Topic - Change Management

Change Management Speakers

23 keynote speakers, curated by Speaker Ideas
World-Class Change Management Speakers

Meet our Curated Change Management Speakers

Philip Keil

Former commercial airline pilot Philip Keil draws on more than 9,000 flight hours and real-world crisis experience to explore leadership through change and uncertainty. His keynotes connect aviation principles with change management, resilience, communication and decision-making under pressure.

Nick Jankel

The human response to change, including resistance, belief and the behaviours that influence whether transformation takes hold, from a leadership adviser and author on transformational change, drawing on behavioural science.

Jamil Qureshi

Performance psychologist who has worked with elite sport and business leaders, approaching change through mindset, belief and behavioural response, focusing on how people adapt when familiar ways of working are challenged.

Friederike Fabritius

How physiological responses can influence resistance to change and the conditions that can support adaptation, informed by a neuroscientist working on the brain's response to pressure and uncertainty.

René Carayol

How leadership behaviour shapes change, including the changes leaders make in themselves and the signals they send to their teams, informed by an executive coach and former corporate board member who works with leadership teams through transformation.

Rita McGrath

Columbia Business School professor whose work centres on strategic inflection points, examining how leaders can recognise important shifts early and respond before changes in markets or technology become established.

Cyriel Kortleven

Speaker on change mindset and flexible thinking, focused on reducing the fear response that can stall change programmes, using exercise-led formats to help people practise adaptability and respond differently to uncertainty.

Jim Lawless

Author and speaker on breaking self-imposed rules, drawing on retraining as a jockey and a freediver, examining personal risk-taking, behaviour and the decision to move beyond established limits during periods of change.

Greg Orme

Connections between change management and the human capabilities organisations rely on as automation expands, including curiosity, creativity and judgement, from an author and former business school programme director working on creativity and adaptability.

Thimon de Jong

A social psychologist, author, and strategic foresight founder, analysing how future human behaviour, shifting generational values, and digital trust dynamics reshape workplace collaboration, helping leaders successfully manage psychological transitions during massive corporate changes.

Niro Sivanathan

An organisational psychologist and business school professor, analysing how human bias, power dynamics, and status hierarchies influence group decision-making, helping leaders navigate internal friction and drive successful cultural change during structural corporate transformations.

KEYNOTE THEMES

Key Topics Covered by Change Management Speakers

Organisational change can be strategic, cultural, behavioural or structural. The speaker should fit the part of the process the audience is dealing with, rather than treating every transformation as the same kind of challenge.

  • Leadership behaviour during change
  • Culture and organisational transformation
  • Resistance, uncertainty and adaptation
  • Communication through change
  • Strategic inflection points
  • Turning around existing teams
  • Organisational design and new ways of working

Frequently Asked Questions

A change management keynote can focus on leadership through change, communication, employee response, organisational culture, behaviour, transformation and the practical challenges of moving people through uncertainty. The balance will depend on whether the event is aimed at leaders, managers, project teams or a broader workforce.
Change management speakers can be relevant to senior leaders, managers, transformation teams, HR and people leaders, project teams and employees experiencing significant organisational change. The most useful session is one built around the audience’s role in the change, rather than treating every group as if they have the same concerns.
Speakers may come from organisational leadership, transformation, psychology, communication, culture, consulting, HR or businesses that have led through significant change. A practical operator may suit one brief, while a behavioural or organisational specialist may be a better fit for another.
Often, yes. The event brief can give the speaker context about the type of change underway, the audience, the challenges being experienced and the outcome the event is trying to support. That allows the keynote to emphasise the most relevant examples and ideas without presenting the session as organisation-specific consulting.

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