Founder

Leonor Díaz Alcántara is the founder of Saviesa, an independent European think and do tank exploring what it means to be human in an age shaped by artificial intelligence.

Her work examines how institutions think, decide, and act as intelligent systems are introduced, with a particular focus on how judgment, responsibility, and care are sustained in practice.

Through Saviesa, she develops human-centred frameworks, pilot programmes, and institutional pathways across education, leadership, and culture, working with those shaping how artificial intelligence is adopted in real settings.

She is co-founder of The Leadership Renaissance, a global inquiry into how leadership is changing when authority can be simulated and credibility must be demonstrated through behaviour. The work draws on a large-scale survey and in-depth interviews with women leaders across more than 30 countries.

Leonor has over 25 years’ experience as a chief executive, including leading Montessori Global Education. This experience continues to inform her understanding of how institutions function, how judgment is developed, and how change is sustained over time.

She is the author of Being Human in an AI World: A Manifesto for the Age of Artificial Intelligence, which sets out the intellectual foundation for Saviesa’s work.

Her work sits at the intersection of leadership, education, and culture, with a focus on how institutions preserve human judgment in an AI-shaped world.