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KEYNOTES
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that bring the spark back
My Signature talk:
The Fun Jobs Project - Reigniting culture with meaning and serious fun
My high-energy keynote talks spark new meaning, deep reflection, and serious fun.
I use real-life stories, my own research and the latest science, and lots of audience interaction (from ski lessons to live songwriting) to shift how people feel about their work.
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A simple framework—and a felt understanding—of what makes work meaningful and how it drives culture and performance
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A clear sense of why this matters: both the business case and the personal inspiration to lead with authenticity, purpose, and spark
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Concrete tools to spark meaning and energy in their own roles and teams—starting immediately
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An immediate and real feeling of the spark coming back!
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What your audiance will take away
Key Message
Serious fun—curious exploration, playful problem-solving, and getting out of our comfort zones—is the core skill for reconnecting your teams with the missing spark, a renewed sense of purpose, and the agency to shape their experience of work.
What It Covers
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Ross’s radical story of losing—and then rediscovering—meaning through fun jobs
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The science of meaningful work, plus a visceral business and human case for why it matters
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A simple, powerful framework for making work feel meaningful
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Interactive stories and insights from the Fun Jobs Project—from the opera stage to the ski slopes
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The core insight: fun and playful exploration isn’t a distraction—it’s a skill
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How to start applying serious fun immediately—in your role, your team, and your culture
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A simple framework—and a felt understanding—of what makes work meaningful and how it drives culture and performance
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A clear sense of why this matters: both the business case and the personal inspiration to lead with authenticity, purpose, and spark
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Concrete tools to spark meaning and energy in their own roles and teams—starting immediately
What Your Audience Will Take Away
What It’s About
This high-energy keynote is based on my story of burning out—despite being a global expert in meaningful work—and my radical research experiment to reclaim a feeling of being alive at work by doing fun jobs.
I discovered a new understanding of meaningful work—and a powerful insight: Serious fun isn’t a frivolous distraction from serious work. It’s our core skill for connecting with purpose, sparking energy, and driving real performance.
This talk is for leaders and teams who want to bring the spark back—whether things feel flat, disconnected, and stuck, or you’re ready to take a good culture to something more alive and energising.
The message works equally well for leadership groups or whole teams, and the context can be tailored to suit your audience.
Who it’s for
Key Message
Serious fun—curious exploration, playful problem-solving, and getting out of our comfort zones—is the core skill for reconnecting your teams with the missing spark, a renewed sense of purpose, and the agency to shape their experience of work.
The Spark Series – Short Talks, Big Impact
These shorter format talks tap into the emotional core of meaningful work and serious fun.
Each session explores one powerful theme through story, humour, and serious insight.
High-energy and heart-opening, these talks are perfect for setting the tone, closing with impact, or injecting spark into culture conferences, leadership retreats, and team events.
Follow the Sparkles - How to work with authenticity
This energising, warm, story-rich talk invites the audience to reconnect with who they are, what lights them up, and how to follow that spark in their day-to-day work.
It’s an inspiring invitation to realign work with what matters—through a curious mindset -to create the building blocks of work that makes us feel alive.
Me = We
This talk explores what belonging at work really means and how to create it—reframing it as a personal as well as shared responsibility. Through story, reflection, and interaction, Ross shows how connection, contribution, and shared voice create a culture people want to be part of.
If you want to feel you belong, then help to build the place that belongs to you.
How to create a culture of belonging & connection
FEAR
How to disarm your biggest performance blocker
Fear shows up in work everyday—masquerading as control, perfectionism, or hesitation. But we rarely name it.
In this powerful talk, Ross reawakens a spirit of childlike wonder—and invites the audience to ask, “What if?” Sharing stories and insights from teaching kids to ski to show how playfulness, curiosity, and a shift in mindset can reveal fear for what it is: a signpost you’re on the way to somewhere that matters.
This talk shows leaders how to spot fear and disarm it to unlock achievement.
How to connect your team to the feeling of purpose
Purpose is powerful—but only when people feel connected to it.
Ross creates a deep connection to purpose through warmth, humour, and raw emotion. With stories from his time as an Opera Extra (including a stint on stage as a giant rabbit), playful interaction, and thoughtful reflection, Ross shows leaders how to help their teams feel more motivated, fulfilled, and energised—by reconnecting them to the impact of what they do.
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Even a bunny can make a difference to the world
Deep-dives
Looking for more than a spark?
Ross also offers deep-dive half- and full-day workshops on each of these topics—for teams and leaders ready to embed ideas, shift habits, and transform their culture.
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© 2025 by ROSS REEKIE
What it covers
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My radical story of losing—and then rediscovering—meaning through fun jobs
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The science of meaningful work, plus a visceral business and human case for why it matters
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A simple, powerful framework for making work feel meaningful
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Interactive stories and insights from the Fun Jobs Project—from the opera stage to the ski slopes
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The core insight: fun and playful exploration isn’t a distraction—it’s a skill we can all learn
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How to start applying serious fun immediately—in your role, your team, and your culture