Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands
🔍 What if work was organized smarter? Laurens Waling is a renowned speaker and strategic advisor on the future of work. As Chief Evangelist at AI company 8vance, he shows how skills-based matching and talent mobility help create fairer opportunities, better careers, and smarter organizations. 💡 Trendwatcher in tech & talent From AI in recruitment to organizing work around people’s potential — Laurens helps companies, healthcare providers and governments anticipate change and take action. He translates tech trends into concrete choices and turns complexity into clarity. 🎤 Book Laurens as a speaker or moderator With energy, wit and clear examples, Laurens engages any audience. Whether it’s about skills, workforce strategy or AI ethics — his message sticks. 📍 Partner in pilots & practical innovation Looking to experiment with skills-based HR or launch an AI pilot? Laurens bridges vision and action — bringing 8vance’s AI technology to life in your organization. 📩 [email protected] 📱 +31 6 100 35 001
Laurens Waling is on a mission to shape the future of work. He believes that every organisation will soon have its own talent marketplace, and that ecosystems will emerge where talent is shared across company borders. In this future, people will use smart apps to pick up work that fits their capacity, ambition and skills—giving them more freedom, purpose and opportunity. As Chief Evangelist at 8vance, Laurens helps organisations transition from job-based to skills-based thinking. He translates advanced AI technology into concrete solutions for HR leaders, recruiters and policymakers—across sectors and countries. His focus: better matching, fairer opportunities, and smarter ways to organise work. 8vance has developed one of the most advanced AI-matching engines in Europe—privacy-friendly by design. Laurens plays a key role in spreading this vision and connecting the technology to real-world challenges. Let’s unlock talent, together.
Laurens Waling is available for speaking engagements through Speakers Academy®. He delivers keynotes, moderates events, and facilitates workshops on topics such as AI in HR, skills-based organising, talent ecosystems, and the future of work. Sessions can be tailored from inspiring talks to hands-on, full-day programs.
Laurens Waling has spoken for over 200 organisations, including UWV, UMCG, Heineken, a.s.r., Bidfood, Centre Parcs, and various ministries, healthcare institutions and municipalities. He inspires audiences with clear, energetic sessions on AI, skills-based organising and the future of work. With practical examples and a human tone, he turns complex topics into actionable insights. Available for keynotes, workshops or as a moderator.
Laurens Waling speaks on the future of work in healthcare. As Chief Evangelist at 8vance, he shows how AI can support more human-centered ways of organising work—based on skills, not just job roles. Think internal talent marketplaces, jobcrafting, shared employment models and new forms of mobility. His style is energetic, clear and thought-provoking—with a strong focus on both technological possibilities and human impact.
Laurens Waling is Chief Evangelist at Jobliebe – a bold, human-centric platform that connects people and work in a fundamentally different way. No CV databases or recruiters in the middle, but instant deep-matching based on who you are, what you can do and what you want. Jobliebe gives candidates—active and passive alike—immediate insight into jobs that fit their profile. Not based on job titles, but on skills, ambition and personality. The platform lets people decide how they want to work: permanent, freelance, temp or hybrid. Everything is handled digitally, with PSD2-compliant payments and blockchain-registered agreements. In this role, Laurens helps bring Jobliebe’s mission to life by working with employers, intermediaries and policymakers to show what becomes possible when you reimagine matching from the ground up. He advocates for a labour market where people are in control, and tech is the co-pilot—not the driver.