Specialist Topics
Artificial Intelligence
Chatbots
Digital Transformation
Digital Disruption
Coding
Rewiring Businesses
Digital Education
Cyber Security
Data Privacy
Women in Technology
Entrepreneurship
Motivational Speaking
Permission to Learn
How to embrace lifelong learning
Giving ourselves Permission to Learn
Kathryn Parsons
Kathryn Parsons is Founder and co-CEO of Decoded, a technology education company founded with a mission to demystify the digital world.
Their work teaching code, data and cyber skills has reached over half a million people in 85+ cities worldwide. Today Decoded is the go-to for leaders looking to rapidly transform the digital capability and culture of their businesses. Global clients include Unilever, Nike, HSBC, Burberry, Citi and MasterCard.
Kathryn founded the business in 2011 with a credit card and a mission to teach anyone Code in a Day. Driven by a personal desire to learn and to remove the fear, jargon and cliches which made technology impenetrable. Kathryn’s passion for languages started at a young age, learning French, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese and ultimately Latin and Ancient Greek at Downing College, Cambridge. For her code is just another language, the language of the future, and one she believes anyone can learn.
Kathryn is a regular columnist for the Sunday Times, sharing her expertise and outlook on the rapidly evolving technology world, covering issues like Artificial intelligence, Chatbots, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. She campaigned for coding to be mandatory on the UK National Curriculum. It was successfully introduced in 2014, making the UK one of the first countries in the world to do so and in 2015 she received an MBE in the Queen’s Honours for Services to Education.
In addition to growing and scaling her business, Kathryn is a regular Keynote and Business Speaker on “Digital Transformation” and Artificial Intelligence, sharing her experience of how leaders, governments and individuals can embrace technology and a digital economy.
Kathryn is also a Motivational and Inspirational Speaker. Fuelled by her passion for education and technology, she teaches how to embrace lifelong learning, by giving ourselves permission to learn and grow.
Testimonials
“Parsons is considered internationally as one of the most influential people in technology today”
“A woman on a mission to teach us all to code”
“Decoded’s evangelical, and reassuringly ethical, vision has gained traction among the bosses of many of the hardest-nosed businesses…Decoded has trained thousands of people ranging from start-ups to the c-suite of multinational firms.”
“Helping businesses bridge the divide between digitally literate programmers and those who do not understand technology — often a company’s leadership — is a big part of Decoded’s mission”
Oxford Union
Department for International Trade
Institute of Directors – Royal Albert Hall