Keynotes that make data & AI stick.
From TEDx stages to enterprise summits, I bring data governance, AI strategy and the human side of technology to life, with frameworks, stories, humor, and occasionally, a piano.
How Human Values Will Shape the Future of AI
My TEDxNuremberg talk explores the roles of Creativity, Optimism and Conscience in guiding where AI goes next. The future of AI is really a story about human choices, not just model architecture.
Delivered live on the TEDxNuremberg stage in front of a full theatre audience.
What I speak about
Humanizing Data Strategy
Why data programs succeed or fail on people, not pipelines, and how to lead with the 5Cs framework.
Humanizing AI Strategy
Building ethical, adaptive AI governance and a culture of responsible innovation: sense and soul, not just scale.
Personal Branding & Storytelling
How to build a distinctive professional voice, and use storytelling, humor and creativity to make it stick.
Data Governance, Rebranded
How storytelling, humor and even music can turn "the department of no" into a team people want to work with.
AI Ethics & Conscience
Practical frameworks for cross-functional teams to think through the ethical implications of AI before they ship.
The Data Musician
Data strategy explained through original songs, performed live at the piano: storytelling with a melody.
Recent stages & venues
TEDxNuremberg · Big Data LDN · AI & Data Day · ADV Vienna · MRMW QUAL360 · Data Modeling Zone · DGIQ Conference · data:unplugged
"Tiankai makes data fun by composing catchy songs that present data problems — and their solutions."
On Tiankai's approach to speaking & storytelling