Keynote
Fearless Persistence @Work
The New Creative Courage
In today’s fast-moving business environment, the only certainty is change—and the only reliable growth engine is creative courage. This keynote brings to light how teams can transform bold ideas into sustained performance—not as one-off bursts, but as a system of innovation and persistence.
Drawing on storytelling from the front-lines of creation, leadership, and change, film producer, educator, and author Adam Leipzig explores how high-performing organisations turn obstacles into engines of forward momentum. Participants will leave with one immediately-executable “bold move” designed to turbo-charge their resilience, expand organisational space for risk, and embed creative courage across roles and levels.
Why this matters
for HR and organizational leaders
Moves the conversation beyond “innovation” as buzzword to “persistence” as operational capability.
Provides a shared mindset and language for alignment across business units, so change leadership permeates every level and task
Converts inspiration into immediate action, delivering measurable movement by day one.
High-value outcomes
include:
A refreshed team narrative around creative courage and calculated risk.
A concrete one-step plan that aligns with your strategic priorities and can be tracked.
Increased confidence in leading through ambiguity, and stronger readiness for change.
Why this matters
for HR and organizational leaders
Moves the conversation beyond “innovation” as buzzword to “persistence” as operational capability.
Provides a shared mindset and language for alignment across business units, so change leadership permeates every level and task
Converts inspiration into immediate action, delivering measurable movement by day one.
High-value outcomes
include:
A refreshed team narrative around creative courage and calculated risk.
A concrete one-step plan that aligns with your strategic priorities and can be tracked.
Increased confidence in leading through ambiguity, and stronger readiness for change.
Workshops
The Persistence Lab –
Leading Through Creative Change
(Available as Half-Day or Full-Day deliverable)
Organisations must overcome the absence of sustained creative systems. The Persistence Lab addresses this by embedding structures, habits and collaborative frameworks that convert creative intent into business impact.
Half-day format is ideal for senior leadership off-sites, innovation days or HR-sponsored change-readiness events. Full-day immersion is perfect for operational teams, cross-functional squads or leadership + direct reports working together.
Workshop structure
at a glance:
Block Breaker: Surface and reframe limiting beliefs that stall creativity and progress.
Courage Systems: Design repeatable habits, rituals and metrics that institutionalize creative courage.
Adaptability Loop: Practice fast-cycle iteration under pressure to strengthen team agility and responsiveness.
Action Planning: Develop a tailored immediate-impact 30-day “persistence plan” aligned to your business goals and KPIs.
High-value outcomes
for corporate partners:
Teams shift from episodic ‘creative bursts’ to ongoing innovation rhythms.
Clear, measurable structures for tracking creative confidence, cross-team trust and change readiness.
A shared toolkit and language for leaders and teams to sustain momentum beyond the session.
Alignment between HR initiatives (culture, engagement, agility) and business outcomes (speed, efficacy, growth).
Workshop structure
at a glance
Block Breaker: Surface and reframe limiting beliefs that stall creativity and progress.
Courage Systems: Design repeatable habits, rituals and metrics that institutionalize creative courage.
Adaptability Loop: Practice fast-cycle iteration under pressure to strengthen team agility and responsiveness.
Action Planning: Develop a tailored immediate-impact 30-day “persistence plan” aligned to your business goals and KPIs.
High-value outcomes
for corporate partners
Teams shift from episodic ‘creative bursts’ to ongoing innovation rhythms.
Clear, measurable structures for tracking creative confidence, cross-team trust and change readiness.
A shared toolkit and language for leaders and teams to sustain momentum beyond the session.
Alignment between HR initiatives (culture, engagement, agility) and business outcomes (speed, efficacy, growth).
Fearless Futures –
The Creative Master Sprint
(Two-Day Board and Executive-Level Immersion)
For organisations ready to invest in breakthrough leadership, innovation design, and systemic transformation, this two-day master class delivers depth, connection and strategic impact. Participants will move beyond tactical creativity into building architecture for competitive advantage and sustaining change leadership.
Over two days, we meld narrative intelligence, human-insight frameworks and next-generation tools (including AI-enabled co-creation) into a coherent leadership system. Teams will map and validate business models, develop story-based strategies, and prototype resilience architectures designed to scale.
Key modules
include:
Resilience as system: building stress-tested creative infrastructure throughout the organization.
AI + Human Synergy Lab: reframing AI from threat to co-creation partner so innovation becomes sustainable.
Strategic Story Architecture: designing narrative infrastructure that aligns culture, strategy and communication.
The Trust Equation: enhancing authenticity, credibility and speed of decision-making in a high-velocity ecosystem.
Peer pitching and industry-feedback sessions: real-world validation, cross-company learning, and networking.
High-value outcomes
for senior leadership teams:
A strategic blueprint for sustained creative innovation, fully aligned with business imperatives.
Clear metrics for ROI: innovation velocity, engagement, retention, ability to pivot.
Leadership behaviours and team systems primed for the era of intelligent systems and rapid disruption.
A tangible roadmap, with peer accountability and senior executive sponsorship, to embed change across the entire enterprise.
Key modules
include
Resilience as system: building stress-tested creative infrastructure throughout the organization.
AI + Human Synergy Lab: reframing AI from threat to co-creation partner so innovation becomes sustainable.
Strategic Story Architecture: designing narrative infrastructure that aligns culture, strategy and communication.
The Trust Equation: enhancing authenticity, credibility and speed of decision-making in a high-velocity ecosystem.
Peer pitching and industry-feedback sessions: real-world validation, cross-company learning, and networking.
High-value outcomes
for senior leadership teams
A strategic blueprint for sustained creative innovation, fully aligned with business imperatives.
Clear metrics for ROI: innovation velocity, engagement, retention, ability to pivot.
Leadership behaviours and team systems primed for the era of intelligent systems and rapid disruption.
A tangible roadmap, with peer accountability and senior executive sponsorship, to embed change across the entire enterprise.
