Bay Area, CA
Keynote speaker and talent strategist serving Bay Area, CA
Bay Area organizations face the most acute talent competition in the world, where hiring mistakes are extraordinarily costly. Harry Lakin helps organizations in Northern California make better people decisions through behavioral science, emotional intelligence, and evidence-based hiring.
How Harry works with Bay Area organizations
Keynote speaking
Engaging keynotes on emotional intelligence in the age of AI and multi-generational communication, for organizations that host events at the Moscone Center, San Jose McEnery Convention Center, and Marriott Marquis San Francisco and corporate events throughout Northern California.
The Decision Room
A structured advisory process for Bay Area executives navigating high-stakes hiring, team restructuring, or leadership transitions in technology, venture capital, biotech, and financial services organizations.
Behavioral assessments
Science-backed assessments that help Bay Area hiring teams stop selecting who interviews best and start identifying who will actually perform.
The problem
Most Bay Area organizations are making their most consequential decisions on instinct
In Northern California's technology, venture capital, biotech, and financial services sectors, the pressure to fill roles fast pushes organizations toward hiring decisions based on interview performance rather than behavioral evidence. The result is predictable: wrong hires, disengaged teams, and leadership gaps that cost real money to fix.
Bay Area, CA
Why Bay Area organizations bring Harry in
Bay Area organizations face the most acute talent competition in the world, where hiring mistakes are extraordinarily costly. Harry works specifically with leaders in technology, venture capital, biotech, and financial services — sectors where a wrong hire at the senior level is expensive, visible, and hard to undo.
Whether the engagement is a keynote at the Moscone Center, San Jose McEnery Convention Center, and Marriott Marquis San Francisco, a half-day workshop for a leadership team, or a Decision Room advisory process for a C-suite hire, the work is the same: bring rigor to the decisions that matter most.
Industries served in Bay Area
Technology, venture capital, biotech, and financial services organizations across Northern California.
Common Bay Area venues
the Moscone Center, San Jose McEnery Convention Center, and Marriott Marquis San Francisco.
Engagement formats
Keynote address, half-day workshop, executive retreat session, or Decision Room advisory process.
"Get your people decisions right. Everything else gets easier."
Harry Lakin
Bringing Harry to Bay Area
Whether you're planning a conference keynote, an executive offsite, or a leadership development initiative, Harry works with Bay Area organizations to deliver measurable impact.