Thomas Anglero is renowned for his expertise in innovation and artificial intelligence. As an award-winning entrepreneur and thought-leader, Thomas has been at the forefront of global discussions on future technology and uses his platform to educate corporate clients and organisations on the importance of digitalisation, marketing strategy and industry disruption. Personally, Thomas has endured a long journey to success, and his rags to riches story resonates with audiences and inspires individuals to become the best version of themselves through self-motivation. A truly versatile and humble speaker, Thomas has a transformative impact on all those who attend his engagements.
From the Director of Innovation for Skatteetaten to Vice President of Marketing at Vocaltec communications, Thomas’ career has spanned industries, countries, and a variety of senior roles. Utilising his experiences in global tech, Thomas is also the founder of two successful companies; Nuclei Networks which offers business internet telephone services and WiHood AS which provides local PC services. Currently, Thomas is heading up IBM as the Nordic Director of Innovation, having created the IM Watson Innovation Lab, and developing the business’ disruptive digital model. Cultivating change for the international brand, Thomas is responsible for introducing future technologies in the present.
Born and raised in the ghettos of Lower East Side Manhattan, Thomas’ journey to the top has been faced with adversity from the outset. In an environment rife with poverty, violence and crime, Thomas was confronted with two paths: to become a product of his surrounding or to become more than anyone dreamt of him. Choosing the latter, against the odds, Thomas attended a prestigious school, and through resilience and determination went on to become an international artificial intelligence and innovation expert. Such an inspiring story allows audiences of Thomas’ talks to relate to him and his experiences to their own, ensuring maximum impact. Today, Thomas serves as the CEO of Too Easy, an innovative platform that has been designed to transform mobility solutions whilst simultaneously tending to sustainable business growth.
Committed to giving back the communities he works in, Thomas has been influential as a businessman in Norway, coaching a local boys basketball team and being honoured with the 2013 Unsung Hero Award. Additionally, his professional ventures have seen him named Most Influential Foreigner in Norway and invited to share a TED talk titled ‘Don’t Fear Technology, Fear Yourself’ as well as hosting two industry podcasts. As impactful as a speaker as he is a corporate innovation director, Thomas can offer transformative insights at events.
Thomas Anglero's official speaker topics are listed below:
The New Tired: What AI Is Doing to the Leaders Who Are Actually Using It
AI is supposed to make leadership easier. For the executives who have truly embraced it, the opposite is happening. Managing multiple AI agents, making decisions at machine speed, and context-switching across dozens of simultaneous projects creates a new kind of exhaustion that traditional leadership development never prepared anyone for. This keynote names what many senior leaders are privately experiencing but have not yet heard described. It explores the psychological reality of leading in an AI-augmented environment — and what organizations need to do before their best leaders burn out in a way no one saw coming.
When Every Employee Becomes a Leader: How AI Agents Are Rewriting the Rules of Leadership
AI agents are no longer a concept — they are operational. When every employee has an AI team working alongside them, the traditional hierarchy breaks down. This keynote explores what happens to leadership, culture, and organizational structure when the people you lead suddenly have capabilities that rival entire departments. For executive leadership audiences, navigating the shift from managing people to managing human-AI teams.
The AI Transformation Playbook: How Leading Organizations Made the Shift — and What They Learned
Most AI implementations fail not because of the technology, but because of the culture. This keynote draws on direct experience leading AI transformation at IBM, Cognizant, and Norway's Tax Authority to map the common patterns — what the organizations that succeeded did differently, what the ones that struggled got wrong, and what every executive team needs to understand before their next board meeting on AI.
Culture Shift: Leading in AI
As a veteran innovation coach and founder of Europe’s first IBM Watson Lab for cancer, Thomas Anglero brings a unique perspective to cultural transformation in the AI era. Through powerful storytelling and real-world examples, he shows leaders how personal growth and technological advancement must evolve together. Drawing from 25+ years of coaching experience across sports, executive leadership, and global innovation teams, Thomas helps organisations navigate the delicate balance between maintaining human values and embracing AI capabilities.
Innovate Your Leadership with AI
Through powerful storytelling and raw honesty, Thomas shares his journey from the streets of New York City to founding Europe’s first IBM Watson Lab for cancer. His direct, high-energy approach creates the productive discomfort leaders need to confront their own limitations and fears about AI. Thomas shows how personal growth and technological innovation are inseparable, challenging leaders to reinvent themselves before they can reinvent their organisations.
AI vs Humanity in Healthcare
This presentation provides practical, immediately applicable ways for healthcare professionals to embrace AI tools in their daily work, from patient care to administrative tasks. More importantly, it reveals how the future belongs to healthcare workers who combine their irreplaceable human compassion with AI capabilities to deliver enhanced patient outcomes.
- AI Leadership
- AI Transformation
- Executive Leadership
- Future of Work
- Innovation
- Culture Change
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Thomas Anglero is an incredibly passionate, knowledgeable, and visionary person. His ability to communicate relevant examples of innovation that have already occurred makes his audiences open up their minds and reflect on both the present and the future. Highly recommended as a speaker, either in a strategy workshop for a leadership team or in a multi-national customer event." - Atle, Vice President, Kinect Energy
"Hi Thomas, we were very happy with the way Torpkonferansen turned out, and you contributed a great deal to that! Your Keynote Speech was excellent – and we have got a lot of positive comments afterward!" - Henrik, Marketing Director, Sandefjord Business Association
"Thomas, it was a pleasure having you speak (at Kluge Offentligdagen). Great performance, as always. A true “Rock Star”!" - Knut-Magnar, Head of Innovation, KLUGE Advokatfirma AS
- 2024 – Chief Executive Officer, Too Easy AS
- 2024 – Partner, CVX Ventures
- 2021 – CTO & Innovation Officer, Cognizant
- 2020 – Chairman of the Board, Dansens Hus
- 2015 – Director of Innovation, IBM
- 2013 – Received the 2013 Undomiciled Project (UP) Unsung Hero Award
- 2010 – Director of Innovation, Skatteetaten
- 2006 – Founder & Managing Director, WiHood AS
- 2005 – Founder & Managing Director, Nuclei Networks
- 2002 – Senior Executive Advisor, Telenor AS
- 1999 – VP Marketing, Vocaltec Communications
- 1997 – Business Development Manager, Ericsson
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