Author · Keynote Speaker · AI Strategist

Stop prompting AI.
Configure AI
to develop you.

Name: The AI Thinking Model: Reclaiming Critical Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Author: Liz B. Baker
ISBN: 979-8-9959765-0-9

Most people are using AI in ways that quietly make them worse at the skills that matter most. Liz B. Baker shows organizations how to reverse that, and turn AI into a tool for human development, not human dependency.

Unconfigured AI is quietly making people worse at the skills that matter most. Configured strategically, it develops them instead.

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The Research

AI is making us less capable. Unless it's configured to do the opposite.

Students who use unconfigured AI score 17% worse than those who never use it at all. Professionals who trust AI the most check its work the least. An entire generation is developing the illusion of competence even as it declines.

This is the problem Liz has spent years solving. Not with theory. With a framework that works in the room, the same day it's delivered.

17%

worse outcomes for students using unconfigured AI vs. those who never use it at all

From The AI Thinking Model by Liz B. Baker · Grounded in Abrami et al. (2015), Harvard, Wharton, BCG, and PNAS research

40%

higher quality output when AI is configured as an integrated thinking partner, not just a productivity shortcut.

Boston Consulting Group · 758 consultants studied

Choose Your Moment

Every room is different.
Every talk is built for it.

Tell Liz where your organization is. She'll tell you which keynote fits.

We have AI. It's not working.

"We rolled out Copilot and nothing changed. The team uses it for spell-check."

Double Your Team in One Day™

Every employee builds a configured AI for their exact role
25% more time reclaimed per week
40% higher quality output
Works on tools your org already has

We need better thinking, not more tools.

"Our people are smart but AI is making them lazy. We're losing critical judgment."

The AI Thinking Model™

Configure AI to coach, not replace, human thinking
Critical reasoning, ethics, and strategic judgment
Every attendee leaves with a thinking partner, not a crutch
Framework from the book, live in the room

We want to lead AI, not follow it.

"Leadership needs to get ahead of this before it gets ahead of us."

The AI Thinking Model™ for Leaders

Configure AI as a strategic thinking partner for your leadership team
Move from AI as a tool to AI as a cognitive asset
Clear next steps executable in 30 days
Built on the framework from the book

Not sure which fits? Tell Liz about your event and she'll recommend the right talk →

Every Session

Your people leave
with something real.

Not inspiration that fades on the drive home. Tools they use the next morning.

A configured AI built for their role

Not a generic chatbot. A thinking partner that knows their job, their context, and their goals. Built during the session. Working before they leave the room.

A shared language for AI at work

When a team leaves with the same framework, AI adoption stops being random. Everyone knows what good looks like and how to get there.

The ability to verify what AI gives them

The most dangerous AI user is the one who trusts it completely. Every attendee leaves knowing how to check, challenge, and improve AI output.

Clear next steps for the next 30 days

Not a roadmap for five years. A practical plan for what changes Monday morning. Specific. Executable. Built for their team size and sector.

In their own words.

You really hit the mark. My folks were still talking about it at the reception tonight. You gave them practical ideas they can put into action right away, and you spoke to them in a way that truly connected.

Sonnia Montemayor · Virginia Forestry Association

You were exceptional. Your stories and vision on growth and leadership were insightful for my crew and provided so many takeaways!

Dr. Shayna Cooke · Chief People Officer, Dominion Payroll

We received nothing but positive feedback. Thank you for the amazing job you did bringing this discussion to the larger BGAV family.

Brian Williams · Field Strategist, BGAV

Liz strategically approaches AI, acknowledging its integration as a working relationship and not job replacement. She was AWESOME.

Teshawna Threat · Records and Information Management Analyst

For Event Planners

Need to get internal approval?

Liz makes it easy to pitch internally. Here's everything your committee needs to say yes.

She's done this across every sectorCorporate, government, higher ed, nonprofits, faith communities, financial services. She knows how to read a room and build for it.
Every talk is customizedA 20-minute discovery call before every engagement. Your outcomes, your audience, your context built into the talk.
Attendees leave with something tangibleNot just inspiration. A configured AI, a shared framework, and clear next steps. Your event becomes the turning point.
She wrote the bookLiterally. The AI Thinking Model: Reclaiming Critical Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence publishes May 2026 (ISBN: 979-8-9959765-0-9). Bulk copies available for your event. Get on the list →

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"I've been looking at speakers for [event name] and found someone who I think is exactly right for our audience. Liz B. Baker is an AI keynote speaker and the author of The AI Thinking Model. What makes her different is that every attendee leaves her session with AI actually configured and working for their role. It's not a talk about AI. It's a transformation session. She's spoken at [VCU / VCCS / Keiter CPAs / Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts] and has a track record across our sector. I'd love to get her on the shortlist."

About Liz

She built these frameworks from inside the organizations now trying to deploy AI.

20+ years of Fortune 500 leadership at Verizon, TIAA, and MeadWestvaco. Former Executive Director. Board member. Founder of the Global Institute for AI & Humanity. Founding member of AI Ready RVA. BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Arts '94.

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Every inquiry is read and answered personally.

Stop prompting AI.Configure AIto develop you.