Andrea Iorio

As artificial intelligence rapidly commoditizes knowledge and expertise, leadership is being redefined. Andrea Iorio introduces the Exponential Leader—a new leadership model focused on delegating cognitive work to AI while elevating the uniquely human capabilities that drive performance, trust, and innovation.

In this practical, research-backed keynote, Iorio shows leaders how to partner with AI to sharpen judgment, improve decision-making, and lead teams through constant change. He outlines three essential shifts—cognitive, behavioral, and emotional—that enable leaders to move from managing tasks to cultivating autonomy, experimentation, and psychological safety in AI-augmented organizations.

Audience Takeaways:

• Understand how AI is reshaping the role of leaders—and where human value now lies
  
• Learn how to use AI as a leadership amplifier, not a replacement
  
• Discover the three core transformations that define the Exponential Leader
  
• Gain actionable tools to build trust, autonomy, and a culture of experimentation
  
• Leave with a clear roadmap for leading effectively in the next decade

The pace of change is accelerating across every industry, driven by artificial intelligence, shifting consumer expectations, and global disruption. In this forward-looking keynote, Andrea Iorio helps leaders make sense of the forces reshaping business—and what it takes to stay competitive as transformation becomes continuous rather than episodic.

Iorio explores how AI is redefining operations and decision-making, how evolving customer demands around sustainability and trust are reshaping business models, and how leadership must adapt in an always-on, data-driven world. He offers a practical framework for turning disruption into advantage—by aligning technology, customers, and leadership around purposeful innovation.

Audience Takeaways:

• Understand the key forces accelerating disruption across industries
  
• Learn where AI is creating real business value today
  
• See how changing customer expectations are reshaping strategy and sustainability
  
• Identify the leadership skills needed to thrive amid constant change
  
• Leave with a clear roadmap to prepare your organization for what’s next

Artificial intelligence is transforming customer experience as fundamentally as electricity once transformed business. In this keynote, Andrea Iorio shows how AI is reshaping the way customers interact with products, services, and brands—and why experience has become a primary driver of revenue, loyalty, and growth.

Iorio introduces a practical framework that helps leaders identify and prioritize high-impact AI opportunities across the customer journey, from internal insights and automation to personalized, proactive customer engagement. Audiences learn how to use AI not just to increase efficiency, but to turn customer experience into a lasting competitive advantage.

Audience Takeaways:

• Understand how AI is changing customer experience and sales performance
  
• Learn the key drivers of loyalty, retention, and customer lifetime value
  
• Apply a clear framework to map AI opportunities across internal and customer-facing processes
  
• Identify practical ways AI can improve efficiency while strengthening customer relationships
  
• Leave with a clearer strategy for competing on experience in an AI-driven market

Innovation today is less about breakthrough ideas and more about building the capability to adapt, learn, and evolve continuously. In this keynote, Andrea Iorio reframes innovation for the digital age, showing why sustainable innovation comes from data-driven insight, rapid experimentation, and long-term customer loyalty—not complexity or novelty.

Iorio introduces a practical model for embedding innovation into organizational culture, helping teams turn data into meaningful insight, test ideas quickly, and scale what works into lasting value. Leaders leave with a clear understanding of how to move innovation from isolated initiatives to a repeatable, company-wide mindset.

Audience Takeaways:

• Redefine innovation beyond technology and invention
  
• Learn the three pillars that allow companies to build, test, and scale innovations effectively
  
• Understand why data-driven decisions are key to customer-focused creativity
  
• Discover how a culture of experimentation increases adaptability and accelerates learning
  
• Recognize innovation as a continuous process—one that must be embedded into organizational culture to drive long-term success

As artificial intelligence takes over tasks based on speed, pattern recognition, and optimization, human value at work is being redefined. In this keynote, based on Andrea Iorio’s book Between You and AI, audiences learn why the future belongs not to humans or machines—but to those who know how to work with both.

Iorio introduces the concept of hybrid skills: the combination of human capabilities and AI augmentation that distinguishes top performers in an AI-driven world. Drawing on neuroscience, business cases, and real-world examples, he shows how professionals can use AI to amplify judgment, creativity, empathy, and strategic thinking rather than compete with algorithms.

Audience Takeaways:

• Understand how AI is reshaping the future of work
• Learn the nine Hybrid Skills that will define top performers in the age of AI
• Discover how to use AI as a cognitive partner, not a replacement
• Gain a practical mindset for augmenting human strengths before automating tasks
• Leave with a clear roadmap to thrive in an AI-augmented workplace

Andrea is a columnist at MIT Technology Review and Wired, shaping narratives around AI, innovation, and digital transformation. He is also the host of two seasons of NVIDIA’s Portuguese-language podcast, Vem. A.I., where he explores how AI is redefining industries and leadership across Brazil and Latin America.

On stage, Andrea leads conversations that drive reflection and action. He has hosted the Bradesco Private Banking Convention, and moderated numerous panels on the future of industries, technology and leadership. His experience spans corporate conventions, leadership summits, innovation forums, and large-scale events, where he has acted as presenter, interviewer, and moderator for both national and international audiences.