# Dave Hajdu

> AI keynote speaker, consultant, and author. Where business fluency meets technical depth — the rare combination that makes AI actually work inside organizations. Creator of the Four Offices of the Future framework and The Other 50%, a philosophy of leading when half the work is human and half is AI.

Dave Hajdu helps founders and executives lead in the 50/50 era. He co-instructs Georgetown University's "Leadership in the AI Era" program, teaches Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) chapters across Asia and Australia, and writes regular letters to founders. Based in Vietnam; speaks and consults internationally.

## Core Pages

- [AI in Business — The Four Offices Framework](https://www.davehajdu.com/ai-in-business): A diagnostic lens mapping AI to Revenue, Talent, Operations, and Innovation. Why 95% of companies see no ROI from AI, and what actually moves the needle.
- [Speaker Topics](https://www.davehajdu.com/speaker-topics): Signature AI keynotes and workshops for leaders — 2-hour, 4-hour, and full-day formats built on the Four Offices of the Future framework.
- [Books](https://www.davehajdu.com/books): The Four Offices of the Future (a diagnostic lens for mapping AI to outcomes) and The Other 50% (leading when half the work is done by machines).
- [Blog](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog): Letters to founders on AI, leadership, high-performance culture, and building in Vietnam.

## Work With Dave

- [Book a Keynote](https://www.davehajdu.com/book-keynote): Book Dave to speak at your event. $1,000–$4,000 based on duration and travel. EO chapter discounts available.
- [Schedule a Consultation](https://www.davehajdu.com/schedule-consultation): 30–45 minute consultation to get clarity on where AI fits your business and what to do next.

## Writing

- [My Dad Took His PhD Courses at Georgetown. This Week He Texted Me "I'm Proud of You"](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/leadership-now-means-leading-ai-and-people): Leading AI and people is the new shape of leadership. A personal story about Georgetown, a father's pride, and why the rigor behind AI, not the prompts, is the work.
- [I Tore Up My Website in a Manila Hotel Room](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/tore-up-my-website): Most founders track AI tools, not AI outcomes. One Verne Harnish talk in Manila ended a conference, rewrote my homepage, and gave me the four AI metrics I now rebuild engagements around.
- ["You look better." 90 days, 7 kilos, and the part that actually matters.](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/leverage-yourself-first): Most founders chasing AI are stacking it on top of a 0.5x version of themselves. The 90-day experiment that took me from 1x to 2x, and what it means for your AI stack.
- [The Long Way to Georgetown](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/the-long-way-to-georgetown): Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd be teaching Georgetown Executive MBA students. The story of how Leadership in the AI Era came to be: a phone call, a coffee in Saigon, and thirty years of coaching.
- [The Room Was Crying](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/the-room-was-crying): A Vietnamese film premiere, a father, two daughters, and the leadership lesson every founder needs about consistency.
- [Claude Routines Changed Everything: A Letter to My Friends](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/claude-routines-changed-everything): Claude Routines replaces Zapier, Make, and N8N inside the AI layer. The speed is not creating leverage. It is exposing who did the prep work. What founders should do this week.
- [Supabase for Non-Technical Founders: How I Shipped a Real Database in an Hour](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/supabase-for-non-technical-founders): Supabase for non-technical founders, explained like a friend would. I shipped a real database-backed contact form on my site in one hour. Here is how.
- [Leading Humans and AI: The 50/50 Era of Leadership](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/leading-humans-and-ai): Leading humans and AI is the new job for founders. Before you buy another tool, build the foundation. A letter on workflow design, data, and real AI ROI.
- [Year of the Fire Horse 2026: Week One Already Has Me By the Throat](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/fire-horse-2026): The Year of the Fire Horse started on February 17th. By the end of the first week, I'd already lived through a revenue high, the worst product failure of my career, and a perfect score in a leadership class. Three massive swings in seven days.
- [18 Entrepreneurial Learnings from a Founder Who Built Businesses in the World's Toughest Markets](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/entrepreneurial-learnings): I learned so much about the 50% of leadership that we all know matters — the human side. The relationships. The hard-won wisdom that only comes from building something real in difficult places.
- [AI Officer Mindset: From Learning to Results in 12 Hours](https://www.davehajdu.com/blog/ai-officer-mindset): Ms. Trang from Pasteur Street Brewing Company attended our AI After Dark workshop. Less than 12 hours later, she had already built her digital twin and put it to work. Here is what that tells us about the gap between learning and doing.