Michelle K. Lee
AI Strategist | Advisor to Anthropic | Former VP, Amazon Web Services | Google Executive | Former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce | Founder & CEO, Obsidian Strategies
David De Cremer
World-Renowned Behavioral Scientist & Authority on AI-Savvy Leadership | Bestselling Author of The AI-Savvy Leader (HBR Press) | Professor at Northeastern University
David De Cremer is a world-renowned behavioral scientist and a leading authority on leadership in the age of AI. A professor of management and technology at Northeastern University, where he served as Dean of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, he was named the most influential economist in the Netherlands and a Thinkers50 thinker. His Harvard Business Review Press book, The AI-Savvy Leader, is an Amazon bestseller on taking back control of AI.
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David De Cremer biography
Leadership speaker David De Cremer is a world-renowned behavioral scientist and one of the most authoritative voices on what leadership really means in the age of artificial intelligence. A professor of management and technology at Northeastern University, where he served as Dunton Family Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, he has spent his career studying how people, organizations, and technology interact, and he brings a rare, human-centered perspective to the biggest question facing leaders today: how to make AI work for your organization rather than the other way around.
De Cremer’s authority is built on an exceptional academic career at the highest levels. Before Northeastern, he held the KPMG-sponsored chair at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School and a Provost’s Chair at the National University of Singapore, where he founded a pioneering center on AI and humanity. Named the most influential economist in the Netherlands and a Thinkers50 Radar thinker, he is a member of EY’s AI advisory board and an affiliated researcher with institutions including MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence.
The AI-Savvy Leader
De Cremer is the bestselling author of The AI-Savvy Leader (Harvard Business Review Press), which reached number one among Amazon’s new releases and was selected by the Financial Times and Publishers Weekly as a must-read on AI in business, as well as Leadership by Algorithm. His central message is both reassuring and urgent: AI will not replace the need for human leadership, but leaders who fail to understand it, and who delegate it entirely to technologists, risk losing control of their organizations. He is a sought-after adviser to global companies on putting humans first and AI second.
As a speaker, David De Cremer is insightful, rigorous, and refreshingly human, cutting through the AI hype to focus on what leaders actually need to do. He speaks on becoming an AI-savvy leader, leading transformation in the AI era, the human side of technology and the future of work, and building organizations where people and AI create value together. Audiences leave with a clear, confident, and distinctly human framework for leading in a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence.
David De Cremer Speaking Videos
HumanAIzation: How AI Can Make Us More Human with Dean David De Cremer
David De Cremer on Unleashing AI's Potential for Global Business Leadership
David De Cremer Keynote Topics
Based on his Harvard Business Review Press bestseller, David De Cremer's signature keynote gives leaders exactly what most are missing: a clear, confident grasp of AI as a leadership issue, not just a technical one. He explains why so many organizations are getting AI wrong, why leaders cannot afford to delegate it entirely to technologists, and the practical steps they can take to lead AI adoption that actually creates value. Insightful and refreshingly jargon-free, it is an essential session for any leader serious about the AI era.
AI is forcing one of the biggest organizational transformations in business history, and David De Cremer helps leaders get it right. Drawing on his research and his advisory work with global companies, he explores how to drive change that is strategic rather than reactive: aligning AI with purpose, bringing people with you, managing the cultural shifts, and avoiding the costly mistakes that derail so many AI initiatives. A strategic, human-centered keynote for leaders steering their organizations through profound change.
As a behavioral scientist, David De Cremer brings a perspective few AI speakers can: a deep understanding of the human beings at the center of every technological change. In this keynote he argues that the organizations that win with AI will be those that put humans first, using the technology to augment rather than replace human intelligence, judgment, and relationships. He shows leaders how to build trust, preserve what is distinctly human, and create genuine value. A thoughtful, reassuring talk on technology and humanity.
As algorithms take on more and more decisions, a profound question emerges: who is really in charge? Drawing on his book Leadership by Algorithm, David De Cremer examines what happens to leadership, accountability, and human agency as AI grows more powerful, and how leaders can stay firmly in control. Provocative and intellectually rich, it challenges audiences to think hard about the future of leadership itself in an increasingly automated world.
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Why David De Cremer?
Booking David De Cremer brings audiences one of the world's foremost authorities on leadership in the age of AI, a rare figure who combines the rigor of a world-class behavioral scientist with the real-world perspective of a business-school dean and adviser to global companies. A professor at Northeastern University and bestselling Harvard Business Review Press author, he was named the most influential economist in the Netherlands and a Thinkers50 Radar thinker, and sits on EY's AI advisory board. Insightful, rigorous, and refreshingly human, he cuts through the AI hype to show leaders what they actually need to do. He is ideal for events on leadership, AI, digital transformation, the future of work, and business strategy. To bring David De Cremer to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is David De Cremer?
David De Cremer is a world-renowned behavioral scientist, management scholar, and bestselling author, widely regarded as one of the leading authorities on leadership in the age of artificial intelligence. A professor of management and technology at Northeastern University, he served as Dunton Family Dean of its D'Amore-McKim School of Business, and previously held the KPMG-sponsored chair at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School and a Provost's Chair at the National University of Singapore, where he founded a pioneering center on AI and humanity. He was named the most influential economist in the Netherlands, is a Thinkers50 Radar thinker, and serves on EY's AI advisory board. He is the author of several books, including the Amazon bestseller The AI-Savvy Leader (Harvard Business Review Press) and Leadership by Algorithm.
What is "The AI-Savvy Leader" about, and what is David De Cremer's approach?
The AI-Savvy Leader: Nine Ways to Take Back Control and Make AI Work, published by Harvard Business Review Press, is David De Cremer's bestselling guide to leading in the AI era, and it reached number one among Amazon's new releases and was named a must-read by the Financial Times and Publishers Weekly. Its central argument is both reassuring and urgent: AI will not replace the need for human leadership, but too many leaders are making a critical mistake by treating AI purely as a technical matter and delegating it entirely to technologists. De Cremer's message is "humans first, AI second", leaders must stay in control, use AI to augment rather than replace human intelligence, and align it with purpose and values. As a behavioral scientist, he focuses on the human and organizational side of AI, trust, culture, judgment, and change, that technologists often overlook, giving leaders a practical framework for making AI genuinely work for their organizations.
What topics does leadership speaker David De Cremer cover?
David De Cremer speaks on becoming an AI-savvy leader, leading transformation in the AI era, the human side of technology ("humans first, AI second"), and leadership and accountability in an age of algorithms. His keynotes suit events on leadership, AI, digital transformation, the future of work, and business strategy, for corporate and leadership audiences. To book David De Cremer as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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