Unstoppable: AI Strategist, Founder Wanjiku Kamau on Creating Systems To Lead Change
Spend three minutes speaking with Wanjiku Kamau, founder, author, entrepreneur, and AI strategist, and you believe everything and anything she has to offer. Because it is all backed up with knowledge and innovative insight.
“I’m unstoppable. AI is not the reason, but the tool that has helped me get here,” says Kamau, founder of Teal Voice, co-founder of Teal Bridge, author of Out of the Loop, Into the Algorithm: How I Finally Made Friends With AI, and speaker at Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference August 26.
In 2006, I happened to be in Italy when they won the soccer World Cup. I thought I was going to lose my life as the streets filled with revelers wildly hooting and hollering and hugging anyone in sight. That experience helped prepare me for the current World Cup fever.
Because we all love an underdog-to-victory story, tiny Cape Verde has captured more than its share of attention, mine included.
A tiny island nation of fewer than 600,000 people. Ranked 63rd in the world. Making its first-ever World Cup appearance. And this week, they became the smallest nation in history to reach the knockout stage — without winning a single game. Three draws against Spain, Uruguay, and Saudi Arabia. Three times they held on. Three times they refused to be beaten. Next they get to face the legendary Lionel Messi and Argentina and try to do it again.
An experience that will transform the way you lead, the way you connect, and the way you show up in the world is waiting for you.
Power Up 2026: Audacity: Leadership in Actionis not just a conference. It is a movement.
A gathering of the most bold, brilliant, and boundary-breaking women in leadership, all under one roof for two extraordinary days. This August 25–26 in Washington, D.C., you will have the rare opportunity to be in the room where it all happens. Margaret Atwood, one of the most iconic and powerful voices of our generation, takes the keynote stage live and in person.
Bold panels and sessions built for the moment we are in right now will challenge the way you think and the way you lead. The BETTY Concert will close out the evening in the most powerful and celebratory way possible. And the women you will meet in that room will become your collaborators, your champions, and your community long after the weekend is over.
This is the one you do not want to sit out. Seats are filling fast. Secure yours before it is gone.
"Embracing controversy means challenging dominant narratives and going along to get along — in order to realize a new reality that was waiting to be discovered."
Joy Donnell, 2025 Power Tool Champion for Power Tool #4 — Embrace Controversy, challenged the narrative. She didn't go along. And something new became possible because of it.
Adding Not Erasing Human Input To AI
New report from McKinsey & Co. shows AI does not fully replace human value. Anu Madkavgar, McKinsey Global Institute Partner, says: "The research shows that, based on currently proven technologies and capabilities, more than half of current work hours could be automated. But we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that human beings are vital. Almost half of that work is beyond the capabilities of today’s technology. A lot of this work is cognitive, social, emotional, and interpersonal—and some of it is physical."
Take The Lead prepares, develops, inspires, and propels all women of all diversities and intersectionalities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors. Learn more at www.taketheleadwomen.com.
