IS YOUR PROBLEM WICKED OR MERELY TAME?
Most organizations mistake complicated problems (Tame) for complex ones (Wicked). Tame problems have known solutions and expert consensus. Wicked problems have competing stakeholder realities and no stopping rule.
Dennis Kennedy tells you which one you’re facing, before you waste resources solving the wrong problem.
KEYNOTE SPEAKING: The Holmesian Leap
Not a presentation. A structured provocation using the NeoHolmesian Method to expose the difference between problems you can solve and problems you must first learn to see correctly.
Fee: $35,000
The Holmesian Leap reframes your challenge from a “Kind Problem” (missing information) to a “Wicked Problem” (bandwidth crisis, stakeholder conflicts, no clear stopping rule). You will leave with a new lens for examining your most critical challenges, not with answers, but with the questions your current framework cannot generate.
Format: 60-90 minutes, followed by structured dialogue
Ideal venues: Corporate law department retreats, law firm leadership summits, board meetings (trustees/directors), executive strategy sessions, and trade association annual meetings where attendees have decision-making authority over organizational challenges.
Example: Dennis Kennedy’s keynote to the National Association of Women Judges (October 2025) reframed the SRL crisis from an “information gap” to a “bandwidth gap,” demonstrating how AI can augment human capacity rather than replace judgment.
