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Leading Change Amidst Complexity and Ambiguity

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Leading Change
Keynote Topics

Adam brings unparalleled insights into the field of leading change with a humanistic mindset and what to do when the future is difficult or unclear, combining original research with real-world application.

Each presentation is meticulously crafted to address your organisation's specific challenges and opportunities, delivering immediately actionable insights that create lasting impact.

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Adaptive & Innovative Leadership

In a world of constant change, the ability to adapt isn't just helpful—it's essential for survival. Learn the principles and practices of adaptive and innovative leadership that enable organisations to thrive in uncertainty.

  • Developing adaptive capacity in yourself and your team

  • Leading through ambiguity and complexity

  • Creating cultures of innovation that meet the moment

Igniting Your Capacity for Innovation

Creativity is a driving factor for success in order to adapt to fast moving trends and disruptions in the modern business landscape. After researching the habits of highly successful leaders in the creative arts, Adam has identified the behaviours required to foster an environment where creativity can thrive.

Strategic
INNOVATION

As technology and other megatrends reshape our world, the most successful organisations will be those that are not afraid to confront their strategies regularly to explore if they are still fit for purpose.  Discover how to address the relevance of your strategy amidst a constantly changing landscape

  • How to think about strategy in its simplest terms

  • Identifying and challenging the assumptions implicit in your business model

  • Learn a fun framework for turning those assumptions on their heads and identify innovative alternatives

  • Achieve cut-through in your market with a unique strategy that differentiates from your competitors

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What Leaders will Gain

  • Author of Next Generation Leadership, Sparking Success and Executive Eats. Adam's research-backed insights have helped organisations worldwide adapt to the changing nature of work and drive innovation.

  • Adam's keynote presentations are illuminating conversations that inspire innovation and new habits. He speaks with warmth, humour and compassion, creating approachable pathways to transformation.

  • Participants leave Adam's sessions with practical, immediate strategies and approaches for engaging teams and fostering innovation, seeing results within weeks rather than months.

  • On the faculty of the University College London School of Management and Hult International Business School, Executive Director of Learning and Thought Leadership at London Business School, Imperial College and the Moller Institute at the University of Cambridge, bringing world-class academic rigour to practical application.

  • All content is grounded in extensive research on leading transformation, engaging people around change, and the wider leadership and team capacity for innovation and the future of work, ensuring your team receives cutting-edge, evidence-based strategies.

  • Every keynote is customised to your organisation's specific challenges, culture and goals for maximum relevance and impact.

⚡ Innovation & Creativity

Methods to enhance your and your team’s capacity for innovation with lessons from creative arts leaders and adaptable business practices. 

💡 Future-Ready Thinking

Ability to anticipate workplace trends, adapt to changing employee expectations and make decisions that drive long-term organisational success.

📈 Cultural Transformation

Strategies to unlock organisational cultures and environments to enhance adaptability, resilience and innovation.

Adam’s Media

Blogs
Opening the Door to Inspiration
Opening the Door to Inspiration
Humanising leadership through the arts: part II
Humanising leadership through the arts: part II
On Perfection and Innovation
On Perfection and Innovation
All Leading Change Blogs
All Leading Change Blogs

What Leaders Are Saying

Adam's keynotes consistently receive outstanding reviews from audiences worldwide, with leaders praising both the depth of insights and the immediate applicability of his frameworks.

  • "Adam delivered a tour de force presentation to City Lit’s annual staff conference this year. Addressing over 400 staff, Adam captivated the theatre with an exceptional mixture of insight and analysis delivered in an engaging and fun way."

    — Mark Malcomson CBE, Chief Executive, City Lit

  • "Interactive and engaging session with strong relevance to current challenges and practices."

    —Tremco Illbruck

  • "I found the session very interesting, and I am applying your model to think outside the box, so very well done!"

    — PCMA Conference, Frankfurt

  • "Let me first say that our group is a tough one and are very critical of speakers from the outside. HOWEVER, our group loved Adam’s talk. They felt it was relevant, to the point, and everyone could relate to what was covered. I received compliments on Adam all day."

    — Baker Tilly

  • "Your presentation last year is probably the most engaging and entertaining one I've seen in a workplace."

    — DB Cargo

  • "Very clever and highly entertaining!"

    — Future Talent Conference, London

  • "Thanks for the wonderful session. It was well received and an eye opener!"

    — CGI, India

  • "Adam’s role as a facilitator and the MC of our company-wide conference has been one of the highlights. He kept the event vibrant and consistent, also adding interesting new perspectives on change and how organisations should react, adapt and remain successful."

    — EXA Infrastructure

  • "I am getting excellent feedback from your presentation, you were fabulous!! That was an absolutely brilliant opening session! Extremely engaging and sets the tone for the summit!"

    — IQVIA

  • "Adam had highly intellectual content which we enjoyed and a positive energy. He was a great choice of speaker for our event."

    — CEO, EMEA, Eisai

  • "Many thanks for your excellent session today. Really engaging, and I've already heard some really good feedback. Seriously, a great session. Thank you."

    — Royal Caribbean Cruises

A Distinguished Authority

Adam is a globally recognised expert in leadership, innovation and wellness, all contributing to improving performance.  He brings together academic excellence with practical business acumen. His unique perspective combines insights from prestigious academic institutions with real-world consulting experience across diverse industries.

As a sought-after educator and consultant, Adam has shaped the leadership thinking of thousands of executives worldwide, helping them navigate the complexities of modern organisational life with wisdom, empathy and strategic clarity.  His approach is both deeply human and rigorously analytical, making complex leadership concepts accessible and immediately applicable for leaders at every level.

Academic & Professional Excellence

  • Adjunct Faculty of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University College London School of Management

  • Executive Director of Learning and Thought Leadership at London Business School

  • Lecturer at Imperial College Business School

  • Associate Faculty at the Moller Institute, Churchill College, University of Cambridge

  • Faculty at Hult International Business School

  • Associate with Saatchi & Saatchi

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