The Questions Shaping Human Capability
It is easy to assume that the most important questions are about future technology and its impact on our world. In forward-looking organisations, the crucial questions are also human: how people think and decide, how roles and capabilities evolve, and how organisational structures enable intelligent collaboration.
What enables people to think well alongside intelligent technology? What conditions strengthen the brain’s capacity to perform? What environments stifle motivation and creativity? What is needed from our leaders today for tomorrow? And if every brain is shaped differently, what does diversity truly mean and how can it be led?
Soraya Shaw brings together Applied Organisational Neuroscience, commercial experience and accessible storytelling to explore the questions changing how we understand intelligence, leadership and human potential.
Each keynote combines established science with emerging research, creating a memorable conversation shaped to answer the audience questions, the occasion and what needs to be challenged for growth and performance.
“Your insights, expertise, and captivating presentation truly enriched the event and will leave a lasting impact on our audience. The depth of knowledge you shared was both enlightening, transformative and inspiring.” NHS International Women’s Day
Hybrid Intelligence: Leading Humans and Intelligent Technology
For organisations investing in powerful technology and determined to strengthen the human judgement, originality and accountability that make it valuable.
A timely keynote for leaders who want people and intelligent technology to perform better together.
The Female Brain Advantage
What if ageing reveals protective mechanisms in the female brain that science has barely begun to understand?
Emerging research into genes escaping the normally inactive second X chromosome is opening new questions about memory, cognitive resilience and brain ageing.
A provocative, evidence-led keynote exploring one of neuroscience’s most overlooked frontiers.
Brain Capital: The Human Infrastructure Behind Performance
For organisations that recognise performance depends on the quality and capacity of the brains behind it.
This keynote reframes brain health, culture and cognitive capability as strategic business assets, not simply wellbeing considerations.
Say Hello to Your Brain® All Brains Welcome
Is there such a thing as a normal brain?
This provocative and accessible keynote explores how biology, experience, prediction, memory and bodily state help shape the world each brain perceives.
It asks where conscious experience and choice begin, and what our different perceptions mean for identity, trust, relationships and collective intelligence.