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Thinking With Machines
Why the thinking must stay human when AI can do the doing
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If you're ready to move beyond the AI noise and turn it into something practical, strategic and genuinely useful, you're in the right place.
Trained 150K+, mentors government leaders & appears on international media
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A free five-day email course for educators who want to understand AI without the hype and start using it with purpose.
- Five short emails
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School AI Scorecard
Discover where your school currently stands with AI in around five minutes, and receive a personalised PDF report.
- Your current level of AI readiness
- Where your strengths are
- Where your biggest gaps are
- What you should prioritise next
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Live with Dan
A free live webinar with Dan Fitzpatrick for educators and school leaders on 28 October 2026. Register to receive joining details.
Dan has worked with
Schools, systems and the people who lead them.
From individual schools and colleges to trusts, districts, ministries and the conferences that bring educators together.
Keynotes & speaking
Most AI keynotes finish when the applause does. Dan's begins there.
Dan Fitzpatrick is an internationally recognised keynote speaker, five-times bestselling author and Forbes contributor, leading the charge on safe and innovative AI adoption.
Keynote topics include AI in education, the future of learning, and how schools, colleges and organisations can prepare for an AI-driven world.
I leave you with clarity about what to do next, who should own it and what could get in the way.
Keynote talks
Talks for education
The Quiet Takeover
What AI is already changing in your school, and what only you can decide
Leading What Comes Next
Strategy, governance and courage for school leaders in an AI world
Ready for a World We Can't See
What our children really need when the future won't sit still
The kind of change people remember.
The best measure of our work is what happens after it. Here's what leaders say about working with Dan.
Getting Dan into your school to speak for one hour will transform your teachers’ way of thinking. It will be the best PD you do all year.
Rachel NairGEMS Royal Dubai School, UAE
Dan’s keynote woke us up to the urgency of embracing AI in education and challenged us to grab the opportunity with both hands. He certainly has left a lasting impression on our entire education service.
Jon ReidDirector of Education Services, Falkirk Council, Scotland
Dan’s balanced view of the use of AI takes tools that could be intimidating and makes them much more approachable and useful for practicing educators.
Dr Donna BrownArchdiocese of Louisville Catholic Schools, USA
This was the first PD that my staff walked away from excited about! We had email and text chains that began immediately as staff discovered new resources. He was excellent!
Alexandra MorazanBlessed Sacrament School, Albany, New York, USA
Dan’s expertise is second to none, and his enthusiasm has empowered our teachers to want to be at the forefront of AI driven learning.
Benjamin SharrattGEMS Wellington International School, Dubai, UAE
Dan Fitzpatrick offers a bold and transformative vision for the future of learning in the AI era.
Jennifer WombleFuture of Education Technology Conference, USA
The session was informative and thought provoking. It gave a greater insight into the world of AI.
PatNCFE
Dan's webinar was exciting, delivered with pace and was highly engaging as well as super informative.
Kathy WestonTooled Up Education
How Dan helps
Support that stays after the session ends.
Three ways to work with Dan, from ongoing strategic leadership to cohort learning and bespoke support.
Head of AI in Residence
- Who it is for
- Schools, trusts, districts and education systems that want experienced AI leadership without immediately recruiting a permanent, full-time internal AI lead.
- The problem
- AI decisions are arriving faster than anyone has time to own them, and one-off sessions do not build lasting direction.
- The outcome
- Substantial, ongoing strategic support: clear priorities, shared ownership and steady progress across the organisation.
AI Educator Labs
- Who it is for
- Educators and education leaders who want to grow alongside peers rather than alone.
- The problem
- Individual experimentation stalls without structure, feedback and people facing the same questions.
- The outcome
- A cohort-based development experience that turns curiosity into confident, purposeful practice.
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Bespoke Training, Leadership Coaching and Mentoring
- Who it is for
- Staff teams that need training shaped around their context, and leaders who need a thinking partner.
- The problem
- Generic AI training rarely fits the realities of a specific school, and leaders are often left carrying hard decisions alone.
- The outcome
- Customised organisational training alongside direct coaching and mentoring for leaders.
Featured conversations
Longer conversations, unhurried thinking.
A small, curated selection of interviews and discussions where the ideas have room to breathe.
The Books.
Books about artificial intelligence, educational leadership and the future of learning.
The Educators' AI Guide 2027
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN AI ACTUALLY WORKS IN EDUCATION?
The Educators’ AI Guide 2027 is a collection of contributions from educators about artificial intelligence in education.
Find out moreThe Educators' AI Guide 2026
Contributions from educators, leaders & EdTech pioneers
The 2026 annual guide collects perspectives on artificial intelligence in education from educators, practitioners and education technology companies.
Find out moreInfinite Education
The Four-Step Strategy for Leading Change in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
A book for educational leaders about leading change in the age of artificial intelligence.
Find out moreThe AI Classroom
A guide to artificial intelligence in education covering strategies, tools and frameworks for educators.
Find out moreShort thoughts
Articles, ideas, and things worth keeping.
Dan’s latest Forbes features, practical guidance for school leaders, useful AI ideas for educators, and practical guidance for parents.
Dan's Forbes Features
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Are Governments Failing Schools When It Comes To AI?
There is a distinction between managing the present and creating the future. This is difference that many school systems are failing to see.
02Dan's Forbes Features
The AI Debate Is Missing The Most Important Question
AI is changing work faster than we are adapting. What does that mean for jobs, skills, education, human judgment and the future of work?
03Dan's Forbes Features
Microsoft Offers Schools Enforceable AI Guardrails
Microsoft and the AFT want school districts to put AI safety and privacy promises into enforceable contracts. Here is what the proposal does and does not do.
AI for School Leaders
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What Does Ofsted Expect From Schools on AI?
Ofsted sets no AI standard and requires no AI policy. What it may ask is how you make sure your use of AI supports the best interests of children. Here is what that question is really asking, and the four-part answer a leader should be able to give without notes.
02AI for School Leaders
What Does AI Mean for Safeguarding in Schools?
KCSIE 2026 changed one definition, not your whole safeguarding duty. Here is what the statutory guidance actually says about AI, where the real requirements sit, and the four checks worth doing this term.
03AI for School Leaders
What Do You Tell Staff Who Fear AI Will Replace Them?
When a member of staff asks whether AI will take their job, they are asking about their tasks, not their title, and most of those tasks have already moved. Four answers a leader can give that are true, and the one promise you can actually keep.
AI for Educators
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AI Tools for School Social Workers: 6 for Attendance, Family Contact and Case Notes
Six AI tools that fit a school social worker's caseload, from spotting the attendance pattern to writing the family letter, with prices checked September 2026 and a clear line, taken from a regulator's own AI policy, around the decisions no tool gets to make.
02AI for Educators
AI Tools for Analyzing Student Data: 7 Picks and the Question That Rules Most of Them Out
Seven AI tools for the week your fall benchmark results land, sorted by the job each one does: reading one export, questioning the whole record, cleaning a messy file, IEP and MTSS progress data, item analysis, student reasoning and live classroom data. With dated pricing and the privacy gaps named.
03AI for Educators
AI Tools for Special Education Directors: 7 Picks and the Compliance Job None of Them Do
Seven AI tools chosen for the person who signs the compliance certification rather than the case manager who writes the IEP, sorted by the job each one does: reading the documents you are accountable for, drafting notices in a parent's native language, progress data, and assistive technology. Prices checked September 26, 2026.
AI for Parents
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What Data Does ChatGPT Collect About My Child? The Two Settings That Change It
ChatGPT keeps your child's chats, uploads, date of birth, device and approximate location, and on a personal account those chats can help train the model. Two settings change that, and a school-managed account reverses the whole trade.
02AI for Parents
Is Roblox AI Chat Safe for My Child? What the Controls Miss
Roblox now age-checks every player before they can chat, which is a real improvement. But the AI characters inside games are built by developers, and Roblox's own parental controls page says your chat settings do not reach them. Here is what does cover them, the one question to ask your child, and what to do at each age.
03AI for Parents
Is AI Worse for Kids Than Social Media Was?
A former Google trust and safety chief says AI could harm children more than social media did. Here is what the evidence actually supports, why the two are different problems, and what that changes for you at home.
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For business and the public sector
Three free ways to see where you stand.
For leadership teams, companies, local authorities and public bodies who need a clear view of AI before committing to anything.
Free scorecard
Business AI Scorecard
Discover how effectively your organisation is preparing for and using AI in around five minutes, with a personalised PDF report.
- Your current AI readiness
- Your strengths and gaps
- Your biggest opportunities
- Recommended priorities
Free email course
AI for leaders, in short emails
A short email course for business and public sector leaders who need to lead AI adoption without becoming technologists.
Explore the courseFree ebook
The leadership guide to AI
A concise ebook for leadership teams: what to prioritise, what to govern and how to bring people with you.
Dan has worked with
Organisations, councils and public bodies.
Companies, research organisations, utilities and local authority teams working out what AI means for their people.
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Keynotes for business
AI is a leadership question before it is a technology one.
For leadership conferences, innovation days and company events: a clear, human view of what AI changes next, where the real opportunities sit, and what leaders need to decide before their people are left to work it out alone.
The hard part of AI at work is not the technology. It is helping people use it well, safely and every day. That is what an educator does.
“Really enjoyed your talk and though I consider myself fairly tech-savvy the sheer scale and speed of AI advances right now is quicker than I have kept pace with.”
Keynote talks
Talks for business leaders
Working With Machines
Why your people's judgement is now your competitive edge
The AI Takeover
What AI will take from your business, and what it can never touch
The New Means of Production
How AI turned one person with an idea into a whole company
Your Next Hire Isn't Human
Building and leading the agentic workforce
Be Unmistakable
Using AI to build a personal brand that sounds like you, not everyone else
The kind of change people remember.
The best measure of our work is what happens after it. Here's what leaders say about working with Dan.
Essential listening, it will change your view of the future. Unsettling and optimistic in equal measure.
Penny PattersonLondon Borough of Havering
He is charismatic, contagious and enthusiastic about leadership of change.
Glasgow City CouncilGlasgow City Council
An inspiring morning. Dan was a very engaging speaker and facilitated group discussion with flair, respect and humour. Mind-blowing examples of AI wrapped in the support structure of collaboration and including human factor.
Anna SelwynBi-borough Inclusion Service, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster
Dan made AI, a topic I was a bit fearful of, fun and accessible. He gave us lots of practical thoughts and ideas, which I am excited to try out now.
ThereseEaling Council
Really enjoyed your talk and though I consider myself fairly tech-savvy the sheer scale and speed of AI advances right now is quicker than I have kept pace with.
Jack TempletonHead of Marketing, theidol.com
It was a great session and I've heard a lot of good feedback from the attendees.
Adam VaughanIT Director, theidol.com
Your contribution was perfect and sparked a lot of really interesting discussion, which was exactly what we were hoping for.
Matt WingfieldManaging Director, Edtech Horizons, on Mercer’s assessment round table
How Dan helps
From experimentation to meaningful adoption.
Practical support for organisations: training for your people, strategy for your leaders, and a thinking partner at the top.
Bespoke Training
- Who it is for
- Organisations whose people are already experimenting with AI, with or without guidance.
- The problem
- Uneven, unguided use creates risk in some teams and missed value in others.
- The outcome
- Custom AI training designed around the organisation, its people and its objectives.
Business Keynotes
- Who it is for
- Leadership conferences and company events looking for a human view of AI at work.
- The problem
- Fast-moving technology leaves teams unsure what their leaders want them to do next.
- The outcome
- A shared starting point for better decisions about people, work and AI.
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Business AI Readiness Scorecard
- Who it is for
- Teams who want a clearer picture of where AI use stands today.
- The problem
- It is hard to decide what to do next without an honest view of strengths and gaps.
- The outcome
- A personalised report and practical next steps from a short readiness assessment.
AI for business
Reading for leaders who have to decide.
Articles on AI in business: practical thinking for leadership teams, not another tools round-up.
- Training
Helping people use AI well, safely and every day.
- Strategy
Moving from scattered pilots to clear priorities.
- Leadership
Leading people, not just tools, through change.