Founder She Shapes AI | TEDx & Keynote Speaker | Builder & Advisor
London, England, United Kingdom
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared thisHere's social proof that a Master's degree in sociology and a PhD in philosophy don't prevent you from being shortlisted as Technology Leader of the Year! 😄 (This isn't an April joke.) Thank you to Women in Governance, Risk and Compliance Series for the recognition. And congrats to my fellow finalists!
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA posted thisWho should I meet in San Francisco? I have been invited to speak at a conference on 21 April and will extend my stay to meet as many interesting people as possible. Who should I get in touch with? You might have some ideas - or might even be around yourself? Nikolaus Skene Jen Gennai Angela Aristidou Tamara Srzentić MS MBA Susan McPherson ✨Mena Ramos, MD Branka Panic Kerry Barker Samira Khan Lyn Jeffery Maria Fernanda Sierra Perea Olivia Gambelin Jare Kyriakopoulos Kara Goldin Mackenzie M. Howe
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared thisI don't work with toxic leaders. Nor for them. And I think neither should you. A few years ago, I made a non-negotiable decision: I won't work for toxic leaders, nor with them. And I've stuck to it - even when it meant walking away from prestigious roles, missions I strongly cared about, or high-potential organisations. Why? Because my time, energy, expertise and well-being are too valuable to be wasted in environments where power is abused, trust is absent, and dignity is compromised. I've seen talented professionals threatened for questioning authority. Team members in tears after meetings. Obsessive micromanagement masquerading as constructive support. That's the opposite of what leadership should be. And it's not what work should look (and feel) like. I believe in people-centred leadership, where every voice matters, trust is given from the outset, and joy is part of the process. Leaders who provide a framework, not a straitjacket. Where hierarchy doesn't dictate wisdom and where care and empathy are lived values every single day. Where you take responsibility. Where you lift each other up. And yes, walking away isn't always easy. There have been opportunities I wanted to pursue, teams I wanted to support, money I would have liked to earn and missions I believed in. But when toxicity takes root, no title or salary justifies staying. My rule is simple: If the culture or leadership doesn't align with my values and I know this won't change despite my best efforts, I leave. And I encourage you to do the same. Your talent deserves better. Your well-being matters. And the world needs more people who refuse to tolerate - or perpetuate - bad behaviour. Life's too short. Work with people who make you better, not smaller. _ _ _ I'm Julia Stamm. I build organisations with a purpose. I talk about and advise on leadership that builds trust and success, entrepreneurship that moves the needle and innovation that builds better futures.
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared thisThis👇 was last year's She Shapes AI Conference and Awards Ceremony. Join us this year! If you believe in the potential of AI done well, want to see what it looks like in practice and meet and discuss with the founders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and leaders shaping it, this is the room you'll want to be in. When: 16 April, from 2pm GMT Where: LSE Old Building, London Get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eeDi4vz3 Remote participation is also possible. Thank you to our partners from LSE Generate! Caroline De Cock, LL.M. Sian Kincaide Laura-Jane Silverman MBE Estella Reed Mackenzie M. Howe Iliana Grosse-Buening Salome Tirado Okeze Athena Peppes Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Alan Robertson Dr Ishita Mandrekar Laura Ross Nena Grceva Gina Romero Sheena Bhalla Olivia Gambelin Angela Aristidou Dr. Elizabeth M. Adams
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared thisAre you an AI enthusiast or more hesitant regarding the promises of AI? Do you think AI will lead us towards a future of abundance, or do you think that the opposite will happen? Or maybe you're somewhere in between? Whatever it is, I would love to meet you at our upcoming She Shapes AI flagship event. You will be able to weigh in as two teams of speakers will debate one of the most controversial questions of our time: Will AI unlock an era of unprecedented abundance and human flourishing - or will it outpace our societies, our institutions and our ability to keep it in check? And you will decide who wins. What: "The Power of AI Done Well" - The 2026 She Shapes AI Conference and Global Awards Ceremony When: Thursday, 16 April, 2-7pm, followed by a reception to celebrate our award winners Where: LSE Old Building, Houghton Street Join us as we celebrate the power of AI done well, and our agency in shaping AI's future - and our own. To see the full agenda (because there's much more) and get your tickets: https://lnkd.in/eeDi4vz3
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared this✨ Meet me in Brussels next week. On 2 April, I'll be convening a panel on AI, social impact and philanthropy at Be Philanthropy - and it won't be your typical panel discussion. You know what I mean: Abstract conversations that open with 'AI has enormous potential' and close with 'but we need to approach it responsibly', and some unspecific insights in-between. We will go deeper. I'll be joined by five panelists - Guillermo Beltrà, Joyce Henderson, Rob Heyman, Jean-Philippe Courtois and Sylvain Langer - who are actually researching, deploying and funding AI to help address real-world challenges. And we'll have one additional guest on stage: an LLM, participating in the conversation. Together, we will explore the role AI could play in redefining the way we create impact together - while ensuring ethics and human values remain at the heart of giving. Be Philanthropy, organised by King Baudouin Foundation, explores trends, opportunities, and challenges in philanthropy in Belgium, Europe, and internationally. And it is already sold out. If you managed to grab a ticket, let me know - I'd love to catch up at the event. And if you won't join but will be in Brussels next week and would like to meet, DM me. Either way, see you in one of my favourite cities! 🗓️ 2 April, 2:00-3:15pm CET (in-person) 📍 Autoworld Museum Brussels 📑 Programme: https://lnkd.in/epdHytgb Thank you to Chloé Vandendriesche Arnon Vandenberghe and Nicolas Bastenie for inviting me to convene this crucial session.
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared thisWe don't have to choose between enthusiasm for technology and critical thinking about it. PASSION LABS asked me about the most surprising reaction to my work. And I immediately knew what it was. After my TEDx talk on moving beyond certainty in the AI revolution, I expected the more tech-heavy people in the audience to push back. But they didn't. They came to talk. About agency. About responsibility. About what it actually means to shape AI's future rather than simply react to it. That surprised me. Positively. Because it matters. The appetite - maybe even the hunger - for a more honest, more complex conversation about AI is there. Across backgrounds, across the supposed tech/humanities divide. When I talk about moving beyond certainty, flipping the inevitability discourse and claiming our agency, this isn't about bashing technology. It's about asking better questions about the role it plays in our lives and our society - which will help all of us to find better answers. I'm glad that message is landing. Thank you Salome Tirado Okeze and PASSION LABS for a great conversation. _ _ _ I'm Julia Stamm, keynote speaker, advisor and entrepreneur. I support leaders and organisations navigating AI's transformation through keynotes, advisory work, and executive programmes. DM me to explore how we can work together.
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA shared thisUp to 95% of corporate AI initiatives fail to deliver measurable business impact. That's not just data. It's a reality check. MIT’s 2025 GenAI Divide report confirms what many of us already suspect: most AI investments are underperforming. The usual suspects get the blame: bad data, poor implementation, wrong tools, faulty attitude. However, based on my experience of working with leaders navigating AI decisions every day, I know that the problem runs much deeper. It's not just a tech or a skills gap. Oftentimes, it's a leadership gap. New research from Oxford University reveals something striking: concerns about AI’s societal impact, such as bias, privacy, labor displacement, mental health, predict adoption patterns more strongly than digital literacy. This is especially true for women. This isn't irrational hesitation. It's thoughtfulness and responsibility, in an environment where speed is prioritised over discernment. And there is more: 📍 CEOs report saving 12+ hours a week with AI, whereas their teams see no benefit at all. 📍 Gen Z embraces AI tools, yet Baby Boomers are offered far less training. 📍 Women, who are more aware of the ethical risks of AI, are less likely to adopt it. Not because they lack the necessary skills, but because their concerns are dismissed as obstacles rather than valuable insights. These aren't isolated data points. They're symptoms of the same gap: leaders making substantial AI decisions without the frameworks or the support to make them well. This is costing organisations millions. It also adds to the trust issue that the technology is already facing. Today, I’m publishing a new Special Report: The AI Leadership Gap: How to Convert Concern Into Confidence. It’s not about coding or prompting. It’s about how to lead AI, with clarity, responsibility, and purpose. Inside you'll discover: 🔹The five mistakes even well-resourced organisations make 🔹 Why "other-oriented concern" isn't a weakness but a strategic superpower 🔹 How the top 5% of leaders approach AI decisions differently 🔹 The one question that changes everything: should we do this? Starting next week, I'll be sharing one key insight from the report every week. 📥 Get the full report here already today: https://lnkd.in/en2rN4r5 Because responsible AI shouldn't be the exception. It should be the standard. And leaders deserve to feel supported in their AI-related decision-making, not pressured to rush it or afraid to compromise their integrity. PS: We've also developed a Responsible AI Leadership Assessment. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/evZMqqdE
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA posted thisThere is a move I call the Certainty Trap. Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, used it last week in a CNBC interview. He said AI will deliberately undermine the influence of "highly educated, often female voters". He framed it as progress. Not a warning. Not a regret. Progress. This is the Certainty Trap in its most explicit form: a structural outcome declared inevitable by someone positioned to influence its architecture and to talk it into existence. The inevitability framing is one of the more damaging defaults in how AI gets discussed. It removes accountability before anyone has time to notice. But Karp's statement — not an assumption, a statement — gets much more interesting when you set it against the findings from a recent Oxford study. Women - particularly younger, digitally fluent women - are adopting generative AI significantly less than men. Not because they lack skills or access. But because they have well-founded concerns about what AI is doing to society. That hesitation is consistently framed as a deficit. It's not. Read it alongside Karp's remarks and it looks like something else: a considered response to a technology whose architects have put forward certain kinds of values to the detriment of others. And some of them, like Karp, are remarkably candid about whose interests they want the technology to serve and what kind of future they want to bring about. This is not inevitability. It is a choice. And choices - unlike forces of nature - can be questioned, altered, governed. Karp named his preferred outcome. Don't buy the inevitability narrative. Contest it. My TEDxBerlin talk makes the case for how. Link in the first comment.
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Dr Julia Stamm FRSA reacted on this📢 I’m deeply honored to be inducted into The Business Excellence Institute Hall of Fame this year alongside President, Spaceline, Virgin Galactic, Mike Moses. Thank you to the organization for this recognition — it means a great deal. (Especially alongside other inductees I deeply respect, including Jean Oelwang and Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach.) What I know for sure is that no leadership journey is individual. I’ve been shaped, challenged, and carried forward by extraordinary people along the years— including Jan Levy of Leadership Tomorrow, Peter Steinbrueck City of Seattle, David Fenton of Fenton, Robyn Scott of Apolitical, Jacki Zehner + Women Moving Millions, Felicitas von Peter of Active Philanthropy, Daniel Sachs of the Daniel Sachs Foundation, Gauri van Gulik of Better Politics Fund, Kimberly McArthur and Suki Capobianco, Better Politics Foundation and so many in the The Forum of Young Global Leaders community — and by the many colleagues I’ve had the privilege to collaborate with over the years. You know who you are. Same with my sports coaches, who taught me grit, strategy, and commitment as a young woman. #TitleIX And of course, my loving parents, brother, my supportive husband, Christoph Brem, and our boys, Bruno and Otto. This recognition belongs to you as much as it does to me. Each week, as I write about better (political) leadership in my CEO role at the Better Politics Foundation, I’m reminded how much I’m still learning — about my own defaults, my habits under pressure, and the constant work of becoming more useful to others. A counterintuitive truth I keep coming back to: leadership is not about becoming more certain — it’s about becoming more aware of where you’re wrong, and adjusting faster. Grateful. Humbled. Fueled by Joy and Love. Still very much in progress. ❤️ 🦉Dr Julia Stamm FRSA reacted on thisWe are delighted to announce that the 2026 inductees to the Excellence Hall of Fame are Lisa Witter and Mike Moses 🌟 The Excellence Hall of Fame honors people who have made significant contributions to the organizations in which they have worked or, to the discipline of management, or to society at large. Congratulations Lisa and Mike on this well-deserved recognition! 📆 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! The Excellence Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Gala Dinner will take place on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟎𝟖 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬. #BEX #Excellence #BusinessExcellence #HallofFame #ExcelHOF #InductionCeremony
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