Trust enables us to navigate uncertainty, place our faith in people, and take leaps into the unknown.
Rachel Botsman is a leading expert on trust in the modern world.
She is known for identifying ground-breaking paradigm shifts in business and society. She has been recognised as one of the world's 30 top management thinkers by Thinkers50, one of the Top 10 most influential voices on LinkedIn, and honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Her TED talks have been viewed more than five million times.
Current Work:
Rachel is the author of two critically acclaimed books, What's Mine is Yours and Who Can You Trust?, that have been translated into 14 languages.
Her writings on trust have been widely published in the Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and Wired. Through her popular newsletter, Rethink with Rachel, she engages with a community of over 65,000 subscribers every week.
Rachel is known for her clear insights and warm storytelling and is often voted as the audience's favourite speaker at events. Speaking and advisory clients include Adobe, Google, Xero, PwC, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Chicago Fed Reserve, Barclays and the Bank of England. She teaches entrepreneurs and leaders at Oxford University, Saïd Business School and created the first courses on trust in the digital world.
Rachel has lived and worked on four continents, giving her a global perspective on the most critical issues of our time. She now lives in Oxford with her husband, two children and dog.
Talking Points
Rethinking Trust At Work
Trust is both the foundation and the result of a strong culture, and it's fundamental to creating a better world of work. Yet, with the dynamics of teams in a state of flux, it has never been more challenging to keep people connected, engaged and aligned with company values - and with each other. In this dynamic keynote, leading expert Rachel Botsman will challenge your assumptions and reframe how trust really works. You'll walk away with clear frameworks and actionable ideas on how to put trust at the heart of your leadership and culture
Rethinking Trust At Work
Leading With Trust Through Uncertainty
How do we lead with trust amid all this uncertainty and flux? In this keynote, leading expert Rachel Botsman reveals how leaders can develop a 'confident relationship with the unknown': the essence of trust. She explains why we need to rethink our assumptions about what makes a trustworthy leader, including why being comfortable with doubt and humility are critical skills for the 21st century.
Leading With Trust Through Uncertainty
Designing and Innovating With Trust
Why do some innovations fail and others succeed? Trust is the key differentiator. You can only get people - employees or customers - to use a new product or service if they're willing to take a 'trust leap' - to take a risk to do something new or different. Based on a decade of research and teaching with Fortune 500 companies and start-ups - Rachel Botsman will map out the principles of how you get teams to design for trust in ways that help new ideas succeed and be trustworthy. She also shares how designers, entrepreneurs and leaders can improve practices to consider the unintended consequences of new technologies.
Designing and Innovating With Trust
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Rachel Botsman | Global Trust Expert | D Congress 2021
The Currency Of Trust | Rachel Botsman | DLD 2019
We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers | Rachel Botsman
Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through technologies like the blockchain. This new era of trust could bring with it a more transparent, inclusive and accountable society - if we get it right. Who do you trust?Rachel Botsman | Adobe Summit Film 2021
Reflecting on 10 years of researching trust, how trust unlocks our creative potential, and the most powerful ways trust is earned for the 2021 Adobe Summit conference.Rachel Botsman was a brilliant speaker at the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. She captured imaginations when speaking about how collaborative technologies are reshaping our re ... keep reading Clinton Global Initiative
I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Rachel, on behalf of the Better Boards team, for presenting at the 2014 Australasian Better Boards Conference. Her time, effort and input into the conference assisted in making the weekend a highly successful and informative event. We had approximately 400 people attend the conference over the three days and everyone we spoke to said they had taken away an abundance of ideas which they were excited to implement into their respective organisations. Very inspirational and thought-provoking presentation.
Rachel is a genuine world class speaker who knows how to stir thinking and encourage an audience to open their minds. Months on, I am still receiving emails about her talk. Her polished but warm style coupled with her relevant and clever stories leave an audience with a genuine sense of wonder and awe but most importantly it leaves them curious and hungry for more! I would not hesitate in booking Rachel for any event that calls for a world class thought leader - especially if you are after someone to disrupt and stir thinking.
From the moment we spoke about what I was trying to achieve with the conference to the feedback received it was evident that Rachel is a genuine world class speaker who knows how to stir thinking and encourage an audience to open their minds. Her polished but warm style coupled with her relevant and clever stories leave an audience with a genuine sense of wonder and awe but most importantly it leaves them curious and hungry for more!
Rachel’s talk both provoked and inspired, setting off an active conversation that continues to this day and worldwide within the company.
What a session! We got some really positive feedback about the content but also about the virtual rapport that you managed to create.
Rachel’s insightful session was engaging and authentic. She really made a personalized connection. The informal, open-ended format and seamless online experience allowed our audience to ask questions and engage in a lively conversation with her.
Not one single day has gone by since the event without external & internal commendations on her engagement with our audience. Her message really connected and impacted the entire audience.
She kept our 2000 delegates on the edge of their seats for over an hour, not only with the quality of her content but also with her humour and engaging style.
