Rachel Botsman is a leading authority on trust and thinking in the modern world, known for connecting history, design, and human behavior 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.
"I define trust as a confident relationship with the unknown."
Through her writing, teaching, talks, and creative work, Rachel explores how trust shifts as technology and society change—and what that means for the way people lead, think, and create in spaces of uncertainty
Standout achievements:
📚 Author of three influential books on trust, including How To Trust & Be Trusted
🎓 The first Trust Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School
🎨 Creator of Roots of Trust, an installation featured at the London Design Biennale
What you’ll learn from Rachel at Workhuman Live:
🤝 How trust helps people move from what they know toward something uncertain or unfamiliar
🪂 Why periods of change require people and organizations to take trust leaps
🤖 How emerging technologies are reshaping who—and what—we trust
