Clearer decisions
Give leaders a shared way to name the change, make the next call, and move forward.
Keynote Speaker AI Change Leadership
Lead AI change.
Keep people with you.
Former CIO, CDO, and transformation operator with practical tools for clarity, commitment, and action.
36+Years Leading Change
FormerCIO · CDO · COO
2020Business Transformation 150
Speaker Reel
See Walt in action.
Real conversations. Real stories. Practical insight leaders can use and share.
What changes
Less noise.
More movement.
Stronger alignment
Connect people, process, and purpose before resistance becomes the project.
Momentum without burnout
Build the trust and habits that help teams carry change instead of just surviving it.
Keynotes & Workshops
Built for the moment
you are leading.
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The H.U.M.A.N.S. Formula
Refocus, align, and execute without losing the people doing the work.
Intentionality vs. Culture
Close the gap between the values you say matter and the behaviors teams live.
We Can’t Stay Here
Lead through uncertainty with courage, clarity, and conviction.
Leadership Systems Implementation Workshop
Leaders at Every Level, a working session for turning leadership intent into repeatable action.
Change Management Keynote
Give leaders and teams a practical way to move through transformation together.
Enterprise Change Management
Help leaders turn large-scale transformation into a direction people can carry into the work.
Business Transformation
Help leaders turn a strategic shift into a direction people can carry into the work.
AI Keynote
Help your audience turn AI ambition into practical, people-centered change.
Technology Keynote
Connect modernization to the leadership choices that make progress stick.
Innovation Keynote
Turn promising ideas into better decisions, practical progress, and follow-through.
Digital Transformation Keynote
Connect a major new direction to the leadership choices that help people carry it forward.
Leadership Keynote
Build the clarity, trust, and follow-through that help people do stronger work together.
Future of Work Keynote
Help your audience navigate AI, changing expectations, and the choices shaping how work gets done.
Executive Retreat Keynote
Bring leaders into the candid conversation that helps a retreat become a stronger way forward.
For Leaders Facing Change
Change leadership starts when the room leaves.
Give your audience a practical way to make a new direction clearer, more credible, and easier to carry into real work.
Explore the Change Leadership Keynote →New Book
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Stop Driving
Behind Idiots.
Leadership Systems for Breakthrough Performance, by Walt Carter and John Vinyard.
Get the Book →Leadership Book
We Can’t
Stay Here.
Becoming a Great Change Captain, with the Seven C’s of effective change leadership.
Get the Book →
“Digital transformation and change management are critical to any modern organization, yet few truly understand how to get started and keep moving forward successfully.”
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a way forward.
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