An Imaginative & Engaging Speaker

Alex Leathard smiling engagingly at a crowd, portraying his role as a speaker and thought leader.

A battle-hardened data practitioner, Alex draws on a wealth of experience to deliver fun and thought-provoking keynotes that inform, entertain, and challenge audiences.

Typical talk titles include:

  • Why success with data isn't about data at all: The human factors that actually determine whether your data initiatives thrive or die
  • From chaos to cohesion: How to diagnose and fix a broken data team before it's too late
  • The data strategy paradox: Why detailed plans fail and scrappy execution wins
  • How to get stakeholders to actually care about data: Converting skeptics into advocates by speaking their language
  • Boring infrastructure, explosive results: Why unsexy architecture decisions drive outsized business impact