James Raybould

I've recently joined Turing, an AGI infrastructure company, to lead our Turing Intelligence business, building powerful AI systems to answer the question, "How will AI transform my business?" We combine expert human and artificial capabilities to accelerate companies.

I'm a Generalist. After Consulting at Bain pre- and post-HBS, I joined LinkedIn in early 2010 and spent 12+ years moving across functions and leadership roles: I started in Sales Strategy and Analytics before moving to Marketing, Product Management, and, finally, General Management. I then moved to fractional exec roles at Speak, WisdomAI, and StealthAICo, blending product, GTM, and GM skills; I like breadth above all. 

To tell my longer story, 3 dates from 3 decades help:

Sept. 22, 1995: I travelled 5,000 miles from my London hometown to Stanford. I was drawn to studies, sports, sunshine, and a Bay Area culture more focused on creating the future than curating the past. I rowed on the Stanford Varsity Crew team and studied psychology for my B.A. and M.A. And I've stayed close: I can see the Stanford campus from our backyard.

Sept. 13, 2004: I joined Bain Bay Area as an entry-level Consultant. After a few years of racing triathlon and working in sports business, I was drawn to Bain’s entrepreneurial culture and fast-paced learning environment. Looking back, my strategy and comms chops were forged at Bain, as was a lifelong love of Excel, PowerPoint, and Cinnabon.  

March 8, 2010: I left Bain to join a pre-IPO LinkedIn with ~500 employees and ~$100M in revenue. I discovered a vision that deeply resonated - to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce - and, second, a set of inspiring leaders teaching me how a culture and values focus could underpin incredible businesses. Over the next 12.5 years, my roles and responsibilities varied: in function from sales strategy, analytics & insights to marketing to product to GMing; in scope from being an IC to leading ~100 person teams; and in scale from helping run our largest, multi-billion dollar recruiting business to jumping in to help lead our acquisitions of Lynda.com (2015) and Glint (2018). 

Outside of work, I'm a long-term elite endurance athlete (rowing > Ironman > marathons > bike racing > marathon swimming) and compulsive reader and film-goer. Here's ALL my books & films (bit.ly/z2D1sX) and I publish a "What's the So What?" newsletter distilling favourite books and experiences into what matters most (bit.ly/3q188jL)

Founding Member & Advisor

I’m excited to be a founding member of Round, a newly launched community for tech’s most thoughtful leaders. Since joining I've benefited in a major way from small "core group" meetings, special events with luminaries, connections with other tech leaders, and more. Starting in early 2023 I've also begun to help the Round leadership with a range of projects to help them grow their impact.

There are two kinds of execs in 2026: Those building with AI. And those reading about it.

Your employees know which camp you're in. They see you share AI articles while your workflows stay frozen. They hear you say "use AI more" while you're copy-pasting into ChatGPT or Copilot like it's 2023.

You can't lead what you don't use. With AI, that's doubly true.

This is the first in my "AI for Execs" series on how I use AI day-to-day. Real use cases for leaders ready to build, not just talk. 

I've started the series with a simple use case: keeping up with daily newsletters. 

Pre-AI, I read maybe 2 out of 20. The rest became guilt-inducing clutter.

Post-AI, a relay.app agent reads them all, extracts what matters, sends me a daily digest, and archives everything.

Built in under an hour. Zero coding required.

I've curated my Spotify podcasts and YouTube videos the same way.

Step-by-step guide in the full article.

The execs who thrive won't be the ones who only read posts like this. They'll be the ones who #JFDI.

#AIForExecs

At Bain, I noticed a pattern that is now playing out with executives using AI: senior partners hired directly from industry — who hadn't worked their 

Open article: AI For Execs #1: Just Do It Yourself by James Raybould • 6 min read

The most interesting new person I met in 2025 was John Winsor: he and I had fun on this podcast episode digging into the future of work, with more than a little AI sprinkled in

The first Transform Work episode of 2026 is live!

John Winsor sits down with James Raybould, SVP at Turing, to explore how organizations move from talking about AI to actually putting it to work.

The conversation covers enterprise adoption, agents, humans-in-the-loop, and why mindset matters more than tools right now.

Listen here: https://lnkd.in/g-y8JSJm

Rob Humphrey

Senior Account Executive, Education Vertical

Strategic Sales @ Canva | LinkedIn MVP | Snowboarder

I dream big, do work, and have fun. 

At LinkedIn I became the top rep in the world setting records unmatched, and named MVP during an epic 18 month sales year. I delivered  $500,000,000 net to LinkedIn. I did it without losing my soul. 

Much of my success was based on a building a trusted personal brand. I spent years attempting to visually tell my story, and almost gave up. Then I started using Canva. It became almost like cheating. People were excited to see what ideas I came up with and I could really devote my energy to creating mutual success. 

My best sales year at LinkedIn was when I abandoned Powerpoint and started using Canva. So, joining the Strategic Sales team at Canva for me is a dream come true.

Global Client Director

Entrepreneurial creative sales professional and founding member of the fastest growing vertical at LinkedIn. Delivered $200MM to the business inside 5 years, recipient of the most coveted sales award at LinkedIn (MVP), and friend and mentor to many. 

Co-Creator of Get Hired  - A video series focused on our student and young professional member base

Traveled to over 100 colleges and universities completing keynote talks to over 25,000 students. High NPS sales keynote and sales kickoff speaker.

Can you sell without losing your soul? 

The most underrated sales tactic: just be good to people.

When a former colleague reaches out, help them. No agenda. No expectation of return. I've watched people try to "hack" relationships with automation and cadences. The top reps? They just showed up as decent humans. Professional relationships aren't a CRM entry. They're actual relationships.

💙 Love

Don’t forget to take a break today and be kind to yourself. Lily the dog always reminds me!

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When Stripe needs to scale performance marketing creative at billions-in-revenue velocity, they don't hire more designers. They use Canva Enterprise. #dowork

Big news: Canva Create is officially returning to Los Angeles in April 2026!

We are gearing up for our biggest and most inspiring Canva Create yet. Expect a full day filled with creativity, bold product reveals, hands-on learning, and the incredible energy of our global community all in one place.

👉 Read the news: https://lnkd.in/eYJck2Cs

#CanvaCreate

📣 AI Vision is back and this year we’re going global. First stop New York City! 

For one night only on March 11 at 3pm, we’re bringing the brightest minds in AI together to Spring Studios, 50 Varick St in NYC.

Join us to explore how AI can help shape a future that works for everyone. 
Don’t miss out and secure your spot today. https://lnkd.in/ey8rFw_b

Canva releases 2026 Design Trends, confirms future will include AI, creativity, and people still needing to explain slides.

Explore the trends here 👉 https://lnkd.in/epWvdG6u

I'm hosting What Snowboarding Taught Me About Sales & Marketing.  #dowork

Olivia Mancini, Ariel J Alcala and 81 other attendees

View event: What Snowboarding Taught Me About Sales 

Ideas only matter if teams can execute them. This TEI study by Forrester puts real numbers behind how creative velocity turns ideas into impact with Canva Enterprise.

Worth a read: https://lnkd.in/ekg_PS6P

What actually separated the companies that pulled ahead in 2025 from those that didn’t?

Rob Giglio  breaks down four shifts we saw play out across teams globally, from AI maturity, to brand consistency becoming a revenue driver, to why visual communication now directly impacts business performance. My favorite trend: Visual communication now drives measurable business outcomes. 

🔗

Open article: 4 business trends from 2025: Insights from Canva’s CCO by sprou.tt

4 business trends from 2025: Insights from Canva’s CCO

What does it take to build AI you actually trust? 🤝

Cam Adams sits down with Anthropic’s Head of Product Design, Joel Lewenstein, to dig into how Claude becomes a creative partner - not just a tool.

🎧 Check out the full episode: https://lnkd.in/eKd9CPHe
👉 Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eTWG6e_J

#AI #Design #Creativity #FutureOfWork #Anthropic

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