Empower growth, preserve culture, and lead with purpose.
Layla Foord is an inspiring executive leader and visionary innovator, passionately committed to empowering individuals and organisations to unlock their creative potential using cutting-edge AI technologies. Known for turning groundbreaking ideas into impactful realities, Layla demonstrates that innovation and creativity are accessible to everyone.
She has led strategy and product at Envato, Seek, Go1 and now is COO at Smiling Mind.
Layla harnesses AI to create transformative experiences—from music and meditations to adaptive literacy apps and automated grant-writing tools. Her pioneering approach merges technology with creativity, inspiring teams to think differently and act boldly, fostering environments that celebrate curiosity and innovation.
Through her exciting Spark Space initiative, Layla shares practical insights and stories from her creative ventures, inviting audiences to explore their own innovative capabilities. Her vibrant and approachable style demystifies AI, making innovation relatable and achievable for all.
Layla’s dynamic presence and compelling storytelling equip audiences with the confidence and tools needed to harness AI creatively, encouraging a new wave of innovation, inclusivity, and inspired action.
Talking Points
Creative Empowerment through AI
How everyone can leverage AI to create music, apps, meditations, and more—unlocking their innate creativity.
Creative Empowerment through AI
Thinking Like an Innovator
Simple strategies and insights to cultivate an innovative mindset, sparking powerful ideas and bold solutions.
Thinking Like an Innovator
Adaptive Literacy & Inclusive Technology
Leveraging AI to enhance literacy, education, and accessibility, making technology a force for inclusive growth.
Adaptive Literacy & Inclusive Technology
AI for Good
Practical ways to utilise AI ethically and creatively, transforming challenges into opportunities that benefit humanity.
AI for Good
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Hiring / team formation, with Layla Foord
Find your own strengths and gaps, and create a team that can get the job done.I attended a presentation skills seminar that Layla ran and found it extremely useful and a lot of fun. Layla's down to earth approach made the seminar very accessible. She provides a range ... keep reading Outware Mobile
Layla spoke at our Carsales independent Guild created to showcase women in business and I had previously seen her speak at a start up event. Layla shared her personal and professional journey and the audience was engaged throughout the talk. Layla is a story teller with the presence of a friend which made everyone feel they could connect with her words. I highly recommend Layla as a speaker and coach.
Layla conducted a great fireside chat at the opening ceremony of GIYC2016 with our media executive. Layla interacted really well with the host and also the audience, capturing their attention with worldy examples of her start up and work adventure, and also embracing topics of worklife balance and motherhood which struck a deep connection with the audience. Layla's talk was exceptionally well received and memorable, with fantastic feedback from the audience and also corporate sponsors and other speakers in the room. Layla was a pleasure to work with, really organised, on time and friendly to all our executive and the audience. We loved having Layla talk at GIYC. Thanks Layla!
Layla is one of those speakers that delivers truth, because she's actually done the work. She's also witty, disarmingly intelligent and an absolute pleasure to work with. Book her, work with her, befriend her, she's ace. :)
Layla did a talk on 'Finding Superheroes for your Organisation' at our Lean Startup Melbourne event. The talk was received very well by the 400 attendees that attended the event. The content of the talk was original and insightful. Her delivery of the talk was very engaging, which the audience responded well to. I would highly recommend getting Layla to speak at your event.
