Speaker and educator

Kevin Brookhouser

Keynotes and workshops on AI adoption, creativity, and the courage to try (and fail) in public. Founder of GapJump AI.

Kevin Brookhouser, seated, in a light blue shirt, looking at the camera

About

About Kevin

The AI revolution is rapidly approaching and many organizations risk being left behind. As a Google Certified Generative AI Leader, Kevin Brookhouser is the founder of gapjump.ai, which trains and equips teams with AI tactics that deliver optimized playbooks and intelligent automations to both accelerate positive missions and lead the way to an ethical AI-first mindset.

With over two decades in innovative technology adoption, Kevin offers a pragmatic, hands-on approach, helping teams deploy powerful technologies, especially AI, to streamline work, automate workflows, and enhance decision-making through due diligence.

An accomplished author (The 20time Project, Code in Every Class) and public speaker, Kevin provides teams with clarity and actionable strategies while guiding individuals and organizations toward optimizing processes and enhancing governance, strengthened by his experience as board chair for The International School of Monterey.

For leaders seeking to harness AI for efficiency, improved decision-making, and competitive advantage, Kevin offers the expertise and training to make it a reality. His engaging style ensures informative, inspiring sessions, equipping teams to confidently lead in the AI-driven future.

Workshops

Workshops for teams ready to lead

Hands-on sessions for organizations that want a clear path from curiosity to deployment.

The AI Deployment Launchpad

Deployment overview

Ideal for organizations of all sizes looking to strategically integrate AI. This includes businesses aiming to enhance efficiency, identify new opportunities, and ensure secure, compliant, and ethical AI adoption, particularly those already leveraging or considering Google Workspace.

Upon completion, you receive a suite of customized deliverables designed to equip your organization for successful AI adoption.

  • Comprehensive AI Readiness Report. A snapshot of current AI maturity, including an executive summary, scorecard, detailed findings, identified opportunities, and risk analysis.
  • AI Strategic Roadmap. A phased plan for integration, with implementation stages, milestones, resource recommendations, and governance and ethical guidelines.
  • Customized Prompt Bank. Ready-to-use prompts tailored to your organization's workflows, so people can be productive immediately.
  • Training Documents for Custom Gems. Building blocks for specialized AI assistants, including key terminology, core policies, common scenarios, and style guidelines extracted and validated from your organization's information.

The Launchpad is a secure, expert-guided path from potential to a tangible competitive advantage.

Should We Invest in AI Adoption?

Navigating the future with AI-first leadership

Who it's for. Teams or organizations uncertain about the value and necessity of AI, including those with fears or ethical concerns, or who view AI as a passing trend.

This foundational workshop meets skepticism and anxiety directly. Kevin acknowledges and validates real concerns while making a case for urgent, ethical adoption. The session is clear that the AI revolution is coming, and that good people and organizations need to lead its integration if they want to thrive and help reduce harmful trade-offs. Participants leave with a strategic picture of AI as a tool for positive impact, not a threat.

  • Myths and fears. Reasonable worries get a balanced look at both potential and risk.
  • Urgency. Teams see why adoption is not a fad, but a matter of resilience and relevance.
  • Ethical leadership. Participants see their role in making sure the technology serves good purposes.
  • Strategic advantage. Early, thoughtful integration can create an edge and an "Expect the Impossible" mindset.
  • Inspiration for action. The session is meant to move people past hesitation and toward a first next step.

Developing an AI Mindset

Unlocking productivity and mission impact

Who it's for. Teams ready to explore AI's potential and eager to integrate it into their workflows, who want the shift in thinking that makes the tools actually useful.

This immersive workshop cultivates an AI-first mindset and helps people reframe daily work and strategy. Through examples and hands-on exercises, participants see how AI can free 20 to 40 hours a week by taking on mundane tasks, so they can spend time on high-impact, creative, and strategic work. The session also covers how to use the tools well, and it treats the joy of getting good at this as part of the point.

  • AI-first thinking. Practice spotting natural places to bring AI into daily work.
  • Foundational use. How to work with the tools, including an introduction to prompt engineering.
  • Productivity. Concrete examples of how AI can help people do more good, at the individual and team level.
  • Mission alignment. How to point the tools at organizational goals, not generic output.
  • Inspiration and joy. The session is designed to make adoption feel engaging, even exciting.

Developing AI Playbooks and Intelligent Automations

Strategic implementation for exponential growth

Who it's for. Teams that have embraced an AI-first mindset and are ready to move past basic use into customized solutions and intelligent automation.

This advanced workshop moves from concept to high-impact implementation. Kevin guides teams in building an Organizational Context Profile and an Individual Context Profile. Those profiles become blueprints for mission, goals, KPIs, and SOPs, so AI can support what he calls "seemingly impossible levels of productivity." Participants learn to use models such as Gemini, ChatGPT, and Custom GPTs, plus tools like NotebookLM, for research and knowledge work. The focus is playbooks and automations that fit the organization's culture and trust requirements.

  • Customized AI strategy. Teams build Organizational and Individual Context Profiles that fit their work.
  • Advanced tool use. Practice choosing among Gemini, ChatGPT, Custom GPTs, and NotebookLM.
  • Intelligent automation. Design automations that change how work actually gets done.
  • Decision support. Systems that help leaders think, not just draft faster.
  • Resilience. Practical implementations that leave the organization better prepared for a tech-dependent future.

AI for Non-Profit Boards

Strategic oversight and preparedness

Designed for non-profit board members who want AI to raise the quality of governance. You will learn practical ways to analyze complex board packets, interpret financial data, spot potential legal risks, and walk into meetings with sharper insights and better questions. Used in pre-meeting prep, those habits support clearer decisions and more sustainable impact.

Keynotes

For rooms full of educators

Looking for an authentic educator who can help inspire teachers to thoughtfully integrate technology and project-based learning in the classroom? Kevin Brookhouser is your guy. He has delivered successful keynotes to tens of thousands of teachers around the world. Because of his extensive career in the classroom and as a TEDxMonterey speaker, Kevin can connect with educators and offer on-the-ground experience with practical takeaways for any education-focused audience.

Don't call it a classroom: Kevin Brookhouser at TEDxMonterey

The 20time Project

To help inspire innovation and creativity, Google offers employees 20% of their time to work on a meaningful project of their choosing. Teachers who offer the same to their students can meet learning goals while creating powerful experiences that lead to increased motivation, creativity, and divergent critical thinking. This presentation outlines how any teacher of any subject at any grade level can transform a classroom into an incubator of innovation. Participants learn how to communicate the rationale to administrators, parents, and students, and how to run the program so students manage their time well enough to finish a real project. Educators leave inspired and equipped to prepare students for an uncertain and exciting future.

Code in Every Class

It's an accepted fact that all students need exposure to certain academic disciplines (algebra, world history, chemistry, and probably a Shakespeare play or two). Computer science has not yet risen to must-have status, even though society relies on technology in almost every aspect of modern life. Kevin shows teachers how to take matters into their own hands and incorporate programming into what they already teach. Anyone can do it. In this session, participants learn fundamentals of computer programming and walk away having created their own program. The work starts with block coding and simple programs in CoffeeScript. Teachers then make branching-logic narratives, games, and apps using Google Slides. The session closes with ways teachers across subject areas can start integrating coding on Monday.

Creative Grit

Creativity is the single most sought-after attribute in the 21st century, and yet very few of our students see themselves as creative beings after leaving our schools. How can we change that? First, we need to understand that living a creative life comes with equal parts joy and fear. In this keynote, we explore ways to infuse the classroom with a culture that nurtures courageous creative work in all of its messiness.

Epic Fail: Nurturing Future-Ready Minds in the Age of Control-Z

How do we create a classroom culture that meets high standards and still lets students experiment and learn through errors? Reflecting on his years in the classroom, Kevin explores how technology enables massive learning wins through epic fails. What does it take to get a job at Google? Contrary to popular belief, the most sought-after employers are not looking only for the uber-successful kids at the top of the class. They want people who know what it is like to learn and thrive through setbacks. Software developers, game designers, and yes, Google, recognize that the best way to teach something new is by letting users make mistakes. Learn how to cultivate an "undo" mindset that grows future-ready learners.

Past keynotes

  • Classroom of the Future Conference Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
  • EdTechTeam California Summit Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
  • The Schewel Lecture University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, VA
  • CDMX Summit Colegio Sagrado Corazón, Mexico City
  • Connecting Conservation and Technology Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
  • Google for Education Singapore Summit Singapore American School, Singapore
  • Impact Lab, California Teacher Development Collaborative Google Community Center, San Francisco
  • Google Think Tank Google Campus, Mountain View, CA
  • Empowering Global Problem Solvers Kowloon School, Hong Kong
  • Google for Education Frankfurt Summit Frankfurt International School, Frankfurt, Germany

Testimonials

What rooms remember

Kevin was everything you could want in a presenter: Knows his stuff, has used it with kids, interesting presentation, his material totally relates to all instructional staff, and he's funny and personable besides. We invited him to give a keynote and the positive responses from teachers were overwhelming.

Sarah Supahan, Assistant Superintendent, Trinity County Office of Education, California

In my 20 year teaching career, I've never seen a speaker as inspiring as Kevin talking about the work his students do.

Participant, Sydney Opera House Schools of the Future Conference

Kevin is such a magical storyteller. I really enjoyed this opening speech, I was 100% engaged. He drew me in with humor and hard truths about education. It was completely relevant and absolutely relatable.

Participant, South Plains Summit, Lubbock, TX

I loved the connection Kevin had with the audience. His points focusing on problem and solution lessons was wonderful and well directed.

Participant, Wyoming EdTechTeam Summit

Contact

Let's talk about your room

For speaking, workshops, or a first conversation, email Kevin at brookhouser@gmail.com. The form below opens your email app. Nothing is stored on this site. You can also book time at gapjump.ai/bookkevin.

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