AI Talks and Workshops for Engineering and Construction Leaders
Your attendees are engineering and construction leaders who've heard enough AI theory. They want to know what works for proposals, project delivery, and team adoption. Dan delivers frameworks they can put to work the same week.
Meet Dan
Dan Cumberland has spent twenty years working on technology and how people adopt it, helping AEC leaders see where AI fits in their firms and where it doesn't.
He has a Master's in Psychology and has led technical teams, so his talks cover the tools and the reasons people resist them.
As a multiple-time founder, Dan has built and sold multiple companies and led seven-figure product launches. His newsletter and blog have reached over a million readers, including people at Nike, Stanford, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Google. He's the creator of Pacemark, the AI maturity model used in every Dan Cumberland Labs engagement, built from published research on more than 400 named firms and organizations. He's an ACEC member and works with engineering and construction firms on the AI workflows that matter most.
Give AI the repetitive coordination so your team can focus on the engineering. Move closer to the fire and toward the thing that only you can do.
“Most leaders know AI matters but don’t know what to do first. Dan walked me through his maturity model and it does exactly that. It turns an overwhelming topic into a clear picture of where you are and the next right move.”
Jay Papasan · Co-author of The ONE Thing
Signature Talks
Three talks, each built around work your attendees already do.
15 AI Mistakes Firm Leaders Make
Your audience will: Identify where their firms are wasting money on AI tools, learn which workflows deliver the fastest ROI, and leave with the list of 15 mistakes and a way to check which ones apply to their firm.
Perfect for: AEC and professional services leadership teams
AI for Proposals & RFPs
Your audience will: See exactly how AI handles the proposal grind— parsing RFPs, matching qualifications, drafting narratives, and assembling submittals. Live demos with real AEC workflows.
Perfect for: Engineering and construction firm teams
The POWER Framework
Your audience will: Learn a repeatable system for identifying which tasks AI should handle, building the workflows, and training their teams to use them.
Perfect for: Firm leaders and operations teams
Audience Experience
What people who have worked with Dan say
Vanessa Van Edwards
Author of Cues
"Dan's work is a beacon to guide your way toward doing work that matters."
Tyler Mongan
Principal Strategy & Innovation Consultant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"In every conversation you have with Dan, you can sense his passion for his work."
Paul Angone
Author and Speaker
"Depth and authenticity. These are two of my favorite traits that Dan brings to his work. I'm a big fan of his and am thankful to call Dan a colleague and friend."
"What Dan has created is actually super special because it is a reflection of me— it has captured my personality, the nuances, the insights, and things that I would actually give to coaching clients."
Dustin Riechmann
Founder, 7 Figure Leap
Leo Babauta
Zenhabits.net
"Dan's work is a breath of fresh air in the noisy online world."
Nick Cox
Director of Engineering, Smartsheet
"The POWER framework was a game changer in how I invite AI to the table in everything I do at work. I used it the same day, and saw tangible results from AI right away."
Book Dan for Your Next Event
Whether you're planning an ACEC chapter event, an industry conference breakout, or a firm-wide leadership workshop, Dan builds a talk for that room.
