speaking on stage

Jack is on a mission to increase productivity through technology while minimizing risk, enabling people to act upon ripples of change.

The book

The Decision Switch

Cinch & Stone Press. The method underneath both keynotes: seven principles that turn a stalled decision into one the team will stand behind. Bulk copies for attendees can be arranged through Jack.

About the book · On Amazon

The Decision Switch by Jack P. Flaherty, a stack of copies

Testimonials

In the speaker's own words. More on the Media page.

“Jack delivers a practical framework to keep you on track and lead you to the best outcomes.”

Charles Todd, Principal, Deloitte

“Jack brings high energy and dedication, along with a great personality and a sense of humor, which is often helpful when dealing with formal processes and operational change!”

Bill Lazarus, CTO, UCLA Health

“Jack converts the pain of making tough decisions into the pleasure of achieving your goals, through his proven framework.”

Jason Emmons, Partner, Baker Tilly

Contact

jack@jackpflaherty.com · +1 (310) 463-2018 · Los Angeles, California

AV requirements, travel details and anything not on this page: ask, and Jack replies within one business day.