Mike Allton

Mike Allton is an international AI keynote speaker and workshop facilitator who believes the era of experimenting with AI for its own sake is over. The market has moved on to performance.

His core argument is simple: AI belongs on your org chart, not your tech stack. Mike runs The AI Hat on a Digital Crew of his own - AI agents with named roles, written charters, and standing rules that decide in advance what an agent never decides. He knows Admin Drag firsthand - the re-keying, the chasing, the hunting that swallow most of a week - and he knows the frustration of Pilot Purgatory, where a team owns a dozen AI tools and is still buried in spreadsheets.

Through The AI Hat, Mike helps organizations build a Digital Crew of their own. He moves leaders away from the risks of Shadow AI and toward governed, practical workflows where AI agents handle the research and admin, freeing humans for the relationships and the work only they can do. He translates strategy into what a team actually does on Monday morning.

Mike has spent two decades translating geek-speak into plain English. He is the host of The AI Hat Podcast, co-author of The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing, and an advisor to leaders who are done experimenting and ready to build.