Force I
Will
Learn to Choose.
- 01What is my intention?
- 02Where shall I focus?
- 03What is my belief?
Author of HumanOS: The Critical Update
Dwayne Matthews Helping people upgrade how they think, choose, and lead.
"The AI revolution, it turns out, is a human revolution in disguise."
Education, innovation, AI, neuroscience, and human performance. Five fields, one operating system. Dwayne is the keynote that comes after the AI speaker — the one who helps your people stay clear, focused, and human while everything moves at AI speed.
About Dwayne
Working at a rare intersection.
Education. Innovation. AI. Neuroscience. Human performance. Most experts go deep in one field. Dwayne works across all five — and his gift is connecting them, turning scattered insights into something leaders can actually use.
A certified educator for more than 20 years, Dwayne has spent his career studying how people learn and perform. Drawing on that experience and the fast-arriving world of AI, he created HumanOS: The Critical Update, a simple system for helping people upgrade how they think, choose, and lead.
He has advised Fortune 500 leaders at Barrick Gold, Suncor, P&G, and DuPont. He brought brain-training science used by U.S. Air Force pilots and Navy SEALs into the world of learning and leadership. He has addressed the United Nations, sat at round tables with heads of state discussing the future of work, and the role of digital literacy and education as a component of national security.
He also advises the XPRIZE Education Brain Trust.
What sets him apart is his focus. While the world talks about what AI can do, Dwayne focuses on the people using it: leaders, their teams, and the individuals navigating it every day.
"He's the keynote that comes after the AI speaker. The one who helps your people create context, stay clear, focused, and human while everything moves at AI speed."
What event directors are saying
Trusted at the Highest Tables
Fortune 500 Advisor
Barrick Gold · Suncor · P&G · DuPont
United Nations
Addressed delegations on digital literacy and the future of work
XPRIZE Education
Brain Trust advisor
Heads of State
Round tables on national security and education
U.S. Military Brain Science
Brought Air Force and Navy SEAL training methods to leadership
Certified Educator
20+ years studying how people learn and perform
The Critical Update
Three forces. Nine questions. One operating system.
Human beings change when will, imagination, and habit are aligned and sustained. HumanOS is built on that observation. Nine questions form the practical interface — the way leaders, teams, and individuals reset themselves in the middle of an AI-accelerated world.
Force II
Imagination
Learn to see.
- 04What do the results look like?
- 05What are the initial steps?
- 06What is the source?
Force III
Habit
Learn to Sustain.
- 07What are the principles?
- 08What are the protocols?
- 09What are the daily and weekly habits?
"The future does not belong to those who try to out-compete machines. It belongs to those who become more fully themselves."From HumanOS: The Critical Update
#1 Amazon Bestseller
The system behind the 9 questions.
HumanOS: The Critical Update is a simple, durable system for thriving in the age of AI by learning to choose, learning to see, and learning to sustain. It closes the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it in a world built to distract you. Built on three forces — will, imagination, and habit — it gives leaders, educators, and operators a way to upgrade themselves at the same pace the world is changing around them.
It's four books in one: a framework for clarity, a method for staying calm under pressure, a daily practice that compounds, and a set of thinking habits that distinguish human insight from machine output.
"A keynote you can hold in your hand. And come back to on the days you forget who you are."
Trusted by leaders at
United Nations
Barrick Gold
Suncor
P&G
DuPont
XPRIZE
The Globe & Mail
Keynotes
Talks that turn confusion into clear next steps.
Every keynote is built to do more than inspire. It gives your audience a simple framework they can use the next day, and still be using months later. Three signature talks, each adaptable for corporate, education, and policy audiences.
Keynote 01 · Signature
HumanOS: The Critical Update in the Age of AI
Dwayne opens with the context audiences need: how we got here, why AI is accelerating everything, and what that acceleration is actually doing to the people inside the change. From there, he walks the room through the three forces, the nine questions, and exactly how each one helps leaders think, choose, and lead in this moment. People leave with a system they can use on Monday morning.
Best for: Leadership summits · Conferences · Enterprise off-sites
Keynote 02
Unlocking Stranded Brilliance and Resilience in the Age of AI
This session is about actionable strategies to unlock stranded brilliance and increase resilience inside your people and your teams. Dwayne shows audiences how to use AI as a thinking partner rather than a replacement, amplifying creativity, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking instead of outsourcing them.
Best for: Professional development · Corporate off-sites · Innovation teams
Keynote 03
The Future of Education in an AI-Enabled World
Drawing on his XPRIZE work and global education experience, Dwayne offers strategic insights and actionable steps for educators and leaders to use AI tools while keeping the human learner at the center. A serious look at digital literacy as national infrastructure.
Best for: Education conferences · School districts · EdTech audiences
On Stage
Leadership Conference
PEITF Annual Congress
Innovation Summit
What Clients Say
Results that speak for themselves.
"In the last 25 years, this is one of the best keynotes we have had here at Humber Polytechnic. It was amazing how many fruitful conversations happened over the next few days of our conference that referenced this keynote."Dean Humber Polytechnic
"Dwayne has an innate ability to connect with an audience by delivering a message that is both informative and entertaining. His charisma is compelling and energy infectious."Zenalyn Habito Director, Retention & Loyalty, The Globe and Mail
"Dwayne Matthews is a true renaissance thinker, able to pick up quickly on various opportunities that, only when knit together, realize their true value."Tracey Dodenhoff Former Director, Center for Research & Innovation, Northeastern University
"This was an incredible keynote. I felt very lucky to also spend time in the afternoon session listening and soaking up every word."Change & Innovation Lead York District School Board
"Dwayne Matthews is one of the most creative, exciting, intelligent and driven people I am associated with."Chad Ross Chief Human Resources Officer, Sherritt International Corporation
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The AI revolution is a human revolution in disguise.
The question is who you bring to your stage to help your people meet it. Dwayne is the rare speaker who turns a keynote into a system your audience can use on Monday morning — and is still using six months later. Built for this moment. Trusted by the rooms that matter.