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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.

New Speakers

At Lavin, we are serious about which keynote speakers we put up on our site, and we are always adding select new voices on the biggest issues of our time. This next wave of speakers is tackling tomorrow’s challenges, starting today.

9 New Speakers
Speakers

Michelle Khare

Host and Creator of Challenge Accepted, the YouTube Series with 5 Million Followers | TIME100 Honoree

Everyone faces fear. The challenge is learning how to transform it into your hidden superpower.

Michael Townsend

Featured Artist in the Top 10 Netflix Documentary Secret Mall Apartment | Tape Art Founder

We can solve our biggest personal and social challenges with art, collaboration, and a willingness to turn ideas into action.

Bree Groff

Author, Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously) | Workplace Culture Expert | Senior Advisor, SYPartners

Work can be fun. Seriously!

Jacob Ward

Author of The Loop: How A.I. is Creating a World without Choices and How to Fight Back | NBC News Technology Correspondent | Former Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science Magazine | AI Strategic Advisor to Fortune 500 Companies

The trick to working well with AI—and avoiding its most dangerous outcomes—is learning to spot the risky forms of psychosis it can produce in us all.

George Newman

Author, How Great Ideas Happen | Cognitive Scientist at The University of Toronto

Great ideas aren’t created. They’re discovered—through exploration, persistence, and a repeatable process that puts creativity within reach for everyone.

Amy Kurzweil

Author, Artificial: A Love Story | New Yorker Cartoonist

AI isn't a threat to art, or a replacement for human artists, but a brand new kind of art form. Paired with our own creativity, it can be used to preserve and appreciate the vastness of human life.

Julia Minson

Harvard Kennedy School Professor | Author, How to Disagree Better

Learning practical ways to disagree better can help us make better decisions, build better teams, and ultimately lead better lives.

Sabaa Quao

Founding President, PlusCo Venture Studio | Former Chief Creative and Innovation Officer, Cossette

In our fast-moving business landscape, stasis is the biggest risk. Leaders must lean into creativity and "calculated audacity" to succeed.