Cameron Powell

Cameron cut his teeth telling moving, fact-based stories as a young trial lawyer right out of Harvard Law School, as a public speaker for the Corporate Executive Board, and as a founder pitching startup companies to investors, partners, and media.

He brings audiences and readers the diversity of thought and experience of a writer, an entrepreneur, a lawyer, an executive coach and talent builder, and a passionate student of:

great writing and literature
history and psychology
the world’s wisdom traditions, myths, and religions
nature and technology

In the last decade Cameron has spoken to audiences about

disrupting talent and building teams, storytelling for fundraising and employer brands, the risks, rewards, and ethics of GenAI, and the courage-making, gratitude-boosting power of the Legacy Mindset.

Recent Keynote Speeches

The Legacy Hack

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Cameron Powell

Cameron has crafted moving, fact-based stories as a trial lawyer out of Harvard Law School, as a public speaker for the Corporate Executive Board, as a coach to people seeking and crafting identities for career and retirement, and as an entrepreneur pitching startup companies to investors, partners, customers, and media.

Cameron brings audiences and readers the diversity of thought and experience of a writer, an entrepreneur, a lawyer, an executive coach and talent builder, and a passionate student of:

great writing and literature
history and psychology
the world’s wisdom traditions, myths, and religions
nature and technology

In the last decade Cameron has spoken to audiences and written about disrupting talent, hiring for story, and building teams, storytelling for fundraising and employer brands, the risks, rewards, and ethics of GenAI, legacy and meaning in life, and the courage-making, gratitude-boosting power of the Legacy Mindset.

A little background ...

Speaking Engagements

Cameron Powell is a dynamic speaker who inspires audiences with his insights on leadership and talent, storytelling, meaning-making and legacy, technology and startups, and Generative AI law, policy, uses, and abuses. His engaging storytelling and deep expertise leave a lasting impact.

Talent, Flow, Teams

Drawing on experience across industries and leading and mentoring technology startups, Cameron shares key strategies for effective leadership, innovation, and protection of legal rights.

From one-on-one to Industry Conferences

Cameron speaks on podcasts and at major business conferences, tech summits and startup demo days, and networking events, adding humor, credibility, and insight to any event.

Entrepreneur & Leader

Cameron has applied the same legacy mindset techniques of bravening himself to the fear and uncertainty (and high chance of failure) inherent in reinventing himself in new professions -- law, business, writing, coaching, consulting -- and starting up new companies - 12 so far, each in a totally different industry - while building psychologically safe, highly engaged teams of diverse thought and experience.

Relationships

Motivated for connection by a divorce, the loss of his mother, and the social isolation of the pandemic, Cameron embarked on a mission to connect people during COVID. The social groups he built still meet, almost five years later, and many of the members have become lifelong friends.

Meanwhile, Cameron himself has leveraged a legacy mindset to make some of life's biggest, scariest decisions: whether to commit to another human being (shown here), and whether to bring a new life into the world (pending).

Play and Experimentation

Since he began applying a legacy mindset to his own life, toggling into the thoughts and feelings of his future self, Cameron has launched into a creative renaissance of new connections and collaborations, projects, experiments, and adventures, all of them still subject to failure, but failure he now fears less than ever before.

Cameron Will Bring the Party

If you invite Cameron to an event where music starts playing, be prepared—he will likely dance on command, with little concern for his personal safety.