Founder & CEO, PAYANI Group
Keynotes on AI, marketing and the way businesses actually grow
Ali Payani speaks to executives, founders and marketing teams about where artificial intelligence meets demand, and what to do about it on Monday morning.
About
Clear thinking, written down and put to work.
alipayani.com is a place for essays, notes and advisory work on the questions that sit between technology, strategy and the people who have to live with the decisions.
The writing comes first. The advisory work follows from it: a small number of engagements each year, taken on when the problem is genuinely interesting and the conversation can be direct.
Speaking Topics
Talks tailored for executives, founders and business leaders
- 01
Intelligent Marketing in the Age of AI
How AI is changing discovery, communication and growth.
- 02
We Automated Everything, Except Clarity
Automation gave us speed, but it didn't give us answers. Ali shows how AI is finally solving the clarity crisis in marketing and sales.
- 03
AI for Business Leaders (Not Engineers)
Practical ways executives can use AI today.
- 04
The Future of Marketing Teams
What roles disappear, what evolves and what replaces them.
- 05
Building AI-Enabled Businesses
Lessons from scaling agencies and launching AI platforms.
Formats
Built for the room, not for the slide deck
Keynotes
A main-stage talk on AI, marketing and growth, shaped around the audience in the room rather than a standard deck.
Panels & fireside
Moderated conversations where the questions are real and the answers stay honest about what AI does and doesn't solve.
Executive sessions
Working sessions for leadership teams who need clarity on where AI changes their business, not a tour of the tools.
Advisory
Translating business goals into a phased AI plan
Not a technology explainer. Not a vendor selection service. Advisory work sits between the executive team and the technical reality, asking which problems AI actually solves for you and which ones it doesn’t.
- 01DiscoveryMapping current workflows, identifying bottlenecks and understanding where the team spends time on repetitive or data-heavy work.
- 02Opportunity assessmentSeparating the signal from the noise: which opportunities are worth pursuing, and which are staffing, process or training problems instead.
- 03Roadmap buildingA concrete sequence: which initiatives come first, what success looks like for each, and real timelines with real dependencies.
- 04Implementation supportStaying involved through early execution: vendor selection, internal change management and the moment deployment collides with the plan.
- 05Measurement & iterationDefining what working means before you start, then setting KPIs, monitoring them and adjusting.
Writing
Thinking out loud, in public
Inquiries
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