Oxford University lecturer, Author, Trust Fellow at Oxford University's Saïd Business School, Monocle's Top 20 Speakers in the world.

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Rachel Botsman is an author, Oxford University lecturer and expert in all things trust. She is consistently recognised as a top keynote speaker amassing over five million views across her TED talks alongside renowned credibility as an author. Botsman also contributes regularly to major publications such as: The Guardian, Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. Following her success as an author, her books have been translated into 14 different languages with ‘Who Can You Trust’, her second book, being named as one of the best books of the year by WIRED. Why not take a leaf from Rachel’s book yourself, in the form of a keynote speech?

Rachel has lived and worked in 4 different continents throughout her career so far and is passionate about challenging ideas around trust, giving insightful speeches with aims of creating change and engaging audiences. This earnt her a rightful spot in LinkedIn’s top 10 influential speakers. She was a Trust Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School at which she designed and taught new courses based on trust and technology. She is also known to be an advisor to senior leaders and governments developing trustworthy cultures in organisations. On top of this, Rachel also hosts the BBC series Money, Money, Money as well as her own podcast called ‘Rethink Moments’ in which she challenges different cultural ideas and events with the help of experts in the specific field.

Following her success in the industry, she was named Women of the Year, ‘The Progressive Voice’ InStyle. It recognised her contributions and ideas in technology. This, alongside many other achievements landed her in Monocle’s Top 20 Speakers in the world, which is representative of her acumen amongst the space.

Using her professional experience and knowledge, she is available to offer speeches and support passing on her expertise to organisations such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe and Snapchat. Rachel is also a seasoned TED speaker for whom she has delivered three talks to date. These consist of We’ve Stopped Trusting Institutions and Started Trusting Strangers, The Currency of the New Economy Is Trust and The Case for Collaborative Consumption.

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Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together – and Why It Could Drive Us Apart

What's Mine Is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live

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Rachel Botsman's official speaking topics are listed below:

Rethinking Trust

Trust is both the foundation and the result of strong relationships. It is fundamental to meaningful interactions with employees and customers. Yet, there are misconceptions about how trust really works. How do you earn trust in the early stages of a relationship and sustain it over time? What does it mean to be a trustworthy leader or brand? Does transparency lead to more trust? Can trust be fixed when it breaks down? In this session, Rachel will help participants rethink what trust is and why it’s so critical in the digital age.

Trust & the Future of Work

A profound trust shift is happening in our workplaces – the old hierarchal rules of trust are no longer relevant. As employee and cultural dynamics evolve faster than ever before, how can we lead with trust amid all this uncertainty and flux? What does it take to be a trustworthy leader in these trying times? In this talk, Rachel explains the trust shift underway and how leaders can navigate and adapt to new employee expectations.

Designing & Innovating with Trust

Why do some innovations fail, and others succeed? Trust is often the key differentiator. You can only get people – employees or customers – to use a new product or service if they’re willing to take what Rachel calls a ‘trust leap’ – to take a risk to do something new or different. Based on a decade of research and teaching with Fortune 500 companies and start-ups – Rachel will map out the principles of how you ‘Design for Trust’ in ways that help new ideas succeed. She also shares how designers, entrepreneurs, and leaders can improve practices to ensure new technologies are trustworthy.

AI's Trust Problem

As AI rapidly expands its role in our lives, an important question is being asked: what level of trust can – and should – we place in AI systems? Renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman brings a different perspective to panels and leadership discussions on what trusting AI really means. She will explain why we need to think differently to earn and maintain trust in AI – and propose how we can make AI systems more trustworthy.

Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events

''Rachel's talk both provoked and inspired, setting off an active conversation that continues to this day and worldwide within the company''-Microsoft

''Not one single day has gone by since the event without external & internal commendations on her engagement with our audience. Her message really connected and impacted the entire audience.''-Adobe