Alexandra was a pleasure to work with. The audience comments were overwhelmingly positive. I highly recommend her as a speaker for your next event!
Kristen Klein, Head of Customer & Americas Field Marketing
Organizations succeed when employees are engaged.
AI gives you a new path to that engagement.
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work—and Alexandra Samuel helps managers and teams navigate that transition.
Alexandra’s keynotes on AI and the new workplace take audiences inside the AI transformations she analyzes in her front-page articles for The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review.
From the impact of artificial intelligence on team collaboration to the benefits of AI for employee well-being, Alexandra’s engaging talks explain what’s at stake in the AI transition…and then provide the actionable next steps that leave audiences feeling excited and empowered.
A speaker on technology and the changing workplace for more than 20 years, Alexandra has a contagious enthusiasm tempered by a clear-eyed understanding of the limits of AIs and humans alike. Her presentations and workshops have inspired leaders, managers and employees to use tech in new, often unexpected ways… to collaborate more successfully, perform more effectively, and thrive at work like never before.
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Organizations succeed when employees are engaged.
AI gives you a new path to that engagement.
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work—and Alexandra Samuel helps managers and teams navigate that transition.
Alexandra’s keynotes on AI and the new workplace take audiences inside the AI transformations she analyzes in her front-page articles for The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review.
From the impact of artificial intelligence on team collaboration to the benefits of AI for employee well-being, Alexandra’s engaging talks explain what’s at stake in the AI transition…and then provide the actionable next steps that leave audiences feeling excited and empowered.
A speaker on technology and the changing workplace for more than 20 years, Alexandra has a contagious enthusiasm tempered by a clear-eyed understanding of the limits of AIs and humans alike. Her presentations and workshops have inspired leaders, managers and employees to use tech in new, often unexpected ways… to collaborate more successfully, perform more effectively, and thrive at work like never before.
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“Engaging and confident, and backed all her points up with research. She prompted us to think differently about how we approach our hybrid workplace. I would certainly recommend Alexandra as a keynote speaker.”
Get audiences excited about AI and the new workplace.

Find a talk that’s right for you, and Alexandra will tailor it to your audience’s exact needs, knowledge level and background — in-person or virtually.
AI-Powered Collaboration: The Future of Teamwork
The rise of AI isn’t just changing how we work as individuals—it’s transforming how we work together. In this practical and engaging talk, Alexandra Samuel shows how leading teams and organizations are using AI to reshape collaboration, communication and innovation. You’ll learn how AI can help break down silos, foster creativity, and ensure every team member’s strengths are utilized to their fullest potential. Samuel will share real-world examples of AI-driven collaboration, and provide a roadmap for integrating AI into your own collaborative processes.
In this illuminating session, you’ll discover how to use AI to streamline workflows, enhance communication across distributed teams, and break down organizational silos. You’ll learn strategies for leveraging AI to facilitate more inclusive brainstorming, provide real-time language translation for global teams, and analyze team dynamics for improved performance. Alexandra will share inspiring case studies of organizations that have successfully integrated AI into their collaborative processes, and you’ll leave with a practical roadmap for transforming your own team’s approach to collaboration.
“AI gives us an unprecedented opportunity to rethink how we work together,” Alexandra says. “The organizations that thrive will be the ones that harness AI to create more vibrant, engaged and productive teams.”
The Neurosmart Workplace: Engaging Employees with the Power of Neurovariety
More and more employers recognize the value of neurodivergent employees, but miss all the ways neurodiversity insights and tools can help their entire workforce. In this eye-opening talk, Alexandra Samuel gives you a preview of the revolutionary idea at the heart of her forthcoming book about neurovariety. Neurovariety is a way of describing the enormous range of functional differences in how workers think, perceive, and communicate—even if they don’t come with specific medical labels or diagnoses. In a neurosmart workplace, these differences become a competitive advantage, as managers and employees learn to address challenges and tap strengths in how we each Sense, Memorize, Analyze, Regulate and Transmit.
In this visionary and practical session, you’ll learn how neurosmart thinking can transform your performance and wellbeing and change the way you lead or work as a team. “Neurodivergence is about the mismatch between a person and the environment in which they live,” Alexandra says, “And the pace of tech change has created a working environment that is a mismatch for just about all of us.” When you learn to work neurosmart, you bring that environment back into alignment with your own unique wiring—and unleash the full power of everyone on your team.
NOTE: For a limited time, Alexandra can offer this talk as an extended workshop that provides participants with an opportunity to identify their own neurosmart profile.
Robots for Humans: How AI Transforms Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Smart employers recognize that employee engagement is the ultimate power-up: It helps you recruit and retain the best employees, and is a significant driver of individual and team performance. In this inspiring and pragmatic talk, Alexandra Samuel shows how AI is transforming the way teams and employers foster employee engagement and wellbeing.
In this eye-opening presentation, you’ll explore how to use AI to revolutionize your approach to employee engagement and wellbeing. Alexandra will demonstrate how to leverage AI for personalized learning opportunities, real-time feedback and recognition, and predictive analytics to prevent burnout. You’ll hear compelling stories of companies that have used AI to create more meaningful connections among team members and empower employees to shape their own work experiences. By the end of the session, you’ll have a toolkit of AI-powered strategies to boost engagement and wellbeing across your organization.
“Employee engagement isn’t just about making people happy at work,” Alexandra notes. “It’s about creating the conditions that allow people to do their best work. AI gives us powerful new tools to understand what each employee needs to thrive, and to create work environments that are more human than ever.”
Forging the Hybrid Workplace: Culture and Collaboration in the New Office
The Covid pandemic catalyzed an overnight shift to remote work, but the real transformation lies ahead. With offices reopened, organizations are learning to manage teams that mix in-person and remote workers, and employees are still learning to manage their schedules to get the best of both worlds. This transition offers the ideal opportunity for employers to renew their culture and strengthen team collaboration—not just by asking employees to spend some time in the office, but by providing employees with the guidance they need to make the most of their days at home.
“These hybrid arrangements will require a massive rethinking on the part of bosses,” author Alexandra Samuel observed in her cover story for The Wall Street Journal’s Work from Home report. “No longer will they be able to manage remote workers like they’re office employees whose desks happen to be really far apart.”
In this inspiring and pragmatic presentation, Alexandra draws on her extensive research (distilled in her book Remote Inc.) and long experience with remote work to show your managers and team the way forward. Starting with identifying the unique advantages of time in the office, as well as the unique advantages of time at home, she’ll show you how to build an organizational model and culture that enables employees to shift between lively collaboration and focused solo work. Alexandra will leave your team ready to turn your remote + office combination into a powerful competitive advantage for attracting great talent, enabling strong performance, and delivering excellent results.
“Alex is amazing! We just loved her, and the audience did as well.”
Selected appearances

Reinventing Remote, Zoom customer webinar
The Future of Business: Embracing a Digital Workplace, Southwest Business Summit
Remote teams + clients, Ontario Association of Architects
Telling Stories with Data, NTEN Leading Change Summit
The Internet: What To Pack, TEDxSFU
5 Tips for Stranded Evangelists, Educational Technology Users Group
Meet your Invisible Audience, Canadian Public Relations Society National Conference
Finding your Way in Social Media, International Women in Media Speaker Series
Social Media in 3 Hours a Week, North American Wholesale Lumber Association
What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You, SXSW Interactive
10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life, TEDxVictoria
Getting Closer to the Collaborative Economy Customer, Collaborative Economy Conference
IRL: In Real Life, Social Media Shift 2
How Social Media Drives Consumer Decisions, LeadingRE Conference
Coping with Social Media, Northern Voice

About Alex
Alex is a Harvard-trained social scientist, technologist and A.I. explorer. She’s been researching technology and the changing workplace for decades. And her keynotes unlock that knowledge to help audiences transform the way they work.
She’ll show you how the places where you’re different are also where you can make your most valuable contributions. How your quirks can become powerful workplace strengths.
She’ll guide you through creating and managing teams whose differing ways of sensing, thinking and feeling can mesh instead of clashing.
And she’ll show you how to create the same kind of A.I. tools she builds for herself — tools that can help you make the most of your strengths, and bridge the gaps where you and your workplace don’t quite connect.

Book Alexandra for a keynote, training or workshop through the Lavin Agency.