Abigail Posner
Abigail Posner inspires organizations to humanize technology, unlock creativity, and drive innovation through emotional connection and insight.
Why book Abigail Posner for your next event
- Gain practical tools to humanize digital transformation and create stronger emotional connections with customers, employees, and stakeholders.
- Discover the Expansiveness Edge™ and learn how to unlock creativity, curiosity, and innovation across every level of your organization.
- Be inspired by a Google leader who blends anthropology, neuroscience, and technology into actionable strategies for lasting growth.
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Humanizing digital transformation and unlocking creative potential
Abigail Posner brings a rare perspective to the stage, where creativity, technology, and human behavior meet. As Director of Creative Works at Google and the mind behind the Humanizing Digital project, she helps organizations rethink how they connect, innovate, and grow. Her keynotes offer practical tools and fresh insights that empower leaders and teams to unlock creativity, strengthen emotional engagement, and navigate digital transformation with clarity and purpose.
Abigail Posner keynote speaker
Abigail Posner is a globally recognized keynote speaker on creativity, innovation, and human-centered transformation. As Director of Creative Works at Google, she operates at the intersection of anthropology, neuroscience, advertising, and technology, translating complex human insights into strategies that organizations can act on immediately.
Her work focuses on one essential question: how can businesses create deeper, more meaningful connections in an increasingly digital world? Through her research and stage presence, Abigail offers answers that resonate across industries and organizational levels.
Humanizing Digital – a new business imperative
Abigail is the visionary behind Google’s Humanizing Digital project, a groundbreaking initiative that explores how emotional connections shape the way people interact with technology. Her insights reveal that successful digital transformation is not driven by tools alone, but by understanding human needs, behaviors, and emotions.
Audiences gain a new perspective on how to design digital experiences that feel authentic and engaging. Abigail shares concrete methods to move beyond transactional interactions and instead build lasting relationships with customers, employees, and stakeholders.
The Expansiveness Edge™
At the core of Abigail’s work is her Expansiveness Edge™ approach. This framework helps individuals tap into underutilized aspects of their personality, unlocking curiosity, courage, and creativity that often remain dormant in traditional business environments.
Through this approach, she enables organizations to:
Foster a culture where new ideas are encouraged and explored
Empower employees to contribute more meaningfully
Strengthen innovation by embracing diverse ways of thinking
The result is not short-term inspiration, but sustainable growth driven by people who feel engaged, capable, and motivated.
From insight to action
Abigail Posner stands out for her ability to translate research into real-world application. Her keynotes are dynamic, engaging, and grounded in practical value. She equips audiences with tools they can use immediately to improve collaboration, innovation, and communication.
Her sessions often explore:
How to humanize digital strategies and customer experiences
Ways to build resilient and adaptable teams
Techniques for unlocking creative potential across organizations
Strategies for navigating change in fast-moving environments
Her delivery connects deeply with corporate audiences, making complex ideas accessible and relevant.
Recognized thought leader
Abigail’s impact extends far beyond the stage. Her work has been recognized with prestigious honors, including the UN Media Impact Award, highlighting her ability to bridge humanity and technology in meaningful ways.
She is widely respected for her thought leadership and her ability to challenge conventional thinking while offering clear, actionable direction.
Book Abigail Posner for your event
When you book Abigail Posner for your event, you bring in a speaker who reshapes how organizations think about innovation and growth. She equips leaders and teams with the mindset and tools needed to thrive in a constantly evolving business landscape.
Her keynotes are ideal for organizations looking to:
Drive innovation and creative thinking
Lead successful digital transformation initiatives
Strengthen emotional engagement across their ecosystem
Prepare for the future of work with confidence
Abigail Posner doesn’t just inspire new ideas, she helps organizations turn them into action.
Keynotes
Keynote by Abigail Posner:
BRINGING STORY BACK: HOW AI AMPLIFIES HUMAN CREATIVITY
Drawing from her hands-on experience leading creative teams at Google Creative Works, Abigail Posner shares practical insights into how AI is reshaping creative processes. Her perspective comes from direct experience implementing AI tools alongside creative teams, providing a unique view into what works, what doesn't, and what's truly possible.
Through concrete case studies from Google's work with global brands, Abigail presents her "3 A's Framework" for integrating AI into creative workflows:
- Accelerate: See how creative teams are using AI to streamline production and strategy, creating more
space for human-driven insight development and ideation. Learn which tasks to automate and which require deeper human engagement. - Amplify: Explore practical applications of AI in personalizing creative content and optimizing media strategy. Discover how data-driven approaches are enabling more targeted and effective creative campaigns while maintaining brand authenticity.
- Activate: Understand how tools like Gemini are democratizing creative capabilities across organizations.
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THE EXPANSIVENESS EDGE
Expansiveness is about a holistic approach to strategy and engagement that embraces all of the unique skill sets, passions and idiosyncrasies of people. It is with this deeply human focus on what makes each of us tick, where we can start to create new possibilities by weaving our different perspectives together. At our core, we are naturally creative, but some people feel so far removed from their creative and innovative selves. Understanding the framework for easily tapping into creativity, especially in highly disruptive times, is critical to productivity and growth . This type of expansiveness provides the necessary edge for individuals, teams and organizations to create a culture of connectivity on many levels.
- Unlocking Human Potential: Discover how embracing the unique qualities, passions, and creativity of individuals can unlock untapped human potential within teams and organizations. Learn practical strategies to harness this diversity to drive innovation and productivity.
- Navigating Disruption with Creativity: Gain insights into a framework for easily tapping into your innate creativity and fostering it within your teams. Understand why creativity is a cornerstone for thriving in highly disruptive times and how it can be harnessed to adapt, evolve, and seize new opportunities.
- Creating a Culture of Connectivity: Explore the essential role expansiveness plays in fostering a culture of connectivity on multiple levels. Learn how weaving diverse perspectives together can enhance collaboration, strengthen team dynamics, and propel organizations forward in an interconnected world.
Keynote by Abigail Posner:
CRACKING CREATIVITY
Reimaging AI and Creativity for Greater Personal & Team Growth Many discussions revolve around the advent of AI and how it is infiltrating the way we work at a breakneck pace. The companies that remind themselves that AI is a tool and not a solution will take one step closer to harnessing the power of this for their own good. Leaders that understand and acknowledge that in reality AI is opening the door for more creativity and innovation from the human side, are the ones that will maintain their authenticity and thrive in this new world of tech dominance. Leveraging aspects of anthropology, neuroscience, brand development and engineering practices, Abigail shows us how to leverage the moment to enhance our innovative and creative powers.
- Understand AI as a Tool: Recognize AI as a powerful tool rather than a solution, empowering companies to harness its potential for greater efficiency and innovation.
- Embrace Human Creativity: Leaders who acknowledge AI's role in enhancing human creativity and innovation maintain authenticity and thrive amidst technological advancements.
- Multidisciplinary Approach: Learn from Abigail's expertise in anthropology, neuroscience, and brand development practices to leverage these diverse perspectives for enhancing personal and team creativity and innovation.
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