Saturday 14 November 2026
Bestselling author Robin Sharma is coming to London for a 5×15 Special on Thursday 4 February 2027. The exclusive evening takes place at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster and explores the ideas behind his new book, The Robot and the Gardener. At its heart is a timely question: what does it mean to be human in the age of AI? Here’s what you need to know.
1. A new book written as a philosophical fable
In The Robot and the Gardener, Robin Sharma turns to the form of a philosophical fable to explore the relationship between technology and humanity. The book looks at the qualities that make life worth living, and asks what it means to live with wisdom, creativity and compassion in a world increasingly shaped by machines. Rather than a technical guide to artificial intelligence, it is a story-driven reflection on what we value as people. The evening at the Emmanuel Centre is a chance to hear Sharma discuss the thinking behind the book in person, in front of a live London audience.
2. Being human in the age of AI
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of thinking, creating and working for us, the event asks what it means to be human. It also asks what we are at risk of losing in our pursuit of technological progress. Those are questions many of us are wrestling with as AI changes the way we work and create. Sharma’s talk will explore the enduring importance of human connection, imagination and finding meaning in everyday life. It promises to be a thoughtful evening for anyone curious about how to keep hold of what matters as technology moves ever faster.
3. From the author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Robin Sharma is best known for The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The 5 AM Club, two books that have made him one of the most recognisable names in personal development. He has spent much of his career exploring questions of purpose, fulfilment and personal transformation. His latest book considers those same questions anew in the age of artificial intelligence, connecting the themes of his earlier work to the challenges of a changing world. Fans of his previous books will find familiar ideas about living with meaning, now viewed through the lens of a society increasingly shaped by machines.
4. A special edition of 5×15
5×15 is best known for its evenings of talks built around a simple format: five speakers, fifteen minutes each. An initiative of Rosie Boycott, Daisy Leitch and Eleanor O’Keeffe, it produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration with internationally acclaimed speakers, and also runs a podcast with more than 250 episodes. This event is billed as a 5×15 Special, giving the whole evening over to Robin Sharma. It starts at 7pm and runs for around an hour and a half, finishing at 8.30pm, at the Emmanuel Centre on Marsham Street in Westminster.
5. More big names at 5×15 this season
If you can’t wait until February, 5×15 has more events coming up in London. On Monday 23 November there is an evening at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill, and on Monday 30 November the Emmanuel Centre hosts Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on her extraordinary experience of imprisonment in Iran and her fight for freedom. She is joined by bestselling historian Dan Jones on the castles that shaped history, Dame Margaret Hodge on a lifetime of political battles, V&A East director Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE on the significance of objects, and Jamie Bartlett on how to talk to artificial intelligence. Another event follows at the Emmanuel Centre on Monday 18 January.
Tickets and info
5×15 Special: An Evening with Robin Sharma
Thursday 4 February 2027, 7pm–8.30pm
Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3DW
Tickets via Eventbrite (the listing states no refunds)