Future of Work

The future of work doesn’t start with AI. It starts with how we organise work.

I help organisations look differently at work, talent and AI. Accessible for the whole room, sharp enough for the boardroom, and always with something your audience can start on Monday.

Laurens Waling, keynote speaker, during a talk
From jobs to agility

Why organisations get stuck while talent is abundant.

Labour scarcity is structural. Yet most organisations keep doing the same: more vacancies, more recruitment budget, more of the same. In this keynote I flip the question: it’s not a capacity problem, it’s an organisational design problem.

Using recognisable examples, from the baker who became an EV charging technician to hospitals redistributing work into tasks, I show how work becomes agile once you detach it from fixed jobs.

Laurens Waling on stage with live audience research on the future of work
What I believe about the future of work
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Work is bigger than jobs.

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Organisations are human systems.

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Organisations don’t lack potential. They lack sight of potential.

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AI makes human qualities more important, not less.

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Potential matters more than the past.

Laurens Waling on stage in front of 'the future starts here' screen
On stage

From main stage to board table.

Engaging 800 people takes something different from challenging a boardroom. I enjoy both, and I bring the same energy and concrete examples from practice.

300+

talks delivered, from boardroom to conference hall

13,500+

professionals reached

150+

innovation and organisational change projects

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