TECHNOLOGY

The hardest problems in tech aren’t technical.

Every sector has its own version of the same challenge: leaders navigating change, teams carrying invisible weight, organizations asking people to become something new without helping them get there.

I work across industries — but I don’t show up with a one-size-fits-all talk. I show up having done the work to understand what your people are actually navigating.

What I'm Seeing in this Sector

AI isn't just changing the product. It's changing what it means to lead.

Every tech leader is navigating a version of this right now: the tools are evolving faster than the leadership expectations around them. The question isn’t whether to adopt AI. The question is how to lead humans through a shift this fast without losing trust, identity, or each other.

The IC-to-manager transition is an identity crisis no one treats that way.

Some of the best engineers and individual contributors get promoted into leadership roles and immediately start drowning — not because they lack skill, but because no one told them the job was going to require a completely different version of themselves. Most leadership development for tech skips this part entirely.

Speed and humanity keep getting framed as opposites. They're not.

Ship fast. Move fast. Break things. The culture of velocity creates real results — and real wreckage. The organizations that figure out how to move quickly and care for their people aren’t choosing one over the other. They’re building a different kind of leadership.

How Renita Helps

ICF Certified Coach · ProSci Change Management Certified · Master Certified Facilitator

With two decades in Big Four management consulting — including strategy and technology — I’ve been inside the systems I now help leaders navigate. I understand the pace, the pressure, and the particular kind of exhaustion that comes from leading in environments where the ground never stops shifting. Whether it’s a keynote for your engineering summit, a retreat for your leadership team, or a facilitated session on AI and the future of work, I bring the same thing every time: clarity about what’s actually happening, and a way forward that doesn’t require your people to abandon themselves to get there.

Trusted by

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“Renita delivered one of the most authentic yet inspiring panels. Her humor, personality, and energy were a perfect complement to the event. She’s among the best out there.”

— Ishan Sharma, Senior Creative Strategist, Braze

“Her presence was both powerful and kind, and her no-nonsense truth-telling was exactly what we needed to hear.”

— Alexis Bourdamis, Head of Implementation Management, Adyene.

Keynote Topics & Outcomes

Keynotes for Technology Audiences

KEYNOTES FOR TECHNOLOGY AUDIENCES
Each keynote is customizable, and every one is available as a Keyshop. Tap a title to see outcomes, fit, and why it lands.

Keynote 1

The Thing Behind the Thing

Most leadership challenges aren’t what they appear to be on the surface. The team conflict that looks like a communication problem is actually a trust problem. The burnout that looks like a workload problem is actually an identity problem. The resistance that looks like a change management problem is actually a safety problem. Renita helps audiences see what’s really driving the room — and lead from there.
What your audience walks away with:
  • The ability to distinguish between the presenting problem and the real one
  • A framework for reading the human dynamics underneath organizational challenges
  • Language for naming what’s happening in their teams without creating defensiveness
Who chooses this keynote:

Organizations navigating tension, transition, or “stuckness” — where leaders sense something deeper is happening but can’t quite name it. Ideal for leadership summits, all-hands events, and executive offsites.

Why this resonates

Because every leader in the room has felt the gap between the problem they were asked to solve and the one that actually needed solving. Renita gives them permission — and a method — to work on the real one.

Keynote 2

Staying Human While Everything Changes

AI is reorganizing how we work. But the harder question isn’t about technology — it’s about what happens to leadership, identity, and human connection when the ground shifts this fast. This talk explores what it actually takes to lead through technological disruption without losing the humanity that makes leadership work in the first place.

What your audience walks away with:
  • A clear-eyed perspective on how AI is reshaping leadership expectations — without the hype or the panic
  • Practical ways to integrate technology while protecting what makes teams human
  • A reframe on what “future-proofing” actually means for leaders (hint: it’s not about the tools)
Who chooses this keynote:

Organizations navigating AI adoption, digital transformation, or future-of-work strategy who want a speaker that connects the technology conversation to the human one. Ideal for tech companies, innovation summits, and leadership teams building AI strategy.

Why this resonates

Most AI talks are either utopian or apocalyptic. Renita’s sits in the honest middle — where leaders actually live. She makes the future of work feel navigable instead of terrifying.

Keynote 3

Between the Leap and the Land

Every significant leadership transition involves a disorienting middle — the space between the version of yourself that got you here and the one your role is now asking you to become. Most leadership development skips this part. Renita lives in it. This talk is about what happens in the in-between, why it matters, and how to lead through it without losing yourself.

What your audience walks away with:
  • A name for the experience they’ve been having but couldn’t articulate
  • Understanding of why identity transitions are the real work of leadership development
  • Practical strategies for navigating uncertainty without performing false confidence
Who chooses this keynote:

Organizations investing in leadership development, supporting leaders through transitions (promotions, restructures, role changes), or building cultures where growth doesn’t require self-abandonment. Ideal for CHRO-sponsored events, leadership development programs, and high-potential cohorts.

Why this resonates

Because the audience has been in this space before — or they’re in it right now. And no one has named it for them. Until Renita does.

I'd love to understand what your organization is navigating; and whether there's a keynote, retreat, or conversation that fits.

Every keynote and keyshop is customized to your audience, your organization, and the specific challenges your leaders are navigating. No two are the same.
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