The future doesn't need followers. It needs builders.
Keynotes on AI meets longevity, and the future of human work.
The world is accelerating. Careers are fragmenting. AI is reshaping what human contribution even means. And humans live longer than any career model and society was built for. Most speakers tell you we need to adapt. ianka fleerackers asks a different question: how do you navigate and still compound when the maps no longer match the territory?
Author of nine books. One of the first digital publishers. Citizen developer. Founder of four imprints. Three decades at the intersection of people, technology and business.
When ianka speaks, she doesn't present ideas. She repositions how you think about them.
Below you will find the keynotes available from autumn 2026.
Add Your Comment
Why comments get under our skin — and how to stop them getting into our heads.
Add Your Comment is a keynote by ianka fleerackers on comment culture in which she unpacks why some remarks hit so hard and how to deal with them.
Drawing on psychology, behavioural science and rhetoric, she gives audiences a new lens on the words that shape how we feel, think, and act.
Social media has turned all of us into commentators, and rewards us for it. We react, we judge, we correct, we add our opinion — asked for or not.
But comment culture cuts both ways. While we are constantly invited to give an opinion or a reaction, we are just as constantly exposed to what others give to us.
And sometimes a few words are enough. One careless remark lingers. A question throws you off balance. A reply online makes you doubt something you were certain of five minutes earlier.
Why do (online) comments have such a hold on us?
Book this keynote →That Sounds Good
How AI is changing the way we read, speak, think, judge and decide
That Sounds Good is a keynote by ianka fleerackers on AI and critical thinking. She shows why we trust AI so readily.
We are persuaded not only by facts, but also by the tone something is said in, by how certain someone or something sounds, and by stories that fit what we already believe. AI has become remarkably good at exactly that.
The keynote combines insights from critical thinking with centuries-old techniques of persuasion: how language can convince someone without ever intending to. A language model does not have to want to persuade us in order to sound persuasive.
Audiences leave with one simple, powerful habit: not only asking “is this true?”, but also “why does this sound true?”
This is not a keynote against AI. It is a case for thinking sharply in a world where persuasive language has become available everywhere, for free.
Book this keynote →Keynotes in English and Dutch.
For availability, fees, and custom keynote briefs:
Available for conferences, leadership summits, and organisational events. Based in Belgium. Speaking in Europe and the US.
Book a keynote →Stages
A selection of keynotes and sessions, described by topic and audience.
- Euroclear — Keynote on personal-ity branding. Hybrid format, with an audience in the room and an international stream, 300 people worldwide.
- UNIZO Topseminar — Keynote on Own Your Story and personal-ity branding, for 900 entrepreneurs.
- OM Conference — Keynote on Own Your Story and personal branding, for a packed room of 200+.
- Delaware — Keynote and workshop on strategic storytelling and values in action, at their International Leadership Conference.
- KBC — Keynote on Own Your Story, for the insurance division.
- Teamleader — Keynote on storytelling, for 200 people.
- Fempreneurs Seminar — Closing keynote “Own Your Story, Or Someone Else Will”, for 100 women entrepreneurs. Organised by Vrouwennet.
- Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management — Keynote on personal branding, for 100 international students.
- Nexxworks — Keynote on storytelling, for an exclusive group.
- WOW at the Table — Lunch keynote for an exclusive group of women entrepreneurs. By Generation WOW.
