Pam O'Bryant

Hi, I'm Pam.

It works.

It’s awful.

I’m interested in this part.

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Pam O'Bryant

I have a curiosity problem.

  1. What does this system
    assume about me?
  2. Why does it have
    to be so hard?
  3. Did the system help
    create
    the behavior
    we’re now judging?
  4. What are we measuring
    because it matters?
  5. What should humans
    still do?
  6. What becomes more
    valuable
    when technology
    can do more?
  7. What happens before
    the
    opportunity appears?

…see the problem?

Why I Get Invited

30+ years
building businesses, leading teams and working with entrepreneurs
Thousands
entrepreneurs led, coached and trained
7 offices + the UK
helped grow seven Keller Williams offices in the region and opened the company’s first UK office
Still building
Founder of SphereSync™

That’s just proof my opinions are informed.

I’ve had enough chances to build things, break things, fix things and live with the consequences to know that the interesting question usually isn’t whether a system works. It’s what happens to people when it does.

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TALKS

Things I Can't Help Talking About

I don't really have topics. I have questions I can't stop asking.

What Does Your System Assume About Me?

Every system is built on assumptions about the people inside it. Those assumptions shape what we notice, what we measure and what we make people do.

Then we look at the behavior the system helped create and decide we were right about people all along.

YOU'LL LEAVE THINKING...

  • Every system contains assumptions about the people inside it.
  • Systems tell people what deserves their attention.
  • We may be creating the very behavior we complain about.

BEST FOR:

Leadership Teams · Product & Technology Teams · Customer Experience Organizations · Associations · Entrepreneurs

The Human Work

Technology can remember the history, carry the context and handle more of the repetitive work than ever before.

That leaves us with a much more interesting question: What should humans still do?

YOU'LL LEAVE THINKING...

  • Technology should make us better at the things only people can do.
  • Efficiency should create more room for judgment, conversation and care.
  • The goal isn't less technology. It's more capacity for the human work.

BEST FOR:

Leadership Teams · Technology Organizations · Sales Organizations · Customer Experience Teams · Associations

Before the Opportunity

Most businesses get very good at paying attention when an opportunity appears.

The relationships that create those opportunities were built long before that.

YOU'LL LEAVE THINKING...

  • The person matters before the opportunity appears.
  • You can't retrofit history.
  • The strongest businesses don't simply manage opportunities. They steward the relationships that create them.

BEST FOR:

Sales Organizations · Real Estate · Financial Services · Professional Services · Associations · Relationship-Driven Businesses

Why Does It Have to Be So Hard?

Every system has complexity. The real design choice is who carries it.

We can absorb that complexity, or make the user manage it.

YOU'LL LEAVE THINKING...

  • Simple requires sophistication.
  • Friction reveals who the system was designed for.
  • Your choices determine what's simple and who carries the complexity.

BEST FOR:

Product & Technology Teams · Operations Leaders · Customer Experience Organizations · Leadership Teams · Entrepreneurs

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AFTER THE SESSION

After the Session

The best way to understand what happens in the room is to hear from people who were there.

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SPEAKER INTRODUCTION

Please welcome Pam O'Bryant, whose work explores what happens when the assumptions we make about people get built into the systems around them.

Over three decades in business and real estate leadership, she's gone from running a Keller Williams office to opening the company's first UK location. Today she's the founder of SphereSync.

Her work starts with one question: What does this system assume about the person inside it?

Please welcome Pam O'Bryant.

SHORT BIO

Pam O'Bryant explores what happens when the assumptions we make about people get built into the systems around them. After more than three decades in business and real estate leadership, she founded SphereSync™, a technology platform designed around relationships rather than transactions. Her work examines how the systems we build shape human behavior, and how better design can leave more room for judgment, context, and care.

FEE RANGE

$1,000–$2,500

AV REQUIREMENTS

Lavalier mic; projector/screen for slides depending on talk selected.

CALENDAR LINK

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ONE-CLICK SPEAKER KIT

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