Rachel Botsman is a leading expert on trust in the modern world. She is known for identifying ground-breaking paradigm shifts in business and society. She has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 top management thinkers by Thinkers50, one of the Top 10 most influential voices on LinkedIn, and... Read more
Rachel Botsman is a leading expert on trust in the modern world.
She is known for identifying ground-breaking paradigm shifts in business and society. She has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 top management thinkers by Thinkers50, one of the Top 10 most influential voices on LinkedIn, and honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Her TED talks have been viewed more than five million times.
Rachel is the author of two critically acclaimed books, What’s Mine is Yours and Who Can You Trust?, that have been translated into 14 languages.
Her writings on trust have been widely published in the Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and Wired. Through her popular newsletter, Rethink with Rachel, she engages with a community of over 75,000 subscribers every week.
Rachel is known for her clear insights and warm storytelling and is often voted as the audience’s favourite speaker at events. Speaking and advisory clients include Adobe, Google, Xero, PwC, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Chicago Fed Reserve, Barclays and the Bank of England. She teaches entrepreneurs and leaders at Oxford University, Saïd Business School and created the first courses on trust in the digital world.
Rachel has lived and worked on four continents, giving her a global perspective on the most critical issues of our time. She now lives in Oxford with her husband, two children and dog.
Awards:
• Top 100 Most Creative People in Business, Fast Company
• Women of the Year, ‘The Progressive Voice’ InStyle
• ‘10 Ideas That Will Change the World’, Time
• World’s Top 30 Management Thinkers, Thinkers50
• Breakthrough Idea Award, Thinkers50
• Top 10 Most Influential Voices, LinkedIn
• HR Most Influential Thinkers, HR Magazine
• Top 20 Speakers in the World, Monocle
• Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
• Finalist, CEO Book Awards
• Finalist, ‘Embracing Change’, Business Book Awards
• Finalist, Interview of the Year, British Podcast Awards
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