Rachel Botsman Biography

Rachel Botsman is a leading authority on trust in the modern world, known for connecting history, technology, and human behaviour in fresh and engaging ways. She is the author of three influential books – "What’s Mine is Yours," "Who Can You Trust?," and "How To Trust & Be Trusted." Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, Financial Times, Time Magazine, and Fast Company. She also writes Rethink, a newsletter with more than 90,000 subscribers worldwide.

Botsman is a world-renowned speaker, celebrated for her clear insights and warm, engaging storytelling. She has spoken on global stages from TED to the World Economic Forum and delivered keynotes for organizations including Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Gartner, and EY. Her TED talks have been viewed more than five million times, and she is consistently rated a favorite speaker at major events.

Alongside her writing and teaching, Botsmanl explores how art and design can spark new ways of thinking. Her installation Roots of Trust was featured at the London Design Biennale, where audiences were invited to experience trust not as an abstract concept but as a living system.

Botsman was the first Trust Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, where she teaches leaders and entrepreneurs how to lead with trust in a changing world. Recognized as one of the world’s top 30 management thinkers and honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, she has worked on every continent, except, so far, Antarctica.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/09/2025.

Rachel Botsman Speaking Topics

  • Leading with Trust in Uncertain Times

    When the world feels complex and fast-moving, trust becomes a powerful source of clarity and confidence. It gives people the courage to take smart risks, collaborate across teams, and lean into change instead of resisting it. Yet despite how often we use the word, trust is still clouded by myths. In this keynote, Rachel Botsman deconstructs those misconceptions and invites audiences to rethink trust as something they can actively shape. With her ‘Risk–Trust Lens’ framework, she shows why the balance between risk and trust is the hallmark of adaptive leadership and shares practical tools leaders can use to build cultures where people feel safe, supported, and ready to step into the unknown.

    Participants will learn:

    • Why trust is the foundation of resilience in uncertain times.
    • How to use the ‘Risk–Trust Lens’ to make smarter decisions under pressure.
    • The four traits every leader must consistently demonstrate to earn trust.
    • Why cultures built on trust consistently outperform those built on control.

  • Trust by Design: What Makes Innovation Stick

    Why do some innovations fail while others succeed? The difference is rarely the technology; it’s whether people trust it enough to make the leap. Every breakthrough depends on what Rachel Botsman calls a Trust Leap: the decision to embrace a new way of working, creating, or connecting. Yet too often, innovators obsess over features and functions and overlook the trust conditions that truly determine adoption. Drawing on 15 years of work with Fortune 500 companies and start-ups, Rachel shares her ‘Trust Leap’ framework, showing why designing for trust is as essential as designing for usability or beauty. Through stories that span from historical inventions to today’s disruptive start-ups, she reveals how trust is the hidden design layer that allows ideas to take root and grow.

    Participants will learn:

    • Why trust is the bridge that makes people willing to take risks on new ideas.
    • The design principles that encourage people to make a ‘Trust Leap.’
    • How to identify and close the trust gaps that quietly block adoption.

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Rachel Botsman Videos

Rachel Botsman - TED

Rachel Botsman - TED

The Currency of the New Economy is Trust

Rachel Botsman - World Economic Forum

Rachel Botsman - World Economic Forum

In Technology We Trust? panel

Rachel Botsman - DLD Munich

Rachel Botsman - DLD Munich

Why Transparency Does Not Equal Trust

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Rachel Botsman is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Leading with Trust in Uncertain Times, Trust by Design: What Makes Innovation Stick and Rethinking the New Rules of Trust & AI. The estimated speaking fee range to book Rachel Botsman for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Rachel Botsman generally travels from Oxford, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erica Dhawan, Scott Galloway, Simon Sinek, Ray Kurzweil and April Rinne. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Rachel Botsman for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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