Keynotes & Facilitation

I speak and facilitate at conferences, summits, leadership offsites, and private gatherings on embodied leadership, paradox, and the inner architecture of work in a time of technological and ecological change. My work sits at the meeting point of contemplative practice and hard organisational reality — the questions leaders carry quietly, brought into a room and made workable.

A talk with me is not a performance of certainty. It is an invitation to think and feel more precisely about the pressures you are actually under: the pace, the contradictions, the decisions that resist a clean answer. People leave with language for what they had only sensed, and a practice they can use on Monday morning.

Signature themes

The distance between knowing and being. Most leaders already know what good leadership looks like. The gap is not knowledge — it is the distance between what we understand intellectually and what we can actually embody under pressure. This talk maps that distance and offers a way to close it.

Leading in paradox: holding contradiction without collapse. Speed and care. Growth and sustainability. Decisiveness and doubt. Leadership today means holding opposites that will not resolve. I show how to stay in productive tension rather than collapsing prematurely into one side — and why that capacity is becoming the defining leadership skill of the decade.

Embodied intelligence and the future of work. As machines take on more of our thinking, the distinctly human capacities — presence, judgement, the ability to read a room and hold uncertainty — become more valuable, not less. This talk makes the case for embodiment as a serious strategic asset, not a wellness afterthought.

Foresight as a contemplative practice. Strategic foresight is usually framed as analysis. I offer it as a discipline of attention: widening the field of possible futures so leadership teams can decide with more range and less fear. A talk for organisations navigating genuine uncertainty about where they are headed.

Formats

Keynote — 30 to 60 minutes, framed to your audience and the moment your organisation is in. Suitable for conferences, all-hands, and leadership summits.

Keynote plus workshop — a talk followed by a facilitated session that turns the ideas into practice, so the room leaves with something they have done, not only heard.

Facilitation — for offsites, leadership retreats, and strategy gatherings, scoped to the outcome you need. This is bespoke work, designed with you rather than pulled off a shelf.

Who it's for

Conference organisers and programme curators looking for a talk with depth. Founders and executive teams marking a moment of transition. People & culture leaders designing gatherings that should leave a mark rather than fill a slot. If you want your audience challenged and held in equal measure, we will work well together.

Common questions

Will you tailor the talk to our event? Always. Every keynote is shaped to your audience, your theme, and the specific moment your organisation is in. We speak before the event so the talk lands where it needs to.

Do you speak internationally? Yes — in person and remotely, for audiences worldwide.

What do you need from us? A conversation about your audience and intention, and the practical details of the room. I keep technical requirements light.

Can you combine a keynote with deeper work? Yes. Many clients pair a talk with a workshop, a team experience, or executive coaching — see Work With Me for the full range.

If you are curating a stage and want substance, I would love to hear what you are building and the question at the centre of it.