THE PERSPECTIVE
Practical thinking for leaders making consequential AI decisions.
AI is often discussed as a technology story. Rebecca focuses on the organisational decisions around it: who owns outcomes, where authority sits, how leadership roles change, what needs governance and how value should be measured.
Her sessions are designed for senior audiences who need to make better decisions about AI, not simply understand the technology.
SPEAKING THEMES
AI, leadership and the changing nature of work.
Most talks are developed around the audience, sector and questions the organisation is working through. I typically speak about how AI creates value, how it changes work and leadership, and what organisations need to get right when technology becomes part of everyday decision-making.
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AI, Strategy and Value
How organisations move from AI activity to something that makes a meaningful difference to performance, decisions and the way work gets done.
People, Leadership and Human Capability
What changes when AI becomes part of the working environment, and why judgement, experience, creativity, trust and other human capabilities often become more important rather than less.
Change, Adoption and Execution
The organisational side of AI: how strategy becomes practice, how people respond to change, and what helps new technology become part of how an organisation actually operates.
SPEAKING FORMATS
Keynotes
For conferences and senior leadership audiences.
Panels and moderated discussions
For events requiring informed challenge and practical perspective.
Board and executive briefings
For smaller senior groups working through specific AI decisions.
Private roundtables and leadership sessions
For peer discussion, investor groups and executive communities.
SELECTED SPEAKING
Recent conferences, leadership forums and executive audiences.
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Keynote - HR Network Scotland - How HR Makes or Breaks AI Success
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Panel Chair - IfT - The AI Illusion
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Bespoke Event - CIMA - Working with Technology to Understand AI Value
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Owendale executive events / leadership sessions
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Podcast - Recruiting Future - Recruiting Top AI Talent
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Podcast - Recruiter Enablement - AI
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Podcast - The Resilient Recruiter - How Recruiters Can Use AI Without Losing Trust or Control
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Host of The Lucent Perspective with internationally renowned leadership and technology leaders
ABOUT
Rebecca Hastings
Rebecca is an AI advisor, speaker and executive search founder whose work sits at the intersection of AI, leadership, organisational design and strategy execution.
Her perspective draws on AI strategy and advisory work, primary research with more than 100 senior AI and data leaders, and 15 years working with boards, executives and investors on senior leadership decisions.
She is Founder of Lucent Search, Partner at Owendale Advisory and host of The Lucent Perspective Podcast and now What Strategy Becomes podcast.