Dona Sarkar

Dona Sarkar Speaking Topics

• I Got 99 Problems but AI Ain’t One

  How many of you have heard that AI is here to take your job? Yeah, exactly. Us too. Apparently, AI is here to take ALL the jobs.

  Yet, here we are, employed and busier than EVER. Did you know that every large tech company has announced AI products this year with the promise to transform your business?

  In this talk, you’ll learn:

  • What in this latest AI craze is hype and what is real?
  • What are successful companies actually doing with AI these days?
  • What are 3 things that you ABSOLUTELY should be doing in the next 6 months to get your business ready to implement AI in a secure and responsible way?

• The Future of Work is… Shenanigans

  "Yay. A Consultant." • no one ever

  Every company, especially when the economy takes a downturn immediately decides to hire a consultant to solve their latest business problem. Here is the real truth: the best ideas for your organization are already in your organization, hidden deep inside the brains of your quietest members. Your goal is to get these ideas out of brains and onto paper so that they can become experiments and then wins and then tangible business results.

  Using Dona's proven 5 Step SHENANIGANS framework, you will identify your most urgent business problems and solve them in an innovative and FUN way using your most valuable assets, your teams. This will not only save you million of dollars, but will also raise employee engagement and retention like you've never seen.

Inclusive AI: How We all Have A Role To Play

Who's heard of ChatGPT and DallE?

These exist to be your copilot

They start stuff for you

They finish stuff for you

They’re here to make your life easier, NOT harder.

BUT they can very easily not represent what you believe and value. How can organizations and individuals make the best use of this amazing new technology when they're NOT AI experts and don't have the time or resources to become one?

Learn 5 techniques that your company can be doing today to maximize the usableness and usefulness of Generative AI and the 3 different roles everyone in your company can and should play a part in the AI revolution.

Total Immersion - Tales From A Decade Working On The Metaverse

How many of you have heard of web 3.0? How about the Metaverse?

So…all of you. But what does it mean? And more importantly, what does it mean for YOUR business?

In this session, you’ll learn what exactly the metaverse is, how it can boost your business and most importantly, how you can start your journey to the Metaverse today. Dona has worked in the Augmented/Virtual Reality/Metaverse space for almost a decade and will give you a behind the scenes look at companies like Volvo, Lowe’s, Ford, NASA and others who are using this technology to thrive—and how you can do it too.

NON-PROMOTE-ABLE WORK: 10 Ways to STOP doing it and START being more Powerful in the Workplace

No one ever got promoted for organizing a "women’s mentoring ring".

Harsh. But true.

Every senior woman knows this. So why don’t we coach and advise the next generation to stop doing this work unless it’s part of your job?

Around 2012, Dona stopped doing ALL non-promote-able work and instead started doing 10 very specific experiments at her job.

Lo and behold, her career absolutely transformed over the next 2 years. The opportunities started to show up and have not stopped to this day. Dona talked to a few of her other senior women friends and they agreed--these techniques WORK. In this 45 minute keynote, Dona will walk you through the 10 experiments she has done to become more powerful in the workplace and how you can do it too!

Mind Your Own Business: How To Talk About Mental Health At Work

"Managers should be keeping their team's mental health in mind."

How many of you have heard this? How many of you have absolutely NO IDEA what this means or even how to do this? How do you make sure you're not crossing the line into trying to be someone's therapist?

Fear not, Dona has a simple 5 step strategy that will work for your organization.

In this session, she will cover: • WHY is it important for leaders like YOU to talk about mental health • WHAT you should be talking about and what you should not be talking about • Talking to your team about them creating their own Mental Health plans • Creating a team Mental Health plan Understand what resources are at your disposal