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Benjamin Laker is a Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School and a visionary thinker redefining the possibilities of modern work.
The architect behind two of the most influential workplace concepts of the past decade – the four-day workweek and meeting-free days, Benjamin has challenged conventional wisdom on productivity, demonstrating how radical ideas can unlock extraordinary results.
Guided by a provocative question – What if leaders stopped focusing on performance altogether and instead designed workplaces so meaningful that people naturally excel?
Benjamin inspires leaders to rethink the very purpose of work.
His research, featured in over fifty articles in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, has sparked global movements that transformed how leaders approach workplace design. These contributions go beyond theory, they offer blueprints for a new era of leadership, where meaningful work environments take precedence over chasing metrics.
Benjamin’s latest book, Job Crafting (MIT Press, 2024), builds on the ground-breaking ideas in his earlier titles, Too Proud to Lead (Bloomsbury, 2021) and Closing The Service Gap (Financial Times, 2023) – all of which were shortlisted for The New York Times Best Sellers list.
Job Crafting offers a revolutionary framework for leaders to redesign roles, relationships, and perspectives – creating workplaces where purpose, belonging, and excellence come naturally.
Hailed by McKinsey & Company as “essential for the future of work,” and endorsed by firms including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Adidas, this approach challenges leaders to think less about managing people and more about designing spaces where people thrive.
As a columnist for The Washington Post and Forbes, Benjamin reaches over 3.5 million readers with his insights into how leaders can transform workplaces into spaces of meaning and excellence.
He enriches his writing with lessons drawn from his interviews with global icons like Mariah Carey, Ja Rule, Christina Milian, and Bella Thorne, uncovering how passion, creativity, and resilience fuel extraordinary achievement.
These stories, combined with Benjamin’s ground-breaking research, challenge readers to rethink how they lead and inspire.
Benjamin’s concepts have not only sparked corporate innovation but also influenced government policies worldwide.
A regular guest on major media outlets such as BBC, CNN, and Bloomberg, as well as global think tanks like the World Economic Forum, his frameworks have been successfully applied across industries, showcasing their universal relevance.
His global impact, combined with his dynamic and thought-provoking keynotes, has positioned him as a highly sought-after speaker and a leading voice in shaping the future of work.
Industry 5.0 requires architect leaders designing workplaces so meaningful, people can’t help but excel. Benjamin Laker challenges traditional views of leadership by urging leaders to focus on designing workplaces where people thrive, rather than obsessing over performance metrics. Drawing on his ground-breaking research Benjamin offers a bold new framework for leaders to redesign roles, relationships, and perspectives—enabling workplaces where purpose, belonging, and excellence naturally emerge.
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In an era defined by polycrisis – a convergence of complex, global challenges and ever-evolving geopolitical shifts, leadership must transcend traditional approaches.
Benjamin Laker’s keynote explores how leaders can navigate an increasingly volatile and uncertain world with clarity, resilience, and strategic foresight.
Laker challenges leaders to embrace a holistic, adaptive mindset, rethinking leadership to empower organizations to not just survive, but thrive amidst disruption.
His ground-breaking research and influence in shaping government policies worldwide offer transformative insights that have reshaped industries across the globe.
This keynote provides actionable strategies to help leaders turn chaos into opportunity, foster resilient organisations, and guide their teams with purpose and vision in the face of the unknown.
Main themes:
• Future of Leadership
• Polycrisis
• Geopolitics
• Strategic Foresight
• Strategic Adaptability
• Organisational robustness
Today’s challenges of growth and productivity cannot be solved with yesterday’s methods. Leaders are faced with a critical question: How can they turn megatrends into milestones, transforming disruption into opportunities for focused innovation?
This keynote explores cutting-edge strategies for creating more productive workplaces, embracing forward-thinking concepts such as the four-day workweek and meeting-free days. By reimagining how we work, leaders can break free from traditional productivity models and build environments that foster focus, creativity, and sustainable growth.
It’s time for a new era of leadership that turns disruption into momentum, creating a culture where innovation thrives, and results speak for themselves.
Main themes:
• Modern Workplace
• Future of Work
• Sustainable Growth
• Productivity Innovation
• Engagement & Belongingness
• Future Trends
The future of leadership lies at the intersection of human intelligence and artificial intelligence. In a world where AI is reshaping industries and reimagining how we work, trust has become the most valuable currency for leaders.
But how can leaders embrace AI not as a disruptor, but as a catalyst for amplifying human potential?
In this keynote, Benjamin Laker challenges traditional views on leadership by exploring how AI can be leveraged to enhance what makes us uniquely human – creativity, empathy, and connection.
Drawing on his research, Laker delves into the urgent need for leaders to reskill themselves and empower their teams to thrive alongside AI, fostering a culture where trust and innovation flourish in tandem.
As AI reshapes the workforce, leaders must evolve to become architects of a new kind of intelligence – one that is driven by collaboration, adaptability, and purpose.
This keynote provides a roadmap for transforming leadership in an AI-driven world, inspiring leaders to navigate the complexities of tomorrow while remaining firmly grounded in the human principles that drive sustainable success.
Main themes:
• Future of Leadership
• AI
• Trust
• Disruption
• Culture
• Future of Work
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