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KEYNOTES
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that bring the spark back
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.
1. SIGNATURE TALK:
THE FUN JOBS PROJECT
Reigniting culture with meaning and serious fun
What It’s About
I burned out as I was a meaningful work expert with 20 year global consulting and research experience. I decided to do something radical and started the Fun Jobs Project: an experiment to reconnect to a sense of meaning by taking on “fun jobs”. From the opera stage to the ski slopes, I uncovered a core insight:
Who it’s for
Serious fun is the skill that unlocks purpose, energy, and performance.
Leaders and teams who want to feel more connected, motivated, and alive in their work—whether the challenge is disconnection, low energy, or lifting an already strong culture higher.
What It’s About
Serious fun is the skill that unlocks purpose, energy, and performance.
Who it’s for
Leaders and teams who want to feel more connected, motivated, and alive in their work—whether the challenge is disconnection, low energy, or lifting an already strong culture higher.
I burned out as I was a meaningful work expert with 20 year global consulting and research experience. I decided to do something radical and started the Fun Jobs Project: an experiment to reconnect to a sense of meaning by taking on “fun jobs”. From the opera stage to the ski slopes, I uncovered a core insight:
What makes it different
I combine two decades of global consulting experience with original research, and unforgettable live interactive experiences.. Audiences play an integral part, from live science experiments, ski lessons, or even spontaneous group singing. All of this creates an unforgetable deeply-felt transformation and contagious energy.
What your audiance will take away
A practical framework for making work meaningful (and seriously fun!).
Research, stories, and humour that connect with the heart.
Tools they can use immediately to boost connection and performance.
A huge moment of spark that is the catalyst for changing their work and culture.
The outcome
Your people leave reconnected to why they work, to each other, and to your organisation’s mission—with the motivation and tools to build a culture that performs.
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
More keynote topics
These additional talks tap into the emotional core of meaningful work and serious fun
Each session explores one powerful theme in more depth 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 people & culture conferences, leadership retreats, and team events.
These additional talks tap into the emotional core of meaningful work and serious fun
2. 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.
Follow the Sparkles
3. Creating Belonging
Bring your own brick
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.
4. Performance & Achievement
Getting past FEAR
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.
5. Connecting to Purpose
Even a bunny can make a difference
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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