Kaila Colbin
Kaila Colbin is founder and CEO of Boma, the 2022 Kea World Class NZ Friend of New Zealand award winner and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. She is a renowned and sought after international public speaker, having presented to more than 25,000 people about the exponential technological trends coming our way and how we can be more intentional, intelligent and courageous about the future.
A serial entrepreneur since the age of 22, Kaila has dedicated more than 15 years to enhancing Aotearoa’s global connectedness and championing Aotearoa on the world stage. She spearheaded the hugely successful SingularityU New Zealand and Australia summits and was formerly the curator and licensee for TEDxChristchurch in New Zealand and TEDxScottBase in Antarctica.
She founded the non-profit Ministry of Awesome and has extensive governance experience, including serving as chair of the New York-based Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, and deputy chair of ChristchurchNZ and Tātai Aho Rau CORE Education Ltd.
Kaila became a certified Dare to Lead™ facilitator after training with Brené Brown and has worked with thousands of people to increase courage as a core competency. She is also a certified ExO consultant, a Climate Project Ambassador who trained with Al Gore, and a Project Management Professional®.
A native New Yorker, Kaila speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian, and is studying te reo Māori. She holds a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from Cornell University. Her purpose in life is to be an uplifting presence.
“It was an absolute privilege to have Kaila speak at our annual conference. The feedback is still flowing through thick and fast about what an outstanding speaker she is. I can confidently say that as diverse as our audience was, there wasn’t a single person in the room that didn’t take something away. One of the best speakers I’ve ever had the privilege to work with.”
— Sarah Steele, Senior Manager - Channel Marketing and Engagement, Fidelity Life
Audience Comments
“Amazing! OMG! Mind blown! I want to quit my job and spread the word!”
“Excellent presenter. Off the chart.”
“Mind blowing and so inspiring.”
“A super hub of knowledge. So good to have had the opportunity to listen to her.”
“Fantastic presentation. Gave a broad, expansive on technologies.”
“Amazing talk, so useful.”
“Excellent ideas, very well presented, inspiring.”
“Words fail me. Better than awesome!!”
“Mind blowing presentation! Really interesting and relevant.”
“Absolutely amazing – could have had the whole morning on this.”
