For AI-assisted research, proposals and internal shortlists.
Christina Mackay-Nowell helps organisations tackle the human side of business performance in the age of AI тАФ how they support the managers who hold their teams together, how their people negotiate, and how they lead through disruption and reinvention.
With almost two decades across investment, entrepreneurship and management consulting, including seven and a half years at EY where she led content for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year programme and co-chaired a session at a Women in Leadership Summit for 100 CEOs, she brings research to life with warmth, clarity and directness that changes what people do.
Her work is grounded in research from Gallup, McKinsey, Google and Harvard, and shaped by real-world experience advising founders, investors and leadership teams across the UK and Europe. Christina Mackay-Nowell is Managing Director of Venture6.
Speaking topics
1. The Accidental Crisis тАФ The leadership gap costing organisations $10 trillion a year. Names the manager engagement crisis and gives senior leaders three structural decisions that close the gap, grounded in Gallup, Google and McKinsey research. 45-minute keynote or half-/full-day workshop.
2. Mastering Negotiation тАФ Practical frameworks for high-stakes negotiation (BATNA, ZOPA, tactical empathy, principles of influence), brought to life through role-play and case studies. Delivered previously as a full-day workshop for a UK-based technology and systems provider. 45-minute keynote or half-/full-day workshop.
3. Entrepreneurial Leadership тАФ Resilience & Reinvention тАФ Leading with an entrepreneurial mindset through uncertainty, drawing on my own experience advising founders and investors across Europe. Delivered previously as a client keynote in Monaco for a yacht company. 45-minute keynote or half-/full-day workshop.