# Caleb Gardner

> Caleb Gardner is a keynote speaker, author, and strategy consultant helping leaders build radically human organizations in an AI-powered world. Co-founder and managing partner of 18 Coffees. Adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago. Former digital strategy director for President Obama. Author of *No Point B*.

Caleb's work centers on how leaders navigate AI adoption, organizational change, and continuous disruption. His keynotes draw on twenty years of digital strategy, change management, and applied AI experience across more than twenty industries. Audiences include LinkedIn, PepsiCo, Bose, Walgreens, and senior leadership teams across CPG, healthcare, manufacturing, professional services, retail, and nonprofit sectors.

The site is a personal brand site for Caleb's speaking, consulting, writing, and media. The companion firm 18 Coffees handles the consulting practice at <https://18coffees.com>.

## Keynote topics

- [AI Strategy for the Rest of Us](https://calebgardner.com/speaking/ai-strategy): A keynote on making human-AI collaboration actually work. AI adoption is a change leadership challenge, not a tools problem. Closes the gap between the technology leaders deploy and how their people actually use it.
- [Adaptability Intelligence](https://calebgardner.com/speaking/adaptability-intelligence): A framework for moving beyond change fatigue and building organizations wired to adapt. Adaptability as a deliberate capability, not a personality trait.
- [Resilience at the Pace of Change](https://calebgardner.com/speaking/resilience): Reframes resilience as a leadership capability you can build at multiple levels, so people can lead through continuous change without breaking.
- [Speaking overview + booking](https://calebgardner.com/speaking): All keynote topics, what to expect, and how to book Caleb for an event.

## About

- [About Caleb](https://calebgardner.com/about): Background, professional history, expertise, and the philosophy behind radically human leadership.
- [Connect with Caleb](https://calebgardner.com/hello): Curated links to LinkedIn newsletter, TikTok, speaking inquiries, and 18 Coffees.

## Consulting

- [Consulting overview](https://calebgardner.com/consulting): Strategy consulting and training through 18 Coffees across organizational change, AI strategy and implementation, strategic communications, and HR consulting.
- [Organizational Change Consulting](https://18coffees.com/organizational-change-consulting)
- [AI Strategy & Implementation Consulting](https://18coffees.com/ai-strategy-implementation-consulting)
- [Strategic Communications & Marketing](https://18coffees.com/strategic-communications-marketing)
- [HR Consulting](https://18coffees.com/human-resources-consulting)

## Book

- [No Point B](https://calebgardner.com/books): Caleb's book on leading without a map in an age of uncertainty. ISBN 9781637740996. Available in paperback, hardcover, and digital formats.

## Writing and media

- [Blog](https://calebgardner.com/blog): Caleb's writing on leadership, AI, change management, and the future of how we work together.
- [Pocket Change Newsletter](https://calebgardner.com/pocket-change-newsletter): Monthly newsletter on the future of leadership, AI strategy, and the culture shifts reshaping organizations.
- [Media coverage](https://calebgardner.com/media): Interviews, quotes, and press features.

## Contact

- [Contact](https://calebgardner.com/contact): Direct inquiry form for speaking, consulting, and media opportunities.

## Other

- [Blog feed](https://calebgardner.com/feed.xml): RSS feed of all blog posts.
- [Sitemap](https://calebgardner.com/sitemap.xml): Full site URL list.