Just F*cking Ship It
The five-move VOLTS Method for turning stuck meetings into decisions, decisions into movement, and movement into shipped outcomes.
Best for // Conferences, all-hands, book events
Speaking
Talks that giverooms traction.
Practical talks on delivery, product leadership, AI and the messy reality between a good idea and a shipped outcome.
Top 10 bestsellerAmazon UK + US // ★★★★★ reviews
Book of the yearMike Clayton // 2026 ↗
FeaturedPM Today // TechRound // IoIC Voice // Agents of Change
UK + internationalKeynotes // offsites // panels
Signature talksBuilt for rooms where
Built for rooms where
the work actually matters.
Every talk is grounded in real delivery, real politics, and what happens inside transformation once the launch deck disappears.
The 95% problem
MIT found 95% of corporate AI pilots return nothing. Not because the tech fails, but because organisations can’t decide, integrate and finish. What the 5% do differently.
Best for // AI and innovation events, boards
The hidden cost of drift
Why good organisations quietly lose momentum through endless alignment, soft decisions and meeting theatre.
Best for // Leadership offsites, PMOs
Delivery as leadership
What leadership actually looks like once the strategy slides are gone and the work has to survive reality.
Best for // Product and delivery conferences
Transformation to traction
The patterns that derail large-scale change, and how teams create movement before the programme collapses into admin soup.
Best for // Transformation programmes, public sector
What the room getsThe bar is whether the room
The bar is whether the room
moves differently afterwards.
Clarity.The audience can name the pattern keeping their work stuck.
Language.Simple, memorable phrases for drift, theatre and decision fog.
A next move.A question or frame they can use in their very next meeting.
FormatsFlexible formats.
Flexible formats.
Same useful edge.
Formats
- Conference keynote
- 45-minute talk plus Q&A
- Leadership or corporate offsite
- Panel discussion
- Talk plus workshop
Great when
- The organisation is busy but not moving
- Teams need sharper decisions
- Change has drifted into theatre
- AI ambition needs grounding
- The room needs practical energy
What to expect
No beige keynote wallpaper.
Real stories.Drawn from complex digital, product and transformation work in defence, government, finance and energy.
Plain English.No jargon fog. No AI mysticism. No consultant soup.
Practical tools.Frames, questions and prompts people can actually use on Monday.
Energy.Sharp, lively and useful, without becoming a circus.
As featured in
Articles
- PM TodayYour ten-person team can now out-move a giant. Most won’t.
- Torbay WeeklyBusiness guru Matt asks: why can’t Bay be next Silicon Valley?
- TechRoundThe startup myth nobody admits: founders don’t move fast, they politely postpone.
- Agents of ChangeFrom stuck to shipped: why clear decisions matter more than brilliant ideas.
- IoIC VoiceCareer highs, lows, AI and authenticity, in the Institute of Internal Communication’s magazine.
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