How leaders over 40 use AI to execute like an agency of fifty.
Chris Dessi reinvented his own career at 50, then drove $32 million in transaction volume with a team of five. This talk shows your leaders exactly how.
Keynote · Westchester Digital Summit
More tools, more headcount, more AI. That is the advice every room hears. After 27 years in tech, Chris did the opposite. He deleted what no longer served and drove $32 million in transaction volume with a team of five. In Fifty Hands he shows your leaders how to run the Delete Audit on their own operation, put agents on the work that remains, and execute like an agency of fifty.
The only way to win with AI is to delete it.
The lie of later. Chris at 50, the decision to reinvent instead of wait, and the fintech story: five people, $32 million. The room realizes the team they need is smaller than they think.
Why every AI rollout adds and almost none subtract. The Delete Audit on stage with a volunteer's real week. Delete, keep, hand to an agent. 93 days.
The operating model: judgment times agents. Twenty five years of pattern recognition is the asset. The agent is the hands. Three moves for Monday morning.
Conferences, association meetings, sales kickoffs and leadership offsites. Three acts, one live Delete Audit, one ask.
Built for Vistage, YPO and EO groups. Every member runs the Delete Audit on their own operation and leaves with one agent scoped.
Your team, your calendars, your systems. By noon the team has a delete list, a keep list and the first agent assigned to real work.
Also delivered as a fireside or with Chris as emcee, live or virtual. Audiences: sales kickoffs, leadership offsites, industry conferences, association meetings and boards. The Premortem Advantage and his TEDx talk, Vulnerability Works, are available on request.
Fee on request. Scope flexes, the talk does not.
"I've seen a lot of AI keynotes. Most are hype. Chris walks in with operator credibility. He's closed deals, run teams, and built companies. The room felt it immediately."
William Fischer, Global Learning Leader, Boeing"Chris has a unique ability to make complex AI concepts feel immediately actionable. Our team left with real tools deployed, not a deck to review."
Jacqueline Merl Bamman, Chief Human Resources Officer"I've known Chris for a long time and adore his work ethic, standards and passion."
Gary Vaynerchuk
Chris Dessi has spent 27 years building revenue in technology. He was part of the Buddy Media team acquired by Salesforce for $689 million, and as Chief Revenue Officer of a New York fintech he drove $32 million in institutional transaction volume with a team of five. He is the founder of Torque AI, a regular AI commentator on Fox 5 New York, a TEDx speaker who has keynoted in 7 countries, and the author of There Is No Tomorrow and ChatGPT for Profit, Volumes 1 and 2. Please welcome Chris Dessi.
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