Signature Keynotes
Practical keynotes contextualised to your people, that engage, stimulate reflection and ultimately, give them science-based tools to change behaviour. For individuals and teams from any organisation.
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Will Durant says: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act, but a habit.”
Consistency trumps intensity, especially in the long term. And there’s good news.
We know the science behind eliminating bad habits and forming good habits. We simply need to close the gap between knowing something, and doing something. To improve our focus, productivity and ability to get the things that matter, done.
In this keynote, participants will:
Understand the three keys to habit loops, including the cue, routine and reward in forming both positive and negative habits.
Apply the four Laws of Habit Formation and Elimination to both their individual and team behaviours.
Leverage the five keystone habits that every peak performing human builds to rely on routine, not willpower.
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What does a culture of excellence look like? What do they do? How do they act? And how do they collaborate?
What we seek is a champion team of champions. Not one or the other. And there are core and foundational attributes, habits and activities that these teams repeat consistently, that close the gap of where they are, to where they want to be.
In this keynote, participants will:
Understand the core features of high-performance individuals, teams and organisational culture, particularly psychological safety.
Reflect on the role of purpose, vision, mission and values that fuel emotional connection and trust.
Highlight the importance of systemising excellence through rituals, artefacts and symbols.
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All industries are experiencing a technological and environmental inflection point. That’s a platitude. What might your industry look like in 10, 20 or 30 years? Your products? Your services? Your ways of working?
Organisations that reflect on these questions, test their assumptions and re-imagine their future, are more likely to not just survive, but thrive. After all, what got you here might not get you there.
In this keynote, participants will:
Understand the pillars of a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous) world and its implication on innovation.
Apply Planned Opportunism and the 3-Box Solution to transforming organisational strategy.
Reflect on the Five Traits of the Innovator’s DNA and focus on the high leverage behaviours that enable change, irrespective of hierarchy.
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Our emotions, if left unchecked, can hijack our behaviours in the workplace, especially when under pressure. Leaders must understand their own emotions first, in order to perceive, manage and influence the emotions of others. If this takes place, then the stage is set for trust, connection and psychological safety to flourish.
In this keynote, participants will:
Appreciate the neural basis for both positive and negative emotions.
Leverage the importance of impulse control, self-reflection and emotional regulation in managing the self.
Psychological tools to manage challenging workplace situations with acute emotion, such as giving feedback.
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We make thousands of decisions each day. And the ones that occupy our headspace often do so to crippling effect. We get caught in analysis paralysis and ultimately make last-minute decisions. Or even worse? Avoid the decisions altogether.
The quality of our decisions as individuals and leaders, directly correlates to the quality of our outcomes. So how then, do we move from decision inertia to motion?
In this keynote, participants will:
Identify common unconscious biases and heuristics that lead to suboptimal decision making.
Understand and use decision mental models such as Problem Framing, Inversion and Pareto’s Principle.
Learn the foundations of strategic thinking, to evaluate the possibilities and probabilities of all decisions.
See a Keynote in Action
Watch this 2-minute clip from Kirun’s signature keynote on Unlearning — the meta skill that enables leaders shift from autopilot to intention.
