Hugh Lawson

While AI is transforming industries and our ways of doing business, the essence of leadership remains deeply human. Leveraging the Five Core Components Of Emotional Intelligence, embracing and developing emotional intelligence is key to leading effectively in the AI era.

During times of great transformation, agility, and immense workloads, we must create toolboxes of wellness, social support and cultural affirmations to sustain our work, and most importantly our mental and physical wellbeing. In this presentation, Hugh weaves these lessons together with his recent leadership journey and 8 very powerful African proverbs.

In this keynote, Hugh shares his 2024/25 entrepreneurial journey learnings that scaled his social impact advisory practice by 1,100% in 12 months. Fueled by 20+ years working with and for the world’s biggest brands in the B2B space, he will provide insightful ideas gained from the startup space, as well as time-tested execution fundamentals and strategies to optimize your sales channels’ strategic focus!