When everything accelerates — timelines, expectations, complexity — the biggest challenges aren’t technical. They’re human. For nearly two decades, Curt Steinhorst has helped leaders reset how their teams think, act and show up. Long before AI became every C-suite’s top strategic priority, his bestselling book “Can I Have Your Attention?” revealed how technology was reshaping human cognition — identifying the attention crisis as just the opening symptom. Today, his research guides leaders through the next evolution: from managing digital distraction to maintaining sound human judgment in an AI world.

Curt brings rare operator credibility to these conversations. As an executive at Venus Aerospace, he helped build the team and strategy that pioneered rotating-detonation engines — a fundamental break from 60 years of rocket design and a generational leap in efficiency and cost. They achieved it with a culture that moved fast, embraced risk, cut through bureaucracy and put people first — proving breakthrough technology doesn’t have to break the people behind it.

A Forbes contributor with 500+ keynotes across four continents, Curt is a trusted voice for Deloitte, Southwest Airlines, JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Naval Academy. His core message: sustainable competitive advantage isn’t about the technology you deploy — it’s about the human capabilities you cultivate.