Layla Shaikley
Layla is an entrepreneur, an MIT alum, and a leader who empowers her audience to connect the dots from strategic leadership to tactical execution, despite barriers in-real-life and to an online audience of 240,000
Layla Shaikley is the Co-Founder of Wise Systems, where she and her co-founders have raised $72 million to build a delivery automation platform for the last mile. Wise Systems optimizes last-mile routing for some of the world’s leading courier and distribution organizations through AI-driven technology. Layla’s career began at NASA’s Lunar Science Institute, where she contributed to robotics design. An MIT School of Architecture and Planning alum, Layla’s career began designing incremental housing for cost-conflict communities with UN-HABIBTAT. Layla has gained global recognition for her insights on navigating the world as a Muslim woman in STEM, with features in CNN Tech, Forbes, and Fast Company. Beyond her company, Layla has built a digital community of 240,000 followers across social media, where she shares her journey and learnings. She is also an Iraqi-American, a Muslim, and a mother of three.
Audiences Layla has address include T-Mobile, Centene, Sprout Social, Prologis, Aurora Solar, Women in the World, Glasko Kline Smith
Layla Shaikley is the Co-Founder of Wise Systems, where she and her co-founders have raised $72 million to build a delivery automation platform for the last mile. Wise Systems optimizes last-mile routing for some of the world’s leading courier and distribution organizations through AI-driven technology. Layla’s career began at NASA’s Lunar Science Institute, where she contributed to robotics design. An MIT School of Architecture and Planning alum, Layla’s career began designing incremental housing for cost-conflict communities with UN-HABIBTAT. Layla has gained global recognition for her insights on navigating the world as a Muslim woman in STEM, with features in CNN Tech, Forbes, and Fast Company. Beyond her company, Layla has built a digital community of 240,000 followers across social media, where she shares her journey and learnings. She is also an Iraqi-American, a Muslim, and a mother of three.
Audiences Layla has address include T-Mobile, Centene, Sprout Social, Prologis, Aurora Solar, Women in the World, Glasko Kline Smith
Climbing the broken rung: How to fast-track your way to leadership
Format: 45 minute keynote + 15 minute Q&A
This program is perfect for:
- Organizations looking to develop entry level talent
- Organizations pushing personal accountability/growth mindset
- Development conferences
- ERGs for women or minority groups
The audience will leave with:
- Leadership is not management, management is not leadership:...
Things you’ll learn the hard way, but I hope you don’t: leadership lessons from a growth stage founder
Format: 45 minute talk + 15 minute Q&A
This program is perfect for:
- Founders and aspiring founders
- An organization looking to inspire their teams to reach higher and take initiative
- An organization working to empower intrapreneurs
- ERGs for women, minority groups, people from the Middle East/North Africa, or others less represented in the workplace
The...
Nail the interview
Format: 60 minute talk
This program is perfect for:
- College or graduate school students
- Tradeshows/conferences with audiences looking for upward mobility
The audience will leave with:
- A clear understanding of how most interview processes work and how to stand out
- A template to follow to update their own resources
- Workarounds to get...
You have imposter syndrome if you are trying to blend in
Format: 45 minute keynote with 15 minute Q&A
This program is perfect for:
- ERGs/tradeshows/conferences with a focus on developing minorities or women
- Fireside chats in fast-paced organizations
- Colleges/programs looking to develop students
The audience will leave with:
- An understanding of why imposter syndrome happens, and how to fight it from a...
