The Keynote Speaker for the Human Side of AI
Laureen Knudsen helps audiences see what technology cannot replace in them. A former Chief Transformation Officer who spent 30 years inside the change, she gives teams and conference audiences a grounded, hopeful answer to the question on everyone’s mind: where do people fit in an AI-driven workplace?
A Speaker Who Has Been in the Room
Most speakers talk about disruption from the outside. Laureen led it from the inside, for three decades, at some of the world’s largest technology companies.
She is not a motivational act and not a futurist guessing at trends. She is a practitioner who has stood where your audience stands, made the hard calls, and translated complex change into something people can actually use. As an evangelist at Broadcom she spoke at conferences worldwide, including Gartner, where two of her sessions ranked among the top five for attendance.
The result is a rare combination on a stage: enterprise credibility and genuine human warmth. Elevated enough for a boardroom, real enough for the person in the third row wondering if their job is next.
Ways to Bring Laureen In
Keynote
A main-stage talk for conferences, company events, and leadership gatherings, delivered in person or virtually. Best for inspiring a broad audience and setting the tone for an event.
Executive Workshop
An interactive working session for leadership teams, taking them deeper into the method and how to lead their people through change. Best for smaller, senior groups who want to apply the thinking, not just hear it.
Corporate Training Day
A tailored, full engagement built around your organization's situation, equipping your people to navigate transformation with confidence. Best for companies investing in their workforce through change, and a natural complement to corporate licensing.
Who Laureen Speaks To
Laureen speaks to the people navigating technological change and the leaders responsible for guiding them. Her audiences span technology, financial services, healthcare, and professional services, the industries where it’s hitting hardest.
- Conferences and Industry Events: Business and technology audiences who want a credible, practical voice on the future of work.
- Corporations and Leadership Teams: Organizations preparing their people for AI adoption, restructuring, or workforce transition.
- HR and L&D Groups: Teams responsible for supporting employees through change with something more than a checklist.
The Impact of Laureen's Talks
For your audience:
- A clear, hopeful way to think about their value in an age of automation, instead of quiet dread.
- Language for the human skills that make them hard to replace, and that most have never been taught to name.
- The sense that change is navigable, that disruption is not the end of a career but the start of a more intentional one.
For your organization:
- A room that leaves energized instead of anxious.
- People who meet technological change with confidence rather than fear.
- A workforce more ready to move through transformation, often the difference between an adoption that works and one that stalls.
Proof It Works
Bring Laureen to Your Event
Tell us about your event and audience, and we will follow up with availability, fees, and a tailored proposal. For a quick overview to share with your team, download the speaker kit.
Work With Laureen
Read the Book
Start with Becoming Essential, the full method in self-directed form.
Work With Me
Find the path that fits, from self-paced to fully supported.
Speaking
Bring the human edge to your stage or leadership team.
Resources & Podcast
Practical thinking on building a career that lasts.
Questions, Answered
Laureen speaks on the future of work, AI and workforce transformation, and the human skills technology cannot replace. Drawing on 30 years as a transformation leader inside Fortune 1000 companies, she helps people and organizations turn technological change into clarity and confidence rather than fear.
Most speakers analyze disruption from the outside. Laureen led it from the inside as a Chief Transformation Officer, which means her talks are practical rather than theoretical. She pairs enterprise credibility with genuine warmth, so the same talk lands for a boardroom and for the person worried their job is next.
She is a strong fit for conferences, corporate events, and leadership or HR gatherings where the audience is navigating AI, automation, restructuring, or workforce change. Her work resonates most with experienced professionals and the leaders responsible for guiding them through it.
Keynotes, executive workshops, and corporate training days or custom program delivery, available in person or virtually. Each is tailored to your event and audience.
Yes. Every talk is customized to your audience, theme, and industry. Laureen has worked across technology, financial services, healthcare, and professional services, and shapes each session around the change your people are actually facing.
Speaking fees vary by format, location, and event. Submit a speaker inquiry with your details and you will receive availability and a tailored proposal.
Yes. Laureen speaks at both in-person and virtual events, including webinars, fireside chats, and panels, and is available to travel.
Submit a speaker inquiry with your event details, or download the speaker kit for an overview to share with your team. You will receive availability, fees, and a tailored proposal.