I’ve been kicking around this notion of counselors for a few years now. The first time I debuted the idea it was at the OpenID Foundation Japan conference in 2019. I have been refining it over time. The refinement continued through keynote season this year. What follows is both a recording of my delivery at EIC 2024 as well as the text. You’ll notice that the two differ… and that is a result of my process. Where I start a talk and what gets on stage tends to differ… but in this case they differ reasonably significantly. Truth be told, I didn’t love this talk, but I got a lot of positive response to the actual delivery… which goes to show that what you, the speaker, things of a talk, and what the audience thinks can be very different! Watch the video here or read the text or both and, regardless, enjoy!
-- ian 20 June 2024