Make your thinking usable.
Make your thinking usable.
Vicky Zhao gives practical, visual talks for knowledge workers who want to think clearly, communicate with influence, and use AI without flattening their judgment.
Her talks bring together 3 parts of modern knowledge work: making expertise usable to AI agents, building a shared second brain, and communicating complex ideas in high-stakes rooms.
Vicky Zhao gives practical, visual talks for knowledge workers who want to think clearly, communicate with influence, and use AI without flattening their judgment.
Her talks bring together 3 parts of modern knowledge work: making expertise usable to AI agents, building a shared second brain, and communicating complex ideas in high-stakes rooms.
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Former management consultant and Googler · Creator of Speak With Frameworks · 296,000+ knowledge workers
Former management consultant and Googler · Creator of Speak With Frameworks · 296,000+ knowledge workers
Clients include:
3 talks for modern knowledge work
3 talks for modern knowledge work
More information, more tools, and more AI output have not made knowledge work clearer.
These talks help people make their thinking usable: by AI, by themselves, and by the people making decisions with them.
More information, more tools, and more AI output have not made knowledge work clearer.
These talks help people make their thinking usable: by AI, by themselves, and by the people making decisions with them.
Talk 1: Your Expertise Is the Edge
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Talk 2:Talk 2: The 3 Brains of Modern Knowledge Work
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Talk 3: Framework-Powered Executive Communication
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Vicky's videos
Vicky's videos
Audiences leave with a framework they can use
Audiences leave with a framework they can use
Vicky turns technical and academic ideas into clear mental models people can remember, discuss, and apply to their own work.
Her sessions are designed for mixed rooms. People do not need to code, rebuild their entire knowledge system, or commit to one AI tool. They leave with a clearer way to decide:
Vicky turns technical and academic ideas into clear mental models people can remember, discuss, and apply to their own work.
Her sessions are designed for mixed rooms. People do not need to code, rebuild their entire knowledge system, or commit to one AI tool. They leave with a clearer way to decide:
What participants say
What participants say
Deepak, Director, Corporate Technology
Deepak, Director, Corporate Technology
"Before this, Claude Code felt like a black box; now it feels like a real thought partner.”
"Before this, Claude Code felt like a black box; now it feels like a real thought partner.”
"Before this, Claude Code felt like a black box; now it feels like a real thought partner.”
“Finally getting my own expertise out of
my head.”
“Finally getting my own expertise out of
my head.”
“Finally getting my own expertise out of
my head.”
Yvonne, Change Facilitator
and Executive Coach
Yvonne, Change Facilitator
and Executive Coach
Yvonne,
Change Facilitator and Executive Coach
Deepak, Director, Corporate Technology
About Vicky
Vicky Zhao is a former management consultant and Googler who helps knowledge workers make complex thinking visible and usable.
Through Speak With Frameworks, her work reaches 296,000+ knowledge workers exploring mental models, executive communication, personal knowledge management, and AI agents.
Her work starts from a simple observation: if you cannot articulate your judgment, you cannot delegate it. Not to a person. Not to an AI.
Vicky's talks combine the structured thinking of management consulting, the practical clarity of an educator, and the curiosity of someone who has spent years building and rebuilding her own Obsidian brain.
About Vicky
Vicky Zhao is a former management consultant and Googler who helps knowledge workers make complex thinking visible and usable.
Through Speak With Frameworks, her work reaches 296,000+ knowledge workers exploring mental models, executive communication, personal knowledge management, and AI agents.
Her work starts from a simple observation: if you cannot articulate your judgment, you cannot delegate it. Not to a person. Not to an AI.
Vicky's talks combine the structured thinking of management consulting, the practical clarity of an educator, and the curiosity of someone who has spent years building and rebuilding her own Obsidian brain.
Speaking formats
Speaking formats
Keynotes
Clear, visual talks that give a broad audience a memorable model and a practical way to apply it.
Keynotes
Clear, visual talks that give a broad audience a memorable model and a practical way to apply it.
Interactive talks
A keynote combined with reflection, live examples, or short exercises that help the audience use the framework in the room.
Interactive talks
A keynote combined with reflection, live examples, or short exercises that help the audience use the framework in the room.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions in which participants extract one piece of expertise, build a shared second brain, or structure a high-stakes communication.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions in which participants extract one piece of expertise, build a shared second brain, or structure a high-stakes communication.
Fireside conversations
Moderated discussions about human judgment, AI agents, personal knowledge management, executive communication, and the future of knowledge work.
Fireside conversations
Moderated discussions about human judgment, AI agents, personal knowledge management, executive communication, and the future of knowledge work.
Bring better thinking to your next event
Bring better thinking to your next event
Tell us who will be in the room, what they are wrestling with, and what you want them to think or do differently afterward.
Vicky's team will recommend the talk and format that best fits your audience.
Tell us who will be in the room, what they are wrestling with, and what you want them to think or do differently afterward.
Vicky's team will recommend the talk and format that best fits your audience.