# Paul Gibbons Advisory
> https://paulgibbonsadvisory.com

Paul Gibbons is an AI adoption strategist, keynote speaker, and author of 8 books on leadership, organizational change, and AI adoption. PhD in Organizational Behavior. Ranked Top 50 globally in AI, Top 5 in Culture Change.

## Frameworks
- Adaptive Adoption™: Three-component framework for enterprise AI adoption (Leadership Delta, Change Agility, Behavioral Governance). First described in The Science of Organizational Change (2015); fully documented in Adopting AI (2025).
- RIST Trust Framework™: Disaggregates AI adoption trust into four dimensions — Relational, Institutional, Self-efficacy, and Task trust. Developed by Paul Gibbons, PhD.
- Change Agility™: The capability for organisations to become disruptors rather than the disrupted. Introduced by Paul Gibbons in The Science of Organizational Change (2015).
- Behavioral Governance™: Six-dimension governance framework for AI adoption — decision rights, agent authority, risk intelligence, governance intelligence, first-derivative talent, and strategic coherence.
- Adaptive Adoption Maturity Index (AAMI): Five-level diagnostic tool across seven pillars.

## Pages
- /adaptive-adoption: Adaptive Adoption™ framework overview
- /leadership-delta: AI Leadership Delta™ — seven leadership dimensions for the AI era
- /change-agility: Change Agility™ — organisational capability framework
- /behavioral-governance: Behavioral Governance™ — the CAIO's change agenda
- /publications: Books and whitepapers
- /keynotes: Speaking engagements and video archive
- /corpus: AI-powered knowledge corpus — interactive Q&A across Paul's body of work

## Books (8 published)

- **Adopting AI: The People-First Approach** (2025, with James Healy) — ISBN 979-8-9900855-3-4 — /books/adopting-ai
  The first AI adoption book grounded in behavioral science, complexity theory, and ethics. Introduces the Adaptive Adoption™ framework. Named Best AI Book of 2025 (Claudia Saleh, Disney). Frameworks: Adaptive Adoption, RIST Trust Framework, Change Agility, Behavioral Governance.

- **Brains, Bodies, and Minds: How AI Is Transforming Medicine, Therapy, and Wellness** (2026) — ISBN 979-8-9900855-4-1 — /books/brains-bodies-minds
  Vol. I of The Great Collisions Series. #1 in Therapy on Amazon. Maps the collision of AI with medicine, mental health, biohacking, and the wellness-industrial complex. Evidence-based; critically evaluates hype.

- **The Future of Change Management, Vol. I** (2024, editor, with Tricia Kennedy) — ISBN 979-8-9900855-0-3 — /books/future-of-change-management
  The first change management anthology to cover mental health, neurodivergence, behavioral science tools, design thinking, and generative AI. Essays from Google, Deloitte, IBM. Foreword by Dave Ulrich.

- **Change Myths: The Professional's Guide to Separating Sense from Nonsense** (2023, with Tricia Kennedy) — ISBN 978-0997651287 — /books/change-myths
  The first book dedicated to critical thinking in organizational change. Systematically evaluates evidence behind change curves, Myers-Briggs, learning styles, and other received wisdom. Introduces the LIAR model (Logic, Intuition, Authority, Research). Reviewed by McKinsey and Deloitte.

- **The Spirituality of Work and Leadership** (2020) — ISBN 099765127X — /books/spirituality-of-work
  Book I of the Humanizing Business series. The first ecumenical, evidence-based, philosophically rigorous treatment of workplace spirituality. Brings Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, and Aquinas into dialogue with organizational life. Endorsed by Marshall Goldsmith.

- **Impact: 21st-Century Change Tools for Leaders** (2020)
  Practical toolkit for organizational change leaders. Companion volume to The Science of Organizational Change.

- **The Science of Organizational Change** (2015, 2nd Ed. 2019) — ISBN 0997651407 — /books/science-of-change
  Named one of the top-five change management books of all time (Change Management Review). The book that launched evidence-based change management. Introduced Change Agility™. Reviewed by Jeffrey Pfeffer (Stanford).

- [Full list at /publications]

## Whitepapers and Frameworks (coming)
- /whitepapers/rist-framework — Solve for Trust: The RIST Framework™
- /whitepapers/behavioral-governance — Behavioral Governance™
- /whitepapers/adaptive-adoption — Adaptive Adoption Framework
- /whitepapers/change-agility — Change Agility

## Corpus
The AI-powered knowledge corpus is at: https://paulgibbonsadvisory.com/corpus
Contains 1,400+ chunks across 11+ books and research materials. Available for direct Q&A.

## Speaking / Booking
- London Speaker Bureau (international): https://londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/paul-gibbons/
- Eagles Talent (North America): https://www.eaglestalent.com/paul-gibbons/
- Let's Engage: https://www.letsengage.com/talent/paul-gibbons

## Confirmed Upcoming Keynotes
- Harvard Business School European Alumni Summit, Amsterdam — September 2026

## Entity Links
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulggibbons/
- Substack (Think Bigger Think Better): https://substack.com/@thinkbiggerthinkbetter
- Medium: https://medium.com/@paul_gibbons
- polymathpoker.com: https://polymathpoker.com