Keynote Speaking
Modern research is finally catching up to what ancient wisdom has always known:
we only truly thrive when we are whole.
Benjamin bridges the data of today with the timeless stories that shape us, helping your people move from simply working to deeply belonging.
What suits you best?
Standard Keynote
Culture, Success &
Coming Home to Yourself
Benjamin shares his journey from building culture at Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, and Lucid to redefining success through creativity, impact, and deeper connection to the land he comes from. Your leaders walk away seeing culture not as an HR initiative, but as the operating system that lets people bring their full selves to work—without having to quit, burn out, or start over.
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Benjamin reached what many would call the peak of corporate success—helping build culture and leadership systems inside some of the world’s most demanding organizations—then chose to re-anchor his work around creativity, impact, and right relationship with place and community. That shift didn’t abandon performance; it reframed it, showing how culture can serve both outcomes and wholeness.
This keynote weaves that story with hard data on why most fast-growing companies stall and what the small minority do differently. The core message: you don’t need to quit your job or blow up your company to find meaning. The operating system you’re looking for is already inside your people and your place—you just haven’t been taught how to see it, name it, and build around it.
What it covers:
The problem: Why the vast majority of fast-growing companies fail to sustain scale, and the hidden cultural costs behind the numbers.
The solution: How high-performing organizations treat culture as an operating system—integrating values, leadership behavior, and systems.
The path home: Designing culture in a way that serves both the business and the humans in it, so people can bring more of themselves to work without having to leave everything behind.
Best for:
Organizations in hypergrowth, Series B/C companies, and leadership teams that can feel culture slipping and want a more grounded, human, and scalable way forward.
Tailored Keynote
Built Around Your
Inflection Point
We co‑design a talk around your specific moment—hypergrowth, founder‑to‑professional transition, M&A, or a customer experience shift—and tie cutting‑edge research to your real constraints. Your leaders leave with language, frameworks, and next steps that feel uncomfortably specific to your situation (in the best way).
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A custom keynote starts with a 30–45 minute discovery call with your leadership team. We get clear on where you are: what’s breaking in culture, where leadership is misaligned, how your customer and employee experience actually feel right now, and what “success” would look like 12–18 months from today.
From there, Benjamin builds a talk that blends your story with the research: Google’s Project Aristotle on psychological safety, Gallup’s HumanSigma on the employee–customer encounter, strengths‑based development, and the operating models of companies that scale without losing their soul. The content is customized; the backbone is consistent: culture as a strategic operating system, not a side project.
What it covers (tailored):
Your specific inflection point: hypergrowth, leadership transition, M&A, culture drift, or stalled execution.
The levers that matter most in your context: psychological safety, strengths alignment, customer–employee encounters, or micro‑behaviors that compound.
A clear, organization‑specific path forward: what to do in the next 90 days and 12–18 months to turn culture from a risk into an advantage.
Best for:
Executive teams and organizations that want high relevance and are ready to talk honestly about where things stand—and what needs to change—without resorting to generic culture talks.This keynote weaves that story with hard data on why most fast-growing companies stall and what the small minority do differently. The core message: you don’t need to quit your job or blow up your company to find meaning. The operating system you’re looking for is already inside your people and your place—you just haven’t been taught how to see it, name it, and build around it.
What it covers:
The problem: Why the vast majority of fast-growing companies fail to sustain scale, and the hidden cultural costs behind the numbers.
The solution: How high-performing organizations treat culture as an operating system—integrating values, leadership behavior, and systems.
The path home: Designing culture in a way that serves both the business and the humans in it, so people can bring more of themselves to work without having to leave everything behind.
Best for:
Organizations in hypergrowth, Series B/C companies, and leadership teams that can feel culture slipping and want a more grounded, human, and scalable way forward.
Logistics
Duration: 45–75 minutes + Q&A
Formats:
Remote/virtual (live or recorded)
On-site in Austin, Texas
On-site elsewhere (+ travel cost)
Investment:
Virtual: $3,000–$6,000
On-site Austin: $6,000–$8,500
On-site elsewhere: $8,500–$12,000 + travel
In a 30-minute call, we'll talk about your audience, your moment, and whether a keynote or deeper facilitation is the right next step.