The Future of Work Is Already on Your Payroll.
Chris Sund speaks on the future of work from inside it. He is President and COO of Uniti Med, GQR Healthcare and Nebula, an AI talent sourcing company, so he deals every week with AI changing the work, five generations sharing a team and people who will leave for a better culture. His sessions cover all three, practically.
Where Organizations Book Chris on the Future of Work
Most future of work talks are predictions. Chris talks about what he is doing now, and what other leaders can do Monday.
HR and Workforce Conferences
Culture, retention and AI for people leaders. See workforce development.
Associations and Chambers
A practical keynote for members running businesses through change.
Healthcare Organizations
Staffing, AI and culture in one of the hardest labor markets.
Company Leadership Teams
For executives deciding what to change first.
What Is Actually Changing About Work?
Three things at once. AI is taking over repeated work faster than most teams can adjust. Five generations are working side by side with different expectations. And people have more choice about where they work, so culture decides who stays.
Chris covers each: a practical approach to AI that gives people time back (see Take Back Your Time with AI), the SPARK drivers of a culture people stay in, and leading a multigenerational team (see multigenerational workforce and Gen Z).
- Where AI helps today, and the human check that keeps it safe
- The SPARK drivers that decide who stays
- Leading five generations on one team
- Why pay alone cannot win the talent battle
- What leaders should change first
- One change each leader makes this quarter
Proof: An Operator in the Middle of It
Chris is President and COO of Nebula, an AI talent sourcing company, and uses AI in his own companies every week. He delivered Take Back Your Time with AI at the MICA Fall Business Meetings and spoke on AI in recruiting at NATHO.
He has delivered culture and workforce sessions at the POWER Conference, DisruptHR Kansas City and the SIA Healthcare Staffing Summit.
One of my biggest takeaways was that being a leader doesn’t mean removing every hard thing. It means making sure your people don’t have to face it alone. That’s the kind of leader I want to be.
Chris consistently brings knowledge, insight, and practical advice. At our NAHCR Conference he led two impactful sessions and left everyone with tools they could use immediately.
Programs on the Future of Work
Every session is customized to your audience.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
Build a workplace people never want to leave, with the five SPARK drivers.
Take Back Your Time with AI
A practical working session on handing repeated work to AI, then deciding where the saved time goes.
You Are Capable of More: Leadership
How great leaders unlock the people around them. Chris’s leadership workshop, also available as a keynote.
Multigenerational Workforce
Leading five generations on one team.
Formats
Most planners book the culture keynote or the AI session; many pair one as a keynote with the other as a breakout.
Keynote
A keynote on culture and the workforce, or on practical AI.
Breakout
A smaller-room session going deeper on AI or culture.
Virtual
Either session live online.
Who Books This Session
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What Planners Ask About a Future of Work Speaker
Is this a technology talk?
No. AI is one part. The bigger part is culture and leadership, because that is what decides whether change works.
Does Chris sell software?
No. He is President and COO of Nebula, but his sessions are tool-neutral and not a sales pitch.
Does Chris speak virtually?
Yes. In-person sessions are his preference, and he also delivers keynotes and breakouts virtually.
How much does it cost to book Chris?
Chris quotes the speaking fee and travel together in one proposal, so the total is clear up front. Send your date, city and audience through the contact form and you will have availability and a quote within one business day.
You Are Capable of More
The bestselling book behind the keynote, and the 2026 Paris Book Festival winner in the How-To category. Ten principles for closing the gap between what a team is producing and what it is actually capable of.
Many hosts give every attendee a copy of You Are Capable of More so the message keeps working after the event. Bulk pricing and signed copies are available.
He Still Runs the Companies
Chris is President and COO of Uniti Med, GQR Healthcare and Nebula. He has spent the past decade in healthcare staffing, a business that runs on people, pace and morale, and he speaks two to three times a month alongside running his companies.
He took Uniti Med from startup to one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the US: 10x revenue growth on the core brand, #3 on the Inc. Regionals list of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest, and a Fortune Best Workplaces award along the way.
He is the bestselling author of You Are Capable of More, winner of the How-To category at the 2026 Paris Book Festival and built on original research with more than 200 working adults, 92% of whom said they were capable of more than they were doing. He writes for Inc. and Forbes.
Stages I Have Spoken On
Where Audiences Have Heard Chris
Conferences, company meetings and kickoffs where Chris has spoken.
MICA Fall Business MeetingsTake Back Your Time with AINATHO Annual ConferenceNationalSIA Healthcare Staffing SummitArlington, TXPOWER ConferenceOmaha, NENAHCR 2026 Annual ConferenceMilwaukee, WIDefinitive Healthcare SKOBoston, MA · 800+ sellersAlso: You Are Capable of a Better Culture · AI Keynote Speaker · All Speaking · See all speaking engagements →
Lead Your Team Through What’s Next
Tell Chris about your audience and your event. You’ll get a fast, straight answer on fit and availability.
Check Availability & FeesResponse within one business day · Speaker kit, bio & headshots