Tawakkol Karman
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate | Yemeni Journalist, Activist & Politician | Founder of the Tawakkol Karman International Foundation | The Mother of the Arab Spring
Jacob Morgan
Professionally Trained Futurist | 6x Best-Selling Author | Authority on the Future of Work & Employee Experience
Jacob Morgan is a futurist and six-time best-selling author who helps leaders build organizations ready for an AI-driven future. His frameworks draw on original research with hundreds of CEOs and CHROs, giving audiences evidence, not opinion. His latest book, The 8 Laws of Employee Experience, offers a clear model for workplaces where people and performance thrive. On stage, he turns complex change into direction leaders can act on.
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Jacob Morgan biography
Futurist speaker Jacob Morgan is a best-selling author and one of the few professionally trained futurists working today, with a focus on leadership, employee experience, and the future of work. He helps organizations understand what it means to be future-ready at a time when artificial intelligence, shifting workforce expectations, and constant disruption are rewriting how companies operate.
Jacob’s point of view comes from both study and lived experience. After earning degrees in psychology and economics, he entered the corporate world expecting meaningful work and instead found disengagement and dated management habits. The turning point arrived when a senior executive asked him to fetch coffee. He left corporate life soon after and devoted his career to designing workplaces people genuinely want to be part of.
He is the author of six books on leadership and work, among them The Future of Work, The Employee Experience Advantage, The Future Leader, and Leading With Vulnerability. His latest, The 8 Laws of Employee Experience, distills more than 100 interviews with chief human resources officers at companies such as Verizon, Delta, Hilton, IBM, and LVMH into a practical operating model for building organizations where people and performance thrive together.
How Jacob Morgan Builds Future-Ready Leadership and Employee Experience
Each year Jacob speaks to tens of thousands of leaders and employees across the globe. His keynotes rest on original research, including large-scale employee surveys and in-depth conversations with senior executives, which lets him move past passing trends toward frameworks leaders can put to work. That evidence-based method places him among the most sought-after voices shaping how organizations think about leadership and work.
Away from the stage, Jacob is the founder of Future of Work Leaders, a global community for CHROs and senior executives guiding their organizations through change. He also hosts the Future-Ready Leadership Podcast and shares ongoing research through his own platform, The Future Organization.
As a speaker, Jacob Morgan delivers data-rich, high-energy sessions that challenge conventional leadership thinking and address what companies must do now to succeed in the new world of work. Audiences leave with clarity, practical tools, and a sharper sense of how leadership has to evolve to meet the future.
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Jacob Morgan Keynote Topics
Leadership is being redefined as organizations absorb artificial intelligence, hybrid work, and fast-moving employee expectations. In this keynote, Jacob Morgan lays out what it takes to lead well in the new world of work. Drawing on research with more than 140 CEOs and nearly 14,000 employees, he presents a practical model built around four essential mindsets and five core skills that separate future-ready leaders from the rest. Attendees leave with clear tools to build trust, adapt with confidence, and guide high-performing teams through any environment.
Every organization's future rests on the experience it creates for its people. As artificial intelligence and shifting expectations reshape work, employee experience has become a decisive driver of performance and staying power. In this session, Jacob Morgan introduces the 8 Laws of Employee Experience, a framework grounded in interviews with chief human resources officers at more than 100 leading companies. Leaders walk away with a practical roadmap for designing human-centered, high-performing workplaces that attract talent, unlock potential, and hold up under constant change.
In a workplace shaped by artificial intelligence and relentless change, trust and credibility have become a leader's most valuable assets. Jacob Morgan examines why vulnerability, paired with competence, is a strength rather than a liability. Drawing on interviews with more than 100 CEOs and data from nearly 14,000 employees, he draws the line between simply being vulnerable and truly leading with vulnerability. The keynote gives leaders a usable framework for building trust, deepening connection, and driving results while facing uncertainty with authenticity.
Artificial intelligence is not only changing how work gets done, it is redefining jobs, organizations, and leadership itself. Jacob Morgan explores how AI is reshaping business models, workflows, and decision-making while raising the value of the human skills technology cannot copy. Using research and real-world examples, he shows how leading companies are redesigning work to collaborate with AI rather than compete against it. Leaders leave with practical insight into balancing automation with human judgment and building resilient organizations for an AI-augmented world.
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FAQs on Booking Jacob Morgan
Why Jacob Morgan?
Few speakers pair futurist rigor with original research the way Jacob Morgan does. He has interviewed hundreds of CEOs and CHROs and surveyed thousands of employees, so audiences receive evidence-based frameworks rather than recycled trends, delivered with energy that keeps executive rooms engaged. To bring Jacob Morgan to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to check his availability and speaking fees.
What does Jacob Morgan speak about?
Jacob Morgan focuses on future-ready leadership, employee experience, and the future of work. His keynotes examine how artificial intelligence, changing workforce expectations, and constant disruption are reshaping leadership and organizations, always paired with practical frameworks leaders can apply right away.
What books has Jacob Morgan written?
Jacob Morgan is the author of six books on leadership and work, including The Future of Work, The Employee Experience Advantage, The Future Leader, and Leading With Vulnerability. His latest, The 8 Laws of Employee Experience, distills more than 100 interviews with chief human resources officers into a practical model for building future-ready organizations.
Who should book Jacob Morgan as a keynote speaker?
Jacob Morgan is a strong fit for executives, HR and people leaders, and organizations navigating AI adoption, transformation, culture change, and employee engagement. Companies looking to prepare their leadership for the future of work can contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring him to their next event.
How to book Jacob Morgan as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Jacob Morgan speaking fee?
Jacob Morgan speaking fees are determined by several factors, including the event's date, whether it's a virtual or in-person event, the duration, format, preparation required for their speech, and more. The same applies to the cost to hire any other top expert speakers and celebrities. The Speaker Fee Range listed on our website is simply a guideline and is subject to change without notice. If you would like to hire Jacob Morgan to deliver a keynote speech for your event, please fill out the contact form or email us at info@aurumbureau.com with as much detail as possible. One of our experienced agents will get in touch with you and let you know exactly how much it will cost to book Jacob Morgan.
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