Rachel Botsman

Rachel Botsman is a world-leading authority on trust in the digital age and how it shapes leadership, innovation, and the adoption of emerging technologies such as AI. Named one of the Thinkers50 Top 30 Management Thinkers and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, she helps organizations understand why trust is the hidden force behind successful ideas, strong cultures, and transformative change.

A former Trust Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Rachel is the bestselling author of Who Can You Trust?, What’s Mine Is Yours, and How to Trust & Be Trusted. Her insights have appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, WIRED, Time, and The Financial Times, and her TED Talks have been viewed more than 5 million times worldwide. She has delivered keynote presentations for leading organizations including Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, Adobe, EY, and Gartner, as well as global stages such as TED and the World Economic Forum.

In her engaging and thought-provoking presentations, Rachel equips audiences with practical frameworks—including her Trust Leap and Risk–Trust Lens—to understand how trust drives leadership, innovation, and organizational success. Audiences gain actionable strategies for building trust within teams and cultures, navigating risk and rapid technological change, and leading confidently as AI and new technologies reshape how we work and collaborate. Her keynotes challenge leaders to rethink trust not as a soft concept, but as a critical driver of innovation, adoption, and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing world.

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