Your Technical People Are Being Asked to Lead.
Most of them were never taught how.
I speak to GIS and IT teams about the transition nobody prepares them for - from the person who does the work to the person trusted with the decision.
WHAT I SPEAK ABOUT
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TALK ONE
From Map Person to Information Leader.
The nickname that starts as a compliment and ends as a ceiling.
What actually changes when a technical expert is handed a team, a budget, or a seat in a room they were not trained for - and the specific moves that make the transition survivable.
Best for: Mixed-level conference audiences, opening or closing keynote.
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TALK TWO
Strategy Dies on Monday.
The plan survives the offsite and dies in the first week back. Not because the team lacks discipline, but because the strategy was never translated into the few things that get protected when the week gets hard. What that looks like inside a GIS program, and what closes the gap.
Best for: Leadership tracks, director and manager audiences, organizational strategy sessions.
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TALK THREE
Leading Through the AI Shift.
Technical production is being automated faster than technical identity can adjust. What happens to a profession when the thing it was paid for becomes cheap - and what the people leading those teams can do about it now, rather than after.
Best for: General sessions, workforce development tracks, any audience where AI anxiety is in the room and nobody is naming it.
Any of the three works as a keynote of forty-five to sixty minutes, a breakout or workshop from ninety minutes to half a day, a one-hour webinar live or recorded, or a virtual roundtable or panel.
Whichever format you choose, I want a short call first - who is in the room, what they are carrying when they walk in, and what you want them holding when they leave.
The talk gets built from those answers.
I do not arrive with a recorded hour and hope it fits your room.
Book Izabela for Your Next Speaking Event
Where I Have Spoken
These have mostly been rooms where the same conversation kept surfacing.
Someone technically excellent, newly responsible for people or budget, and quietly unsure whether they are allowed to lead.
Recent
Esri GIS Leadership Summit - session and panel, 2024 and 2026.
GeoWomen - virtual roundtable, September 2026.
Geospatial Professional Network (GPN) - webinars on team building and governance.
New Zealand ESRI User Conference - recording for a leadership session, October 2026.
Upcoming
Esri Young Professionals Network - webinar, December 2026.
Geospatial Professional Network (GPN) - webinar, January 2027.
See Me Work
From the GeoWomen roundtable, September 2026.