– Andy Bellando, Superintendent
Lead with Confidence in the Age of AI
Give your leaders the clarity, adaptability, and human skills they need to navigate AI, rapid change, and uncertainty—while keeping teams strong, connected, and performing at their best.
Scott Crabtree delivers highly interactive, science-based keynotes that help leaders evolve how they lead, strengthen psychological safety, and guide collaboration between people and AI. Recent audiences rate his sessions 9.5/10 on likelihood to recommend.
Bots & Brains: The Science of Leading in the Age of AI
Scott’s most requested keynote for 2026–2027
Artificial intelligence is transforming work, but great leadership is still deeply human.
This science-backed, energizing session helps leaders thrive by evolving their leadership identity, guiding collaboration between people and AI tools, and using emotional intelligence to create clarity in uncertain times.
Participants will explore how to:
- Grow into a next-level leadership identity based on influence, not just authority
- Orchestrate hybrid teams of humans and AI for innovation and engagement
- Lead with emotional intelligence to build trust, safety, and adaptability
Whether you’re excited or overwhelmed by AI, this session offers the insight and confidence you need to lead well in a rapidly changing world.
Ch-ch-changes: The Science of Navigating Transitions
Learn the science of more effectively managing transitions. Change happens quickly in the world,
but transitions happen more slowly inside of people. This session will help you lead yourself and
others through those transitions, so you can make the most of change.
Participants will explore how to:
- Recognize all three phases of transitions, even though most of us are only aware of two of them.
- Understand why optimism during crisis is essential, but risky.
- Use practical tools and techniques to boost well-being, innovation, and productivity through change.
Change is inevitable, but handling it effectively is optional. Learn to turn change into opportunities
for growth and innovation.
Fearless Leadership: The Science of Psychological Safety
Research shows that psychological safety, a shared sense of trust that empowers candid conversation
and interpersonal risk, is key to team success at work. How can we increase it?
In this very interactive session, you’ll deepen your understanding of psychological safety. You will
conduct a short psychological safety audit that you can use to measure current levels in your organization.
You’ll experience several ways of boosting psychological safety for yourself and your colleagues. We’ll look
at how psychological safety can lead to more inclusion, boosted well-being, and better results.
- Deepen your understanding of what psychological safety is and isn’t.
- See the latest data that shows why psychological safety is so important.
- Experience a quick and effective way of measuring psychological safety.
- Try out concrete ways of boosting levels of psychological safety.
- Understand the SCARF model and how it supports psychological safety.
You will leave with concrete tools to improve the effectiveness of your teams.
Additional Keynotes & Workshops
All sessions are customized to your goals.
- The Science of Being Happier in Tough Times
Help your people stay steady, focused, and resilient under pressure - Building Belonging
Strengthen connection, trust, and retention across teams - I Feel You: Emotional Intelligence
Improve self-awareness and working relationships - Empower Your “Inner CEO”
Build focus, ownership, and better decision-making - Collaboration through Candid Conversation
Turn avoidance into productive dialogue - Truly Tapping Strengths at Work
Help people do more of what they do best - Gamifying Leadership
Use motivation science to boost engagement and performance
Please contact us for more information about these and other sessions.
Interactivity & Support
Informed by scientific insights on effective teaching and learning, all our presentations engage the audience. Your participants might find themselves leaning into one-on-one discussions, creating and committing to their personal action plans, or -literally- activating mirror neurons in the attendee next to them. Handouts are provided with summary information, activities, and additional reading. Follow-up programs to ensure sustained impact can be custom-designed for your organization.
Impact
Strong leadership has a measurable impact on performance—especially during times of rapid change and uncertainty. Research shows that when leaders create clarity, build psychological safety, and support their people effectively, teams are more engaged, more innovative, and more productive.
And productivity is only one part of the story: strong leadership is also linked to employee engagement, talent attraction and retention, quality of work relationships, and overall well-being.
Process
- We compile key goals from stakeholders in your organization.
- We interview a few participants about their biggest challenges and opportunities.
- We use input from steps 1 and 2 to customize the presentation that will best meet the identified needs.
- We travel to your event location and deliver the keynote and/or workshop along with handout materials.
- We follow up to ensure lasting impact, using email and phone conversations, a refresher webcast, and/or a set of email reminders.
Testimonials & References
For more feedback and testimonials from previous speaking engagements, please see the Happy Clients page.
