For conferences, leadership offsites, professional association events, and all-staff days.
30 to 45 minutes
The same moves run a project review. Drawn from my book for Palgrave Macmillan: how whataboutism works at the United Nations Security Council, why it is effective, and how to answer it when it turns up at work.
45 to 60 minutes
Presence, empathy, and ethical judgement, and how to build them deliberately in a room of people. Delivered at the ADCET Universal Design for Learning Symposium in Hobart and at CLESOL 2026.
45 to 60 minutes, interactive
What building Walk & Talk Auckland and The Civic Room has taught me about the conditions in which people argue in good faith, and those in which they perform instead.
Each talk also runs as a ninety-minute lecture with facilitated discussion, which usually suits an internal audience better.
I chair and moderate as well, which is a different skill from speaking and is what stops a panel becoming four consecutive speeches. I am at my best when the panel genuinely disagrees.
Watch a short clip of a session here, or join a live one, free.
For organisers
Who is in the room, what they care about, and what the event is for. I write the talk to that, so I need the brief at least a fortnight ahead.
Fees and lead times are on the questions page.
