Alexandra Samuel

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.”

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.

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.”

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.