The way you relate is the way you lead
The central argument of my practice: that the relational habits which decide your marriage are the same ones deciding your leadership, and most people are working on them in only one of those places.
Speaking & Keynotes
I do not give the same talk twice.
Keynotes, workshops and fireside conversations on relationships, leadership and human behaviour — built for the room in front of me.
A talk that gets applause and changes nothing has failed.
I sit in the audience at a lot of conferences. The pattern is consistent: an energetic speaker, a room that is genuinely moved, and an organisation that is precisely as it was the following Monday.
So I build differently. Before any keynote I speak to the organisers and, where possible, to a handful of people who will be in the room. I want to know what they are actually dealing with, what they have been told too many times already, and what nobody is willing to say from a stage.
The talk that results has a spine that is mine and examples that are theirs. It is interactive more often than not — I would rather have three hundred people turn to the person beside them and have a ninety-second conversation they will remember, than deliver a flawless monologue.
And I always leave the audience with one specific thing to do. Not a principle. A thing, with a name, that they could do before the end of the week.
Formats
- Conference keynote (45–60 min)
- Leadership offsite session (90 min – half day)
- Interactive workshop (half or full day)
- Fireside chat or panel moderation
- Podcast or interview guest
- Employee wellbeing / family day session
- Virtual keynote, designed for online
English and Hindi. Available across India and internationally, in person or online.
Check availabilitySignature talks
Starting points, not fixed decks.
Each of these gets rebuilt for the audience. If none of them is quite right, tell me the problem and I will propose something.
The conversation you are avoiding is your job
Why avoidance is the most expensive habit in modern organisations, what it costs in real terms, and how to hold the conversation you have been deferring for a year.
Empathy starts with yourself
A different route into emotional intelligence, aimed at high-performing audiences who are generous with everyone except themselves — and are running out of road because of it.
Raising people who will disagree with you
For employee wellbeing and parenting programmes. What adolescence is actually doing, why your teenager went quiet, and how to stay in the room.
Only grey matters
Black-and-white thinking, the appetite for certainty, and the cost of both — in teams, in marriages and in strategy.
For organisers
Everything you need, in one place.
Bio in three lengths, talk descriptions, technical requirements and previous audience feedback — sent across as soon as you get in touch.
What I need from you
Twenty minutes on a call with the organiser, and ideally three short conversations with people who will be in the audience. That is the difference between a talk about your industry and a talk about your situation.
What the audience leaves with
One reframe they did not have when they walked in, and one specific action with a name attached to it. Plus, where useful, a one-page takeaway I write after the session using what actually came up in the room.
Before you enquire
Questions organisers ask.
Relationships and communication, emotional intelligence, leadership behaviour, and generational difference at work — Baby Boomers through Gen Alpha. The framing changes with the room: the same material lands differently for a sales offsite, a leadership retreat and a college audience.
A keynote runs 45 to 60 minutes. A workshop format runs half a day to a full day, and fireside or panel formats are usually 30 to 45 minutes. I would rather build to your agenda than force a fixed length onto it.
Yes. I have worked with audiences across India, South-East Asia, Europe, the United States and Australia, and I speak in English and Hindi. For international dates, travel and timing are worth discussing early.
Always — it is the reason I do not give the same talk twice. Before the date I want to know who is in the room, what they have already been told, and what the organisers are quietly hoping changes afterwards. That last question usually reshapes the talk.
Six to eight weeks is comfortable for a keynote and gives time for the pre-event conversation. Shorter notice is often possible — ask, rather than assuming the date is gone.
A lapel or handheld mic, a screen if we are using visuals, and a room where people can see each other rather than only the stage. Interactive formats need the seating to allow that; I will flag it if the layout will fight the session.
Next step
Have a room that needs something honest?
Tell me the audience, the date and what has already been tried. I will tell you straight away whether I am the right person for it.