Speaking at Experts Live UK 2026

📅 Date: 11-12 June 2026
📍 Location: CodeNode, London
🎟️ Register Now: https://eluk26.expertslive.co.uk/

I’m pleased to be speaking at Experts Live UK 2026, one of the standout Microsoft community events in the UK calendar.

This year, I’m part of a session that matters to me for reasons beyond technology. In a consulting world moving quickly toward AI-assisted delivery, templates, accelerators, and constant pressure to move faster, it is easy to lose sight of the human mindset that actually makes consulting effective. That is the heart of this conversation.

Session: The Human Hack: The Future of Consulting Culture

This session is not about chasing the next tool or pretending every delivery challenge can be solved with a framework.

Instead, it is an honest and practical conversation about how consultants and delivery leads can rediscover better consulting habits in an industry that is increasingly optimised for speed. We will explore how strong consulting cultures are built through critical thinking, trust, curiosity, communication, and a clear focus on meaningful business outcomes.

The session will be delivered in an interview and discussion format, led by an experienced voice from the Microsoft consulting community and shaped by stories, reflection, and audience Q&A. Expect practical advice you can take straight back into your projects and teams.

If you have ever been involved in work that was technically strong but still somehow missed what the client really needed, this session is for you.

What You Will Take Away

You will leave with practical ways to:

  • sharpen your critical thinking and ask better questions to get to the real problem
  • build stronger and more trusting client relationships through openness, curiosity, and collaboration
  • focus delivery on measurable business value across people, process, and technology
  • recognise when consulting is drifting into transactional delivery and how to pull it back
  • lead teams in a way that makes your impact clearer, more valuable, and more fulfilling

AI is changing the consulting landscape quickly. That creates real opportunity, but it also creates risk. If we become too focused on tools, templates, and velocity, we can lose the judgement, empathy, and mindset that make consulting worthwhile in the first place.

This session is about reclaiming that ground.

Who Should Attend

This session is especially relevant for:

  • consultants working in Microsoft and Power Platform delivery
  • delivery leads and team leaders trying to build healthier consulting habits
  • architects, senior developers, and technical leads who want stronger client impact
  • anyone navigating the tension between AI-enabled delivery speed and human-centred consulting

Co-Speakers

I’m delighted to be part of this conversation with:

Between us, we bring different perspectives from real consulting leadership and delivery experience, which should make this a grounded, useful, and candid discussion rather than a polished theory piece.

Why Experts Live UK

Experts Live UK consistently brings together strong practitioners from across the Microsoft ecosystem. It is a great place to:

  • learn from people doing real delivery work
  • connect with peers, leaders, and community members across the UK
  • step back from day-to-day project pressure and think more clearly about where our industry is heading

If you care about both technology and the kind of culture we are building around it, this is a worthwhile event to be at.

Join Us in London

I would love to see you there and hear your perspective in the room.

If this topic resonates with you, come along, bring your questions, and be part of the conversation.

Register for Experts Live UK 2026