Liliana Gil Speaking Topics

• Unlock the Power of Cultural Intelligence®

  Diversity initiatives are stalling. DEI budgets are being cut. And yet the demographic shifts reshaping America's workforce and consumer base are accelerating faster than ever. This keynote reframes the entire conversation: Cultural Intelligence® is not a compliance program, it is the most under-leveraged growth operating system in business today.

  Drawing on proprietary AI-driven research and two decades working with Google, the NFL, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, PepsiCo, and Walmart, Lili Gil delivers a boardroom-grade case for why the companies winning the next decade are the ones that treat cultural understanding as a business discipline, not a values statement.

  Audiences leave with a practical framework for turning demographic trends into product innovation, workforce engagement, and brand relevance. Delivered in English, Spanish, or both. Available as a 20-minute power talk, 45–60-minute keynote, or 90-minute interactive workshop.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand why Cultural Intelligence® outperforms traditional DEI as a business strategy
  • Apply a measurable CI framework to growth, talent, and brand decisions
  • Leave with specific actions for Monday morning

• Latinos: The Untapped Force Behind Economic Growth in America

  The U.S. Latino market represents the fastest-growing economic engine in the country, and the most underinvested. If the Hispanic market were a standalone economy, it would rank among the largest in the world. Yet most brands, products, and leadership pipelines were not built with this consumer and employee in mind.

  Lili Gil, a Colombian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. at 17 without speaking English and built a Fortune 500-trusted advisory firm, makes the data-driven business case for why ignoring Latino consumers and talent is no longer a strategic option. This is her most-requested Hispanic Heritage Month keynote, combining the personal story audiences remember with the economic data executives respect.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand the GDP impact and buying power of the U.S. Latino market
  • Identify the highest-leverage opportunities for engagement in your industry
  • Build a commercially defensible case for multicultural investment

  Delivered in English, Spanish, or both. Available from a 20-minute power talk to a full keynote plus fireside or Q&A.

• Why Cultural Intelligence® Wins Over Traditional DEI

  The DEI playbook is under fire. Companies are rolling back programs, rebranding initiatives, and asking a question no one has a clean answer to: what comes next? This keynote is built for exactly that moment.

  Lili Gil does not defend or attack DEI. She offers something more useful: a commercially grounded, measurable alternative framework that delivers the workforce inclusion and consumer relevance that executives actually need — without the political liability that ""DEI"" carries today. Cultural Intelligence® is the post-DEI growth strategy for companies that still believe culture is a competitive advantage, even if they can no longer say it that way.

  This is the session C-suite leaders, board members, and CHROs are requesting most in 2025 and 2026. Candid, data-driven, and built for the room your executive team is actually in.

  Attendee Results:

  • Reframe diversity from a compliance cost to a revenue and retention driver
  • Apply the Cultural Intelligence® Growth OS to your current business context
  • Walk away with language and frameworks your leadership team can actually use

• BRAND-U: Unlock the Power of Your Story

  Every leader has a story. Most never learn how to use it as a strategic asset. BRAND-U is Lili Gil's signature masterclass on personal branding — the intersection of identity, culture, and business value that turns who you are into what you sell, lead, and build.

  Based on the same proprietary framework she has used with Fortune 500 marketing teams, ERGs, founder cohorts, and high-potential talent programs, this session teaches leaders and entrepreneurs how to translate their personal narrative, cultural background, and core values into a differentiated professional brand and business value proposition.

  Especially powerful for Latina and multicultural professionals, women's leadership programs, and corporate talent development initiatives. Available as a 90-minute keynote or 2-hour interactive workshop with individual exercises.

  Attendee Results:

  • Identify the unique brand assets in your personal story and background
  • Build a clear, authentic value proposition for your career or business
  • Leave with a personal brand framework you can deploy immediately

• AI, Cultural Intelligence®, and the Future of Insights

  Artificial intelligence is reshaping how companies understand consumers, make decisions, and build products. But AI trained on incomplete or culturally narrow data produces incomplete and culturally narrow results, at scale. The brands getting ahead of this are the ones combining the power of AI with the depth of Cultural Intelligence®.

  Lili Gil has been at this intersection for over a decade, building and deploying AI-driven cultural research tools through Human Dot Plus and CulturIntel that have shaped strategy for companies including Google, Merck, PepsiCo, and the NFL. This keynote gives business leaders a practical framework for understanding where AI and cultural intelligence intersect — and where ignoring that intersection creates risk.

  Relevant for CMOs, Chief Data Officers, innovation teams, and any organization navigating AI adoption in a diverse marketplace. Available as a keynote or executive session.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand the cultural blind spots in AI-driven marketing and insights
  • Apply a CI lens to your organization's AI strategy and data inputs
  • Identify immediate opportunities to close the gap between data and cultural relevance

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