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Dr. Elaine Kasket is a cyberpsychologist, counselling psychologist, ICF- and EMCC-accredited coach, author, and speaker who helps people stay connected to their humanity in a digital world.
Elaine’s work explores how technology shapes — and sometimes distorts — our identities, relationships, attention, and memories. With warmth, wit, and psychological precision, she invites us to think more deeply about the invisible forces guiding our choices — and how to retain and reclaim our agency in a world that often threatens to take it away.
Elaine also works closely with leaders and organisations to support neuroinclusive management, helping leaders unlock the strengths of cognitive diversity in their teams.
Elaine is the author of All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data and Reset: Rethinking Your Digital World for a Happier Life, and has spoken at high-profile events around the world. Whether speaking to senior leaders, changemakers, or curious minds at future-facing events, she brings psychological rigour and a storytelling presence that opens audiences up, shifts perspectives, and stays with people long after the event has finished.
Her current talks cover:
Neurodiversity for managers
‘Device mindfulness’
Digital life and relationships
‘Digital remains’, identity, and AI
See below for video previews and descriptions, and discover what Elaine could bring to your next event or programme.
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Beyond ‘detox’:
Staying present in a digital world
We’re told to disconnect in order to find ourselves. But what if the most impactful work happens while we’re still plugged in?
When devices are blamed for distraction, burnout, and disconnection, the standard response is retreat — the detox, the ban, the turning off. But we live in a permanently connected culture, and simplistic solutions rarely stick. Elaine invites audiences into a radically different kind of digital awareness, using their curiosity, embodiment, and agency. Drawing on her background in cyberpsychology and contemplative practice, she guides participants through live ‘tech meditations’ — interactive moments of reflection with their devices.
Participants will:
Notice the invisible ways their device shape their attention and emotion
Explore the magnetic pull of their devices from whole new perspective
Learn to identify and strengthen opportunities for choice and resistance
This talk is perfect for creative conferences, wellbeing festivals, ideas festivals, digital-culture events, and organisations looking for a nuanced take on digital wellbeing. It can also be offered in a workshop format.
Neurodiversity for managers:
Building teams that think differently
Most managers want to be inclusive — but don’t know how to lead neurodivergent team members confidently and well.
Neurodiversity is often treated as a specialist issue. But in today’s complex workplaces, it's a mainstream management competency. In this practical and eye-opening talk, Elaine explores how managers can create the conditions for everyone to thrive.
Drawing on her background as a psychologist, coach, and creator of Lightsource bp’s Neurodivergence in the Team: A Guide for Managers, Elaine moves beyond abstract awareness or practical accommodations into the skills and mindset shifts managers need to lead neurodivergent team members effectively — whether or not a diagnosis has been disclosed.
Audiences will gain:
A working understanding of neurodivergence in the workplace — and why it matters
Guidance on what to do (and what not to do) when navigating disclosure, support, and performance
Everyday strategies that benefit neurodivergent team members and improve leadership overall
Insight into how neuroinclusive practices drive engagement, innovation, and psychological safety
This talk is perfect for people managers, HR teams, leadership development programmes, DEI leaders, and employee network sponsors.
Linked offerings include facilitated workshops, manager toolkits, team coaching, or licensing of original or bespoke versions of Elaine’s guide, Neurodivergence in the Team: Promoting a Supportive and Inclusive Workplace (A Guide for Managers).
DeathTech:
Why ‘digital remains’ matter for identity, data security, and everyone on the planet
What happens to our digital selves when we die — and who has the right to decide?
In an era where our lives are increasingly captured in zeros and ones, we are facing a crisis few are prepared for: the management, monetisation, and meaning of digital remains. From cloud storage and social profiles to biometric data and AI training sets, the digital footprints of the deceased represent both an ethical minefield and an untapped reservoir of value. As we inch closer to posthumous digital influence — chatbots trained on dead people’s texts, holograms of loved ones, “ghost data” used for product development — Elaine asks who should be protected, what should be preserved, and what should never be touched.
This talk blends psychology, ethics, law, and futurism to explore:
The implications of “dead data” in an AI-driven world
How companies are already profiting from the digital dead
What organisations and individuals can do now to prepare for digital death
This talk is perfect for tech companies, data governance teams, legal and compliance professionals, futurists, digital health orgs, and anyone working at the intersection of ethics, identity, and innovation.
Linked offerings include executive briefings, policy workshops, and scenario-planning sessions for organisations navigating digital legacy, data ethics, and AI governance.
The tech ties that bind:
Maintaining healthy relationships in the modern era
Technology gives us constant access to each other — but not always to each other’s attention.
In an age of endless notifications, scrolling, and shared screens, the quality of our closest relationships is increasingly shaped by our smallest digital choices. Whether it’s a distracted dinner, a misread message, or an important bonding moment interrupted by a ping, the way we use tech in relationship can either build trust or erode it.
In this emotionally resonant talk, Elaine explores how technology mediates love, friendship, and family connection — and how to use that tech more mindfully. Drawing on her expertise in psychology and cyberlife, she helps audiences reflect on the everyday patterns that shape intimacy and belonging.
Audiences will explore:
The hidden rituals and ruptures of digital life in close relationships
How to navigate presence, boundaries, and repair in tech-saturated environments
Ways to support deeper connection through digital agency, not digital avoidance
This talk is perfect for parenting communities, schools, family wellbeing initiatives, therapists, educators, mental health organisations, and digital literacy programmes.
Linked offerings include interactive workshops, parent-teen sessions, and facilitated discussions designed to improve digital communication and connection at home and beyond.
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