Lauren Currie is a confidence and leadership expert. She’s the Founder and CEO of UPFRONT, where 1000 people have graduated from her pioneering confidence-building programme. Lauren is also a trustee of The Design Council and Pregnant Then Screwed. She is an in-demand keynote speaker, describing her public speaking approach as “everyone in the room will turn their own lights on”. Previously, Lauren co-founded Snook – one of the UK’s leading service design agencies. She was also the Managing Director of NOBL, a global change agency that helps world-famous organisations design their culture. She was named by Elle Magazine as one of the 30 women under 30 changing the world, and Management Today named her one of the UK’s top 35 businesswomen under 35. Creative Review named Lauren “Top 50 Creative Leaders”. Companies that have benefited from Lauren's wisdom include Adidas, Zoopla, UBER, Lloyds Banking Group, eBay, Sainsbury's, and WPP. In 2017, she was awarded an OBE for her services to design and diversity. Lauren grew up in Scotland and now lives in Stockholm with her partner and her 6-year-old son.
Lauren Currie uses her wealth of experience from training over 1000 people in upfront's confidence program to show how a company or individual can change how they think about confidence and, most importantly, its relationship with vulnerability forever. - Your Relationship with mistakes and failure - How to celebrate small wins - Bust the three confidence myths that are holding you back - What vulnerability looks like at work and why it’s good for your bottom line
How does a confident team work together? Lauren Currie Introduces 10 actionable steps you can take tomorrow to embed courage and confidence in your team. She’ll introduce you to best practices from organisations around the world.
What does confidence at work look like in the 21st century? Lauren Currie OBE Discusses her five ways to build a genuine, inclusive culture of confidence and bravery from the inside out. - What Do confidence and bravery at work look like in the 21st century? - You must design your culture with the same obsession as you design your products and services - How to build psychological safety in remote teams during a pandemic - Behaviours that hinder confidence and behaviours that help confidence
