DAVE MORRIS — BIOGRAPHIES AND INTRODUCTION
Reviewed 30 October 2026

One-line introduction
Dave Morris is a writer, researcher, keynote speaker, and founder of Poko, exploring people, AI, and the systems that shape how we think and work.

Programme biography
Dave Morris writes and speaks about why capable people get stuck, how AI changes the way we think, and what it takes to make organisational strategy work. He is the author of Good People Dumb Systems, founder of Poko, and a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong. His work connects corporate strategy, practical AI development, and research with questions people recognise from everyday working life.

Extended biography
Dave Morris writes and speaks about why capable people get stuck, how AI changes the way we think, and what it takes to make organisational strategy work. He is the author of Good People Dumb Systems, founder of Poko, and a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong. His work connects corporate strategy, practical AI development, and research with questions people recognise from everyday working life. Dave’s professional background includes more than 15 years in corporate strategy and a former managing director role at Brilliance Lab. His doctoral research follows what organisations do after major strategic events, using public-company records across 21 cases. At Poko, he explores the human–AI handover: what people delegate, what they keep thinking through, and how both people and AI systems can become more capable. His keynotes, interviews, and essays bring these questions to leadership audiences and curious general readers.

Spoken introduction
Our next speaker explores why capable people get stuck, and what changes when we look at the systems around them. Dave Morris is the author of Good People Dumb Systems, founder of Poko, and a writer and researcher working across people, AI, and organisational strategy. Today, he joins us to explore the questions behind this event. Please welcome Dave Morris.

Based in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Timezone: Australia/Sydney.
Contact: hello@davemorris.com.au
PhD candidate; degree not yet awarded.
