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International keynote speaker on high-performance

teams

leadership

innovation

Why The Majority is Always Wrong

“Why The Majority is Always Wrong” is my signature keynote. Already given to dozens of Fortune 500 companies, its 12 minute TED version has gone viral and has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube. 

How can you consistently apply unconventional strategies to get extraordinary results? If you do what everyone else is doing, you’re not distinguishing yourself from the competition, and you’re probably stuck. In this entertaining keynote, I will share the most important counter intuitive, almost controversial, but highly effective approaches to become part of the small minority which stands apart like a tall giraffe surrounded by tiny field mice.

These are the main audience takeaways:

  • How to radically change your thinking to step away from the herd.
  • How to apply the strange secret of strategic quitting to become an innovation powerhouse.
  • Why a turkey is the actual key to boost resilience and effectively deal with the next crisis.
  • Why you can safely ignore spending time on almost all decisions and still get extraordinary results.
  • How to use purposeful laziness to massively improve your organizational execution power.
  • Why you don’t have to be sick to get better.

Your investment for this keynote starts at Euro 10,000.

Contact me if you want to discuss how this keynote can help to make your next event a resounding success as well.

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Success Stories

  • "Just terrific"

    Stephen Hall, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company
    "Paul, I wanted to thank you for coming to join us in Barcelona last week and for your excellent keynote speech. Your topic of innovation was positioned exactly right in the context of our overall agenda priorities. And your anecdotes and humour were just terrific"
  • "A resounding success"

    Erik Oostwegel, Chairman of the Executive Board, Royal HaskoningDHV
    "Wit & Wisdom: Paul’s key note address at our international management conference was a resounding success. Weeks later, we are still hearing references to his talk on Strategic Acceleration. Worthwhile points, delivered in an entertaining and memorable way, have staying power"
  • "Very witty, funny, insightful and very inspiring"

    Sarah Herrmann, Internal Communications & Corp. Events MediamarktSaturn Retail Group
    "We’ve received a lot of great feedback from the participants. You clearly delivered as what can only be described as a very witty, funny, insightful and very inspiring presentation that really captured many of the ongoing topics in our company"
  • "Paul’s always ensures that our colleagues remain engaged throughout our meetings"

    Paddy Mullaney – VP/GM EMEA, Greif Inc
    "Paul’s use of humour and delivery of message always ensures that our colleagues remain engaged throughout our meetings. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Paul as we strive for excellence across our business"
  • "Insightful, constructive and even provocative."

    Stepan Breedveld, CEO Ordina
    "Paul’s contribution to the Ordina Open Innovation Days was insightful, constructive and even provocative. The combination of powerful insights into human behaviour and humor gave the audience food for thought and created lively discussions. "
  • "Touched personally"

    Lizette Sint, Managing Director Rabo Private Equity
    "Paul held up many mirrors to the audience allowing everyone to be touched personally. Our portfolio event was a huge success with many participants weeks later continuing to refer to the metaphors shared and applying them! "

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