Keynotes on AI, sustainability, and cross-cultural market entry.

I keynote conferences, moderate executive panels, and run closed-door briefings for boards, investors, and leadership teams. Audiences leave with a sharper read on how technology, capital, and culture actually move decisions, and a clearer next step.

Signature talks and briefings.

Each adapts to a keynote, a moderated panel, or a closed-door briefing.

01
AI Trust in Asia: Why Governance, Culture, and Adoption Must Be Designed Together
Best forEnterprise and policy leaders rolling out AI in new markets.
02
Singapore as Asia's Trust Bridge for AI and Sustainability
Best forFirms and investors basing their Asia strategy in Singapore.
03
The Human Layer of AI: Leadership, Communication, and Judgment
Best forExecutive teams and boards adapting to AI.
04
How Cross-Border Deals Fail: Trust, Narrative, and Stakeholder Misalignment
Best forDealmakers and BD teams negotiating across cultures.
05
Sustainability Credibility in Asia: From Green Claims to Trusted Action
Best forSustainability and communications leaders.

Selected stages and formats.

Keynotes, panels, and moderation across Silicon Valley, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

"The future will not be shaped only by technology, capital, or strategy. It will be shaped by trust, culture, communication, and the ability to understand one another across systems."

Yingying Li

Coaching leaders to cross cultures.

Executive workshops, corporate training, and university programs on cultural intelligence and going global.

Hosting, featured, in conversation.

From hosting a globally-followed podcast to magazine features and diplomatic panels: a look at the conversations and coverage along the way.

How China Works podcast cover
Podcast · Host
How China Works

Host & co-producer: 150+ global guests, reaching audiences in 100+ countries.

Featured in The Worldly Marketer: Top 10 episodes of 2020
Featured
The Worldly Marketer

Selected among the podcast's Top 10 episodes of 2020 on global business & marketing.

Panelist at G100 Sheconomy diplomatic meeting
Panelist
G100 · Sheconomy

"Closing the Capital Gap": funding pathways for women-led enterprises in ASEAN & beyond.

Co-authored opinion in the South China Morning Post on US–China tech
Op-Ed · Contributor
South China Morning Post

Co-authored opinion: "How US and Chinese tech will thrive through connection, not competition."

In conversation, fireside dialogue at a bookstore in Beijing
In Conversation
Fireside Dialogue

An on-stage conversation on China, culture, and worldview: FLTRP Bookstore, Beijing.

Featured interview and panel at She Loves Tech
Featured Interview
She Loves Tech

On-camera interview and panel at She Loves Tech, a global platform for women in technology.

Where I've spoken, taught, and built.

Forums, universities, and organizations across four continents.

Unreasonable Impact
Green Expertise Council
Stanford University
Hult Int'l Business School
Silicon Valley Forum
Horasis
LinkedIn
She Loves Tech
Gotion High-Tech
AGORA SCOLAR
Yenching Academy · PKU
Nottingham Ningbo
CETYS University
SF State University
Wuhan University
Hong Kong Fintech Week
Beyond the stage

The stage is where the conversation starts. The decisions get made in private, through advisory work and closed-door briefings.

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