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Quick Links: Future of Work. Leadership. Sales & Marketing.
Fishy helps driven, accomplished people recognise when achievement has become the shield instead of the substance, when they're performing their presence instead of living into who they actually are.
After 25 years making brands unmistakable in Chief Strategy Officer roles across global advertising networks, Fishy realised he was brilliant at making others clear in what they stood for while being completely useless at doing it for himself. Twenty-five years of performing presence, hiding behind titles and achievements, being the polished version he thought he needed to be. Once he saw the pattern in himself, he couldn't unsee it in others - and how the demands of modern work were making it worse. More visibility, more pressure to perform, less room to just be competent without being seen.
Speaker Bio
His background combines high-stakes corporate strategy with competition-level aerobatic flying and world records in aviation. The combination matters: upside-down at 3,000 feet and in client meetings under pressure to deliver, the same truth holds - when stakes are real, competence and conviction beat putting on confidence.
Organisations bring him in when something fundamental is missing despite everything looking fine. Leaders who are visible but not felt. Teams aligned on paper but disconnected in practice. Communication that's polished but fails to build belief.
Fishy’s keynotes cover these three important territories:
Future of Work, Culture and Connection - view keynotes
What happens to trust, belonging, and human performance when digital saturation, pressure, and uncertainty become the operating environment? How teams show up, how leaders respond, and what we can all do to reclaim more meaningful connection.
Leadership Impact and Visibility - view keynotes
How leaders show up when the pressure to be more visible and chase attention is high, yet everything they're told to do either feels icky, hard, or just isn't working to build authority. What it takes to stand with conviction and show up with presence in moments that actually matter in a world that is becoming saturated with generative content and craving substance.
Brand, Influence and Sales- view keynotes
Why organisations with real substance still struggle to convert when they get caught up chasing attention, playing it safe instead of standing for something meaningful. How to build the internal conviction and external clarity that actually moves clients to take action when they, too, are overwhelmed and nervous.
His approach makes science interesting by combining it with lived experience and the study of human behaviour, naming patterns we instantly recognise and bringing them to life in a way that can only come from someone still navigating them. He doesn't do motivational theatre or hype. He's direct, story-driven, occasionally raw and uncomfortable in the right way, balanced with humour that keeps the room connected. And he is obsessed with giving audiences frameworks they can immediately use.
People leave his sessions with practical language and tools to recognise what's been in their head and in their way, not just inspired to think about change, but motivated and equipped to make it.
“What an insightful keynote it was! We have been doing these conferences for a long time now, and I have never been asked by so many people for slides after the event. You highlight an issue we all relate to, and you have given us a new perspective to navigate the challenges. I look at myself differently now...”
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Future of Work, Culture
& Connection Keynotes
Keynote Quick Links: The Illusion of Connection. The Human Workplace. The Uncertainty Cycle.
Reclaiming how we show up in a digitally saturated World
We have never been more connected, yet many people feel more isolated and unseen than ever. This keynote reveals how digital habits and surface-level interactions create the illusion of connection, quietly eroding identity and weakening trust and belonging.
It invites audiences to break the attention-validation cycle and reconnect with what technology cannot replace. Genuine human presence, clear meaning and authentic connection that is felt, not performed.
Keynote: The Illusion of Connection
Perfect for:
Company-wide annual offsites, all-hands events, association or industry conferences with broad mixed audiences, leadership summits, hybrid or digital-transformation forums focused on culture and connection.
Audience takeaways:
Recognise the illusion: how digital habits, performance pressure and perfection culture create disconnection at work and in life.
Rebuild trust and belonging: understand the science of human connection and how small moments of presence reshape teams and relationships.
Show up with conviction: learn how to be seen, heard and remembered for who you are, not just what you do.
Why organisers book this keynote:
This keynote delivers a universal message that resonates across levels, industries and roles. A high-empathy keynote that unites diverse audiences around a shared challenge: how to stay human in a hyper-connected world.
How trust, presence, and belonging drive the future of work
As automation accelerates and AI reshapes how we communicate and collaborate, the question isn’t what technology can do; it’s what remains human. The Human Workplace explores how trust, presence, and belonging have become the real differentiators in a world led by change. It challenges leaders and teams to build cultures fuelled by curiosity, courage, and genuine connection, reminding us that the future of work isn’t about smarter machines, but stronger relationships.
Keynote: The Human Workplace
Perfect for:
Organisations navigating change and AI-driven shifts, HR and culture conferences, company offsites and all-hands, and leadership summits focused on trust, engagement, and human connection.
Audience takeaways:
Lead the change: build trust and connection inside increasingly digital working environments.
Stay human at scale: strengthen communication, confidence and empathy in technology-driven environments.
Signal conviction: show up with clarity and presence that cuts through noise, fear and uncertainty.
Why organisers book this keynote:
A keynote that gives HR, people and leadership audiences both the language and tools to rebuild belonging where it matters most: inside the business.
What to do when pressure rises and certainty drops. How teams behave, and leaders respond when it gets messy.
The future is less predictable, change happens faster, and disruption is no longer a one-off event. In this cycle of uncertainty, people start searching for signs that they are safe. That search creates second-guessing, hesitation, and friction that slowly erodes performance if left unchecked.
This keynote shows what strategic presence looks like in real time when pressure rises, and there are no perfect answers. It is built around a signature framework for leading in a messy world: clarity with integrity, consistency when it counts, and alignment in chaos.
Keynote: Breaking The Uncertainty Cycle
Perfect for:
Company offsites and divisional forums, transformation and AI disruption themed events, sales and delivery kick-offs where momentum matters, and operational environments where trust and clarity are linked to performance.
Audience takeaways:
Reduce fear and second-guessing. Learn how to create clarity with integrity when there are no perfect answers.
Build trust through consistency. Understand the behaviours people watch most under pressure, and the habits that quietly break trust.
Restore alignment in chaos. Spot when teams are drifting and use a simple reset to restore connection and coordinated action.
Why organisers book this keynote:
It meets a universal modern problem without turning into a generic leadership talk. Audiences leave with a shared language for navigating uncertainty, and three practical behaviours that hold performance when disruption becomes the backdrop.
Leadership Impact &
Visibility Keynotes
The new rules of visible leadership
In an age where every voice competes for attention, the leaders who stand apart are not the loudest; they are the most relevant. Loud Enough to Lead explores what real visibility looks like in a world where relevance now matters more than volume.
This keynote challenges leaders to move beyond performative tactics and instead build strategic presence. It shows how expertise, insight, and authenticity create credibility that earns attention, builds trust, and delivers impact without chasing algorithms hacks.
Keynote: Authority Accelerator
Perfect for:
Leadership conferences, marketing and communication events, executive offsites, and professional-services forums exploring thought leadership and visibility.
Audience takeaways:
Lead with clarity, not noise: Understand the difference between performance visibility and purposeful visibility, and why audiences crave meaning over marketing.
Build authority through substance: Learn how to share ideas that shape conversations and turn expertise into strategic presence.
Humanise your leadership identity: Find the confidence to show up online, on stage, and in conversation with the depth and conviction that builds both authority and trust.
Why organisers book this keynote:
It’s ideal for leaders and organisations seeking to amplify expertise, communicate with authority, and strengthen their reputation through how they show up publicly.
Brand, Influence &
Sales Keynotes
Keynote: The Attention Paradox
Building brands that don’t shout, they attract
We’ve never had more ways to be seen or more ways to be ignored. In today’s attention economy, attention is too often mistaken for impact, driving behaviours that distract rather than attract. The Attention Paradox challenges this obsession and reframes what it really takes to be remembered, recalled, and chosen.
Grounded in behavioural science and brand strategy, it reveals why attention without meaning is empty and why the brands that win are relatable, differentiated, and lead with a distinctive story that makes them not just consistent, but unforgettable.
Perfect for:
Marketing leaders, business owners, founders, and companies focused on brand building for business growth.
Audience takeaways:
Stop chasing attention, start creating association. Understand how memory, emotion, and fluency decide which brands buyers recall first.
Show up where you can win. Learn how relatable context and simplicity cut through complexity to make you the easy choice.
Build commercial connection. Turn recognition into trust and attention into traction by mastering the strategy of showing up on purpose.
Why organisers book this keynote:
Smart, strategic, and grounded in simple steps every business can apply, it stands out in a sea of generic marketing keynotes that sell services rather than help solve a critical problem.
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