AI keynote speaker · CEO, AI Potential
Keynotes and workshops that get your whole team using AI safely, and win back close to a working day every week.
I don't speak tech. I talk about the practical problems AI can solve in your team's day-to-day work, in plain English.
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The British Chambers of Commerce have booked me four times in a year
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Most of your people have tried AI. Some use it for emails and stop there. Some haven't started. This talk gets all of them using it in their real work, safely.
A piece of work used to take my team four to six weeks. In March 2023 we tried ChatGPT on it. Under an hour, and the worst bit - I always hate saying this - it was better than us.
So yes, I get the fear. I've felt it too.
Since then I've stood in rooms from the Department for Business and Trade to a Fortune 100 pharma company, and it's the same every time. People shrug it off, then worry about their jobs, then use it in secret and hope nobody asks. Even the keen ones get stuck as heavy users, not advanced users. They're not the same thing.
This talk is about people. What to ask for, why you should talk to your robots, and why your most experienced people have the biggest advantage of all.
Lazy AI does the thinking for you. Good AI makes you better at your job. Your people leave knowing the difference.
Booked for company-wide events, leadership away days, member organisations and client conferences.
My story, then what your people do differently on Monday. 30 to 60 minutes.
Your people use AI on their own work, in the room, with me alongside them. 90 minutes to a full day.
Straight answers to what your audience wants to know about AI and their jobs.
Across the UK and Europe, or online. Every session is shaped around your audience.
These match our AI Potential prices. See every package on AI Potential.
Results
A Net Promoter Score above 70 counts as world class.
Keynote for a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company's international summit. All 23 respondents scored 8 to 10.
Leadership session for Brodheim in Portugal.
Back per person, every week. Six to eight hours, measured from the work itself. Close to a working day.
Woman in Tech, Dynamic Business Awards.
Feedback
"I'm still buzzing from it and definitely need to reassess how I'm using AI, as there is so much more potential to explore. I definitely think we need a 2.0 session."
Andreea Rusu
Associate, Cripps, host of the Women in Tech event
"Your AI presentation was fascinating and took out all the fear of using AI."
Jo Hambleton
Assistant Principal, Varndean College
"I had the tools already. What I needed was a mindset shift on how to approach AI. This session did that."
Matt Stephens
BTS Manager Europe, Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company
"Your session was really well received, and attendees found the programme really valuable!"
Natasha Tinsley
British Chambers of Commerce, inviting Mary back
"I think we could have spent all day there asking you questions, we have a lot to get on with!"
Ceres Jenkins
Director, Better Days Recruitment
"They loved it and have been asking me for a recording and the slides."
Danielle James
Help to Grow, Cardiff Business School
"It felt very human and engaged the whole session."
Jess Samson
Events and Programming Manager, Brighton Chamber
"It's so nice to just listen to a woman talk about this. You make it feel so much more human and accessible."
Suzie
Fabian Women's Network
Video and podcasts
About Mary
I spent more than 20 years in business development, much of it in the US, working with large enterprise organisations and focusing on the human connection. My agency counted Tinder, Spotify and Meta among its clients.
Then in March 2023, ChatGPT did my team's six-week job in under an hour. We could be disrupted, or we could help other organisations through the disruption. So we pivoted the business and became one of the UK's first GenAI transformation consultancies. Yes, we were very early and no, we had no idea quite what we were taking on, and yes, we would absolutely do it again.
Today AI Potential helps organisations across the UK, US and Europe get their people using AI in their real work, from a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company to manufacturers, colleges, charities, councils, law and finance firms.
I'm originally from New Zealand, and I live in Brighton.
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In March 2023, Mary Kemp's team tried ChatGPT on a job that usually took them four to six weeks. It took under an hour. And the worst bit - she always hates saying this - it was better than them.
So Mary stopped feeling sorry for herself, and the business pivoted to become AI Potential, one of the UK's first GenAI transformation consultancies. Today, as CEO, she gets whole organisations using AI in their real work, safely. Everyone, from the keen few to the sceptics. The people she trains get close to a working day back every week, measured.
Mary doesn't speak tech. She talks about the practical problems AI can solve in your day-to-day work. People leave wanting to start that afternoon. "I'm still buzzing from it," said her host at Cripps. "I definitely think we need a 2.0 session."
That's why the British Chambers of Commerce have booked her four times in a year. She's also spoken for the Department for Business and Trade, The Pensions Regulator, a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company and the main stage of Sussex Skills 25.
Mary Kemp is CEO of AI Potential, and she gets whole organisations using AI in their real work, safely. Please welcome Mary.
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