Jennifer Edwards brings two decades of behavioral neuroscience and Fortune 100 leadership experience to Santa Clara audiences. Past Santa Clara-region work includes Intel.
Technology leadership audiences are skeptical of soft-skills training — for good reason. Most of it is theatrical. Jennifer Edwards's work has shaped leadership at Microsoft, Google, and Intel precisely because it is grounded in behavioral neuroscience that engineering and product leaders can actually verify. Her keynotes give technical leaders a model for the conversations that scale or stall a roadmap: cross-functional escalations, performance reviews, executive alignment, and the daily small-stakes interactions that compound into team trust.
Santa Clara is the headquarters of Intel and the heart of the global semiconductor industry. Jennifer's Intel engagement gives her technology keynote unusually direct local credibility, and her behavioral neuroscience framing speaks the language of a leadership culture that has spent decades evaluating training programming and rejecting most of it. Santa Clara tech audiences book her precisely because she earns the credibility test.
The leadership skill nobody taught you and every brain needs. Why neurological safety — not theoretical safety — is the precondition for clear thinking, open collaboration, and trust.
A neuroscience-based operating system for the conversations that shape culture, performance, and trust. The three questions every brain silently asks before it can engage.
A practical framework — recognized by Inc. Magazine — for engaging resistant teams in diversity, equity, and inclusion conversations without the usual backfire.
"Jennifer didn't just inspire our audience — she transformed how they think about communication. The standing ovation was just the beginning."
Monica Smith · Revel Eleven Events"In healthcare, we need leaders who understand both the science and the humanity. Jennifer delivers exactly that. Our teams are still talking about her insights."
Toby Marsh · Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser PermanenteJennifer delivers in-person keynotes and workshops in Santa Clara and the surrounding region, and virtually for hybrid and remote events. Past Santa Clara-region work has included Intel leadership work. Her team responds to booking inquiries within 48 hours.