Keynote speaker on AI, culture, and the science of better workplaces.
Six years on stage. Six countries. One thesis: relationships are the unit of work that matters.
Technology should make us better: happier, healthier, and closer to the people we work with every day.
Tareef is a product-focused technology leader passionate about data, design, and using tech for good. After founding five startups across social commerce, discovery, and B2B SaaS, he went to MIT to study people analytics with a specialisation in entrepreneurship and innovation, then to Google in Mountain View in a technical role — where he saw, from the inside, what actually makes a great culture work (the rituals and operating habits, not the free food).
His MIT research surfaced a thesis that has shaped his work ever since: meaningful relationships at work are the variable that predicts almost everything else. His time at Google taught him that great culture is what lets those relationships thrive.
In 2018 he founded Happily.ai to make that thesis operational. The company applies behavioural science and AI to measurably improve how people experience work. Today Happily.ai serves over a thousand teams across the globe and is the only platform with a 97% adoption rate in a category that averages 25%.
Each topic is grounded in original research from 10M+ workplace interactions at Happily.ai. Talks are tailored to the audience, the room, and the question the host most wants answered.
Making the invisible visible. How to measure relationships, alignment, and culture without surveys that nobody answers.
What AI is actually good for at work, where it falls over, and how to deploy it without breaking trust.
Why most culture work fails (it stops at measurement) and what activating culture daily actually looks like.
How small, well-timed nudges out-perform big initiatives. Practical mechanism design for teams.
Building product organisations that ship. Lessons from MIT, Google, and five start-ups in three categories.
Founded five technology startups in social commerce, discovery, and B2B SaaS.
Studied people analytics with a specialisation in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Technical role. Saw first-hand what makes a great culture operate (the rituals, not the perks).
Founded a people analytics company on a mission to create happier, healthier workplaces.
A snapshot of the past two years across HR-tech, leadership, design, and AI events. The full archive runs to 2019.
Asia Tech Podcast · Hosted by Michael Waitze
Listen ↗The Caring CEO · Hosted by Graeme Cowan
Listen ↗MAQE Business Guild · Hosted by Andreas Holmer
Watch ↗Leaderonomics · Hosted by Roshan Thiran
Watch ↗Trust Magazine · Issue 50, New Generation
Read ↗Happily.ai · Original research, 1,000+ teams
Read ↗Talks reference 10M+ workplace interactions analysed at Happily.ai. Audiences hear data they have not seen on LinkedIn.
MIT, Google Mountain View, founded company in Bangkok. The same talk lands with Asian and Western audiences because the references go both ways.
Every keynote ends with a one-page playbook the audience leaves with. No platitudes. No "everyone in this room is a leader."
When the topic is AI, the demo is live AI on stage. When the topic is culture, the data shown is from yesterday, not last quarter.
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