Talks & Workshops
If you have any questions, or would like to explore a specific workshop or talk tailored to your organisation, feel free to get in touch.
Making Decisions Like a Leader
The Behavioural Science Behind Great Decision-Making
format
talk OR
workshop
Target group
Leaders &
Decision makers
Time
Talk: 1 hour
workshop: 2,5 hours
Leaders make decisions every day, often under time pressure, uncertainty and with a high cognitive load. Despite experience and good intentions, decision-making is rarely purely rational. This talk reveals how cognitive biases, mental shortcuts and emotional responses shape our decisions and influence how we assess options, avoid risk and stick to the status quo.
The thing is – We are our decisions — but our brains often work against us.
Why great decision-making matters
Great decision-making is key to success in both professional and personal life. Poor decision-making leads to hesitation, procrastination and missed opportunities, while strong decision-making creates clarity, momentum and trust.
Understanding how decisions are actually made helps leaders recognise decision traps, reduce uncertainty and make better choices — even when conditions are far from ideal.
What you will gain
- An overview of the most common cognitive biases that get in the way of great decision-making
- Insight into how fear and uncertainty influence decisions
- An understadning of how your small choices can accumulate and create meaningful impact
- Practical tools and methods for dealing with:
- indecision
- uncertainty
- long-term decisions
- decision-making under time pressure
With these insights and tools, you can start making decisions like a leader.
Workshop format
If you would like to go deeper and work with your own individual decision-making challenges, this talk is also available as a workshop. The workshop is filled with exercises and challenges that give you a deeper understanding of some of your own unconscious behavioural patterns — patterns that can be crucial to making good decisions.
Bridging the Strategy–Execution Gap
format
talk or
workshop
Target group
Leaders &
Employees
Time
Talk: 1 hour
Workshop: 2,5 hours
Do you sometimes feel that projects aren’t running as efficiently as they could?
Or maybe you wonder how to translate your big vision into something the team can actually act on?”
If so, you are not alone. Many organisations struggle with the gap between strategy and execution.
Why bridging the gap matters
When strategy is not clearly translated into action, leaders and employees gradually drift further apart. Leadership remains focused on high-level visions and strategic goals, while employees struggle to understand how abstract ambitions translate into their day-to-day work.
The result is confusion, inefficiency and wasted resources.
Bridging the strategy–execution gap creates clarity, alignment and momentum. Everyone understands both where the organisation is heading and how to contribute in practice.
What participants will gain
- A clear understanding of the consequences of not bridging the strategy–execution gap
- A practical, step-by-step framework for turning strategy into action
- Concrete tools for translating vision into projects, priorities and tasks
- Real-world examples from organisations facing similar challenge
Workshop format
This talk can also be delivered as a hands-on workshop. Together, we work with your own strategy and translate it into something concrete enough to answer the question: “Who does what on Monday morning — and why?” Participants leave with clear next steps, aligned priorities and practical outputs they can immediately act on.
Why You Cannot Force Motivation — and What to Do Instead
format
talk
Target group
Leaders
Time
1 hour
Have you ever felt that you are doing everything you can to keep energy and engagement high, yet still hear employees say they feel demotivated?
The key insight is that motivation cannot be forced or controlled. It is not something leaders can “give” to their employees.
What leaders can do is create the conditions that support motivation and make it more likely to emerge — through how work is structured, decisions are made and leadership is practised.
Why motivation matters
Motivation plays a critical role in productivity, performance and well-being. Motivated employees take ownership, make better decisions and are more likely to engage in change and development.
When motivation is low, organisations often experience disengagement, resistance to change and behaviours that work against strategic goals. Motivation is, therefore, not just about keeping people happy; it is about enabling ownership, action and sustainable performance.
What you will gain
- A science-based understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
- Insight into the fundamental drivers of human motivation
- Clear guidance on when rewards help — and when they undermine motivation
- Practical tools for what you can do as a leader to regain employees intrinsic motivation
Understanding the Emotional and Behavioural Barriers to Change
format
talk or
workshop
Target group
Leaders &
Decision makers
Time
Talk: 1 hour
Workshop: 2,5 hours
Have you ever clearly communicated a change — yet seen people continue to work as before?
Communication alone is rarely enough to create change. For change to happen in practice, leaders must understand the emotional and behavioural barriers that stand in the way — and know how to address them.
Real change happens when behaviour actually changes — not when a new direction is communicated in a PowerPoint.
Why understanding these barriers matters
Change often triggers emotional responses such as fear, confusion, anger etc.. When leaders understand these emotional barriers, they are better equipped to recognise resistance early and respond with confidence rather than frustration.
At the same time, change always requires specific behaviours to shift. By identifying behavioural barriers before they arise, leaders can proactively design change efforts that support new ways of working. This prevents change initiatives from becoming abstract power point presentations and instead helps leaders meet employees where they are — making change concrete, actionable and achievable.
What you will gain
- An in-depth understanding of the human drivers behind resistance to change
- A practical tool for addressing emotional resistance with confidence
- A behavioural science tool for identifying and analysing behavioural barriers
- Guidance on how to define and support the specific behaviours that need to change
Workshop format
This talk can also be delivered as a workshop. Participants will work on change initiatives from their own organisations and learn how to identify emotional and behavioural barriers to change. We then get concrete on which specific behaviours need to change, and how to change them. – So that change actually starts happening in the organisation.