What if staying human was the most powerful leadership skill of the future?

In Alive Inside, Emmanuel Gobillot explores how leaders can ignite meaning, creativity, and human connection in an age of automation. Blending neuroscience, storytelling, and practical insight, he reveals the three keys and seven principles for staying fully human and helping teams thrive when technology and change threaten to drain life from work.

In this high pace, energising and entertaining keynote, Emmanuel weaves stories, solutions and shortcuts leaving audiences inspired, energised, and primed for action.

Audience takeaways:

• Discover how to avoid becoming “algorithmic leaders” by applying a simple 3-question framework to guide AI-enabled decisions.
• Learn how to ask the questions AI can’t, unlocking innovation and foresight beyond the data.
• Harness the humanity in AI-driven workplaces by embedding compassion to build trust and connection.
• Understand how to out-influence AI outputs by using presence as a signal of authority in a distracted world.
• Future-proof culture by crafting stories that embed values more powerfully than policies or systems.

What if our problem was too much collaboration?

In Disciplined Collaboration, Emmanuel Gobillot reveals how to break down silos without breaking focus. He shows leaders how to balance freedom with accountability, turning teamwork into a strategic advantage.

Through clear frameworks and real-world examples, he explains how disciplined collaboration drives innovation, trust, and sustainable performance. In this high pace, energising and entertaining keynote, Emmanuel weaves stories, solutions and shortcuts leaving audiences inspired, energised, and primed for action.

Audience takeaways:

• Learn how to replace ad-hoc teamwork with structured, repeatable habits that deliver results faster and with greater quality.
• Understand the four disciplines that help leaders move from individual contribution to true co-creation, and recognise when collaboration is, and is not, appropriate.
• Gain tools to manage the loss of control, value, and speed that often stop teams from working effectively together.
• Discover how to empower people to act independently while aligning their efforts toward shared goals and measurable outcomes.
• Create systems and mindsets that move collaboration from a one-off event to a sustainable capability.

What if your greatest power as a leader came from connection, not control?

In The Connected Leader, Emmanuel redefines leadership for the digital age. He shows how trust, relationships, and shared purpose, rather than hierarchies, create lasting influence. Blending psychology and strategy, he reveals how leaders can inspire collaboration, unlock collective intelligence, and build organisations that thrive through connection, not control.

In this high pace, energising and entertaining keynote, Emmanuel weaves stories, solutions and shortcuts leaving audiences inspired, energised, and primed for action.

Audience takeaways:

• Learn how to replace hierarchical authority with authentic influence by building trust-based networks across your organisation.
• Discover how to align teams around a unifying “why” that drives collaboration, ownership, and performance.
• Understand how to cultivate the relationships, reputation, and reciprocity that turn informal networks into engines of innovation.
• Harness the wisdom and creativity of your teams by designing spaces and systems that enable contribution from everyone.
• Gain strategies to lead with credibility and empathy in an age where authenticity and openness define effective leadership.

What if everything you thought you knew about leadership was wrong?

In This Is Not a Leadership Book, Emmanuel Gobillot turns traditional leadership thinking on its head. With wit and insight, he challenges the prevalent myths about power, authority and success, showing that real leadership isn’t about titles or control but about compassion, hope, and creating the conditions where others choose to follow.

In this high pace, energising and entertaining keynote, Emmanuel weaves stories, solutions and shortcuts leaving audiences inspired, energised, and primed for action.

Audience takeaways:

• Discover how being real, open, and human builds trust and inspires others to follow by choice, not compliance.
• Transform your role from being the one with all the answers to the one who enables others to contribute their best.
• Discover the three perspectives that enable you to master the art of foresight.
• Learn how to move fast from the strategic to the operational and vice versa to ensure you lead for impact.
• Gain tools to inspire commitment, motivate teams, and drive results, whatever your formal role.