30 Years Helping Leaders Get the Human Side of Technology Right

 

Simon Collins, Chairman, KPMG: "Paul never told us what we wanted to hear; he told us what we needed to hear."

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Navigating the Great Collisions: Intelligence and Enterprises

 

Ranked "top-50 to follow in AI" on LinkedIn in 2025, Paul works at the intersection of human behavior and technological acceleration. His 9th book, Adopting AI, The People-first Approach,  was rated "best book on AI in 2025" in one review.

 

He helps boards and C-suite leaders build the cognitive infrastructure needed for the next decade, specializing in separating strategic signal from the "sludge and slop" of management hype—delivering digital transformations and AI adoption that are rooted in evidence, ethics, and rigorous behavioral science.

 

For clients, this means moving beyond "silver bullet" solutions to create resilient cultures that can thrive during the overlapping revolutions in intelligence, markets, and work.

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Think Bigger, Think Better

Paul is the mind behind Think Bigger Think Better, a long-form project—books, Substack, and podcast—dedicated to helping citizens and leaders make sense of a world where AI is rewriting power and truth. His work is defined by a unique dual lens: debunking tech nonsense while importing high-level ideas from philosophy, economics, and neuroscience into the real-world machinery of global organizations.

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A Legacy of Bringing Science to Leadership and Change

For over three decades, Paul has advised the world’s leading firms—including PwC, IBM, HSBC, Deloitte, and KPMG—on their most complex human challenges: ethics, cultural disruption, and large-scale innovation. His global reputation is anchored by eight books, including the seminal The Science of Organizational Change, ranked among the top change management texts of all time, and the first book to bring behavioral science to leadership and change.  Change Myths pioneered the use of critical thinking tools for human capital professionals. The Future of Change Management showed how "change has to change."

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The 2026 Horizon

AI  & Multiple Revolutions Paul’s current research focuses on AI literacy and "2026: The Year of Multiple Revolutions." He maps the simultaneous shifts in health, intelligence, and truth, helping organizations prepare for a future where "human-first" isn't just a slogan, but a competitive necessity.

 

His clients and audiences include Google, Microsoft, HSBC, and the London School of Economics.

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Background & Expertise

With a career spanning quantitative finance, consulting, and academia, Paul’s multidisciplinary outlook is informed by studies in molecular biology, economics, and philosophy. A European by upbringing now living in Colorado, Paul competes internationally in poker and mind sports—a testament to his lifelong obsession with how humans can think better in an age of accelerating change.