AI Keynote Speaker Jon Lakefish: The 2026 Speaker Reel

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The short version: Jon Lakefish is an AI keynote speaker and workshop leader with 150+ engagements for 100+ organizations across the U.S. and Canada. Attendees rate his sessions 9.88 out of 10, based on 1,412 scored responses collected through SpeakFeed as of November 11, 2026. 99% say they would hear him speak again.

What you'll see in the reel

The reel runs 1 minute and 54 seconds. Every clip is from a real engagement, and every result on screen came from real work.

0:09 The line that sets the tone for every keynote I give: don't fire people. 0:21 New York City. Why most teams are still only using AI for email, and what they're missing. 0:32 Waikoloa, Hawaii. A financial dashboard built live, in front of the room, in 12 minutes. 0:39 How I work: 100 personalized emails in 7 minutes. 0:47 San Diego. A client's contracts, 95% ready for the attorney. 0:55 A workshop result: a client's distribution problem, solved in one hour. 1:03 The story of a trillion-dollar institution with seven teams around the world, and why they called. 1:13 Ten more rooms in ten cities, from Vancouver to Charleston. 1:21 The audience scores. 1:42 Provo, Utah. The close: "You're gonna lose your job to somebody else who knows how to use AI if you don't."

What audiences say

I ask every audience for feedback, and I publish the results. These numbers come from attendees, not from me.

9.88 out of 10 average rating across 1,412 scored responses 94.5% of those scores are a perfect 10 99% would hear me speak again 99.9% found the session valuable 75%+ of clients bring me back

A few of the comments that made it into the reel:

"I was able to answer a production scheduling question in 20 minutes that we have been working on for weeks." Bruce L.

"I would love to bring him to my bank because I cannot begin to replicate his presentation." Raul L.

"Likely CEMA's best and most universally relevant speaker in years." CEMA Attendee

"Top 3 presentation of the year for me." Marc-Antoine B.

You can see the full, live numbers on the Audience Scorecard.

Keynotes, workshops, and the AI Hot Seat

Most AI talks tell people what's coming. I'd rather show people what they can do on Monday morning. That's why the reel is full of live demos and client results instead of predictions.

I work with organizations of every size, and there are three ways to bring me in:

Keynotes for conferences, association meetings, and company events. Workshops where your team works on its own problems and leaves with answers. The one-hour distribution fix in the reel came out of a workshop. The AI Hot Seat, my signature live format.

If you plan events for a living, the page for event planners has what you need to make the decision. You can also browse past engagements to see who I've worked with.

How this reel was made

I didn't hire an editor for this. That would have been a strange choice for someone who teaches AI.

I connected my SpeakFeed account to Claude. Claude pulled my audience scores and the strongest attendee comments straight from my SpeakFeed data. Then I gave it footage from recent keynotes and photos from recent engagements, told it what I wanted, and gave notes on each version until it was right.

That's the same thing I teach from the stage. You bring the judgment and the real material. AI does the heavy lifting. The stats in this reel aren't marketing copy. They're what attendees told me, in their own words.