KEYNOTE SPEAKER | AUTHOR, BEYOND THE OFFICE

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COMPANIES DON'T RUN THE WAY THE ORG CHART SAYS.
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I've spent fifteen years inside them and a doctorate working out why.

Strategist at a Fortune 500 tech company. I speak at conferences and with leadership teams about remote work, AI, and the politics nobody minutes.

ON STAGE

Docebo Inspire 2025, on AI and who gets to steer their own development.

Most talks about the future of work come from consultants and academics looking in. Mine come from the inside.

TALKS

THE OFFICE WAS NEVER ABOUT WORK

KEYNOTE | HALF DAY SESSION

Return-to-office is sold as a productivity question. It’s a visibility question. Hybrid has mostly postponed the argument.

BETTER WORK OR 
BETTER COVER?

KEYNOTE | HALF DAY SESSION

Plenty of AI adoption is people looking right, faster. How to tell work that changed from paperwork that did.

KEYNOTE

30-60 min | conferences, all-hands

FORMATS

GUEST LECTURE

60-90 min | conferences, business schools

LEADERSHIP SESSION

Half day | offsites, executive teams

THE BOOK | ROUTLEDGE, EARLY 2027

BEYOND THE OFFICE

Rethinking Work, Trust, and Power in a Post-Place World

The office was never just a place to work. It was a masterpiece of social engineering.

This book is a must read for anyone who ever worked in an office. It

combines insights into everyday office life with enlightening theoretical analysis. It is accessible, sometimes painfully funny and altogether deeply worrying. But Chamberlain offers some hope and his vision of working differently. | Professor Stephen Ball, University College London

All professional activities and engagements are conducted through my current empolouer, Trimble Inc, in compliance with U.S. visa regulations.

© 2026 Owen Chamberlain. All rights reserved.

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