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Hi. This is Sameer Rawjee. I’ve spent the last 10 years thinking about what it means to be human at work. Turns out that’s super critical right now. Join me, or invite me, as I travel the world sharing my thoughts on unique human intelligences in the Age of AI, along with my book from Penguin Random House.
Build Holistic Intelligence.
As AI beats us at the intellect, I help business leaders develop their unique human intelligences to remain competitive but also contribute to a meaningful future for humanity.
Researched inside Google. Built on Harvard.
I take inspiration from having run the Life Design Lab at Google for 10 000 employees globally to help understand the mutilfacted nature of what makes us human. And I build on Howard Gardener’s research on multiple intelligences at Harvard University to deliver insights on how to make a leap now.
Read my new book from Penguin now
My 4 Hot Talks for 2025
Talk One:
⚡️ How to Master Unique Human Intelligences
The only thing that every business leader wants to know right now is “what makes me different from a machine.” Based off research from Harvard and my work on developing holistic intelligence in my new book with Penguin, I show you how the 5 next intelligences will enable us to participate in, build and remain competitive in the next economies. We will cover the following 5 intelligences and their practical applications in your everyday work:
Intellectual
Physical
Emotional
Intuitive
Spiritual
Talk Two:
⚡️ The Everyday Human Skills All firms Need Now
Ninety percent of executives in LinkedIn's 2024 survey still say human-centred capabilities outrank pure technical know-how. In an abundance of knowledge era, you need your company to know how to choose the right information at the right time. This requires some broader thinking skills. In this talk we get specific about the meta-cognitive skills that entire organizations need now and how to apply them:
Wisdom
Judgement
Discernment
Radical Honesty
Socratic Reasoning
Talk Three:
🔮 How to Think Like a Futurist in the AI Era
If you can see multiple versions of the future in very clear terms, the chances are very high that you can build for and beyond them. In this talk we look at very simple models and themes to help you see the world as futurists do, navigate change and make decisions in your career and business.
Looking at patterns from past to future
Studying Star Trek and Sci fi as a clue
Juggling multiple versions of the future
Using Intuition to sense new realities
Understanding the human story in a nutshell.
Talk Four:
🔮 The 5 Step Journey of Every Company Now
The World Economic Forum projects a net increase of 78 million jobs by 2030. In this talk we get specific about how AI will advance at each stage but also how companies can respond at each stage based on new emerging jobs and opportunities. These are the 5 predictable steps for every firm:
AI Assists Human in Roles
AI Replaces Entire Roles
New Roles to Explore Moonshots
New Roles to Solve SDGs
New Roles to Win The Human Economy
All Talks can be tailored to
Leadership teams shaping their future strategy
HR Teams developing People, Talent and Learning Strategy
Entire Organizations preparing for change in the AI era
Details
90 minute session
A Talk and interactive discussion to help the ideas land
In person or virtual
Bonus
All talks come with 10 gifted and signed copies of “Taking the Anxiety out of AI” by Sameer Rawjee and Penguin Random House.
See me speak
Invited by Investec bank, $5B bank based in London and South Africa to talk on Future of Education.
Conversation with Nick Binedell, Harvard Professor, on Diverse Intelligences.
Biography
Sameer Rawjee is the founder of the Life Design Movement at Google, a programme for exploring purpose at work which has served over 10,000 Google employees globally, and has also been taught at INSEAD, Trinity College and the London Business School.
Sameer is a serial venture builder via O School Ventures, where he partners with companies like Meta, Salesforce and TikTok to help young professionals prepare for new futures. He has been invited to speak at Standard Bank, ENS and Investec on how to be intelligent in a new world, and has shared his thoughts on the future of education and business with the Investec Private Wealth community across South Africa.
Previously Sameer started an EdTech venture to bring universities online. His work has been featured on CNN, in the Sunday Times and in Real Leaders magazine.
What they’re saying
“His insights on technology can transform learning and development”
— Evgeni Agronik, Former Head of Ads Policy EMEA Google
“Sameer is a literal visionary and a true leader, always aspiring to make the world a better place with greater equality”
— Fizza Hasan, Digital Marketing Leader McKinsey and Company
“Sameer has a way of seeing the world that blends wisdom and modernity. He has a way of making unconscious truths, conscious.”
— Faheem Chaudhry, Former MD M&C Saatchi Abel
Business School Talks
I have guest lectured at places like INSEAD, Niagara College and Rotman University of Toronto. Classes I have created have also been taught at places like London Business School and Trinity College Dublin.
Sameer in the media
Conversation with Dean at Henely Business School
Sameer Rawjee with Dean at Henley Business School Africa on Culture. Listen Here
Conversation with Investec Bank CHRO
Head of HR @ Investec with Sameer Rawjee on what to expect from AI Next. Listen Here
Conversation with HBS Professor
Watch Sameer’s Conversation with Harvard Professor Nick Binnedel on education’s future. Watch here.
Topics I’m pondering
Books I’m reading
Let’s work together to shape the future
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