- Florida, USA
Erica Dhawan Keynote Speaker
- Leading Authority on 21st Century Teamwork, Collaboration, and Innovation
- Global Gurus Top Motivational Keynote Speaker 2026
- Named “Oprah of Management Thinkers” and Ranked #1 of Top Women Keynote Speakers
Erica Dhawan's Biography
When leaders want to break team silos, drive exponential growth, and innovate through teamwork, they call Erica Dhawan.
Erica is an internationally recognized authority, bestselling author, and advisor on 21st century teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. Named by Thinkers50 as the “Oprah of Management Thinkers,” she is the author of three books: Use Your Brain, Digital Body Language, and Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence.
The world of business is increasingly digital, and work practices have changed at a blistering rate. Erica shares innovative strategies to unlock the collective power of teams, build a culture of trust across any distance, and create authentic engagement that keeps organizations competitive and original in the age of AI. Rated #1 on the Top Women Keynote Speakers list and featured among the top 50 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of business, Erica appears frequently in Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She pairs storytelling and humor with research to give audiences interactive, refreshing, practical strategies for modern, innovation-driving teamwork.
She holds degrees from Harvard, MIT, and Wharton.
Erica Dhawan's Speaking Topics
Use Your Brain: Critical Thinking Intelligence for the Era on Autopilot
As AI becomes part of everyday work, the greatest risk isn't using it—it's relying on it without thinking critically. In this timely keynote, Erica Dhawan explores why Critical Thinking Intelligence is becoming the defining leadership skill of the AI era.
Based on her book Use Your Brain, Erica shares practical frameworks and team rituals that help organizations strengthen judgment, challenge assumptions, and decide what should be automated, augmented, or remain distinctly human.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize when individuals and teams are operating on autopilot and restore intentional thinking
- Evaluate AI-generated content, separate signal from noise, and determine what to automate, augment, and protect
- Make high-stakes decisions that leaders can explain, defend, and confidently own
Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence
Despite endless meetings and powerful collaboration tools, many organizations still struggle with silos, duplication, and slow decision-making. Erica Dhawan argues that the real advantage isn't better technology—it's stronger human connections across teams, functions, and geographies.
Drawing on the principles from her bestselling book Get Big Things Done, Erica introduces Connectional Intelligence, a framework for helping leaders and teams unlock hidden expertise, build trust across boundaries, and accelerate collaboration where it matters most.
Learning Outcomes:
- Surface the tacit knowledge and relationship capital no AI system can retrieve
- Diagnose where collaboration stalls in your organization, and unstick it
- Break silos and keep teams aligned, accountable, and motivated
- Build trust across functions, geographies, and reporting lines without adding meetings
Collaborate Faster and Further Together
As AI makes every message polished, trust is becoming harder to earn. In this keynote, Erica Dhawan explores how leaders can rebuild credibility and strengthen relationships by mastering the new rules of communication in a digital-first world.
Drawing on insights from her Wall Street Journal bestselling book Digital Body Language, Erica reveals the signals that still convey authenticity, care, and commitment—and provides practical communication norms that help teams collaborate more effectively across every channel.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize the communication signals that still build trust in an AI-driven workplace
- Create cultures of clarity across email, messaging, video, phone, and in-person communication
- Strengthen credibility with clients and colleagues through more authentic, human communication
Why Book Erica Dhawan as a speaker?
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She is a globally recognised authority on teamwork, advising organisations on breaking silos and unlocking performance.
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She translates digital communication challenges into practical strategies that build trust and alignment across teams.
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She delivers research-backed insights on connectional intelligence and digital body language into clear leadership frameworks.
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She is a highly rated keynote speaker, trusted by global organisations to deliver engaging and impactful presentations.
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Her briefings help leaders strengthen culture, accelerate execution and drive growth in a digital world.
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