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Keynote SpeakerChris Barez-Brown

Creative Leadership Specialist

Described by The Guardian as a long-haired, twinkly eyed cross between Richard Branson and a wizard, Chris Baréz-Brown’s natural ability to uncover everyone’s inner genius helps people to get their energy right every day, so they can achieve more through their own talents and be extraordinary, all whilst driving bottom... Read more

Biography

Described by The Guardian as a long-haired, twinkly eyed cross between Richard Branson and a wizard, Chris Baréz-Brown’s natural ability to uncover everyone’s inner genius helps people to get their energy right every day, so they can achieve more through their own talents and be extraordinary, all whilst driving bottom line results. Fascinated by what makes people and businesses tick, he challenges convention to help embed a more human and energetic culture at the heart of any workplace; so that work and life become a fun and fruitful ride.

Chris started his career in the British Army, but quickly realised he was a lover and not a fighter. Taking an about turn into brand management, innovation and leadership, he spent over a decade as a director of global consultancy ?What If! Innovation.

Inspired by Bono’s signature question who’s Elvis round here? (meaning who’s the maverick around here that makes things happen), and driven by the belief that everyone has a bit of Elvis in them, he established the global consultancy Upping Your Elvis.

Regularly working with global brands including Nike, Coca-Cola, Diageo and Unilever, Chris has helped establish huge shifts in working practices; including enhancing employees’ focus, initiating positive interactions amongst colleagues and increasing the number of people pro-actively seeking feedback. His work is featured in the Harvard Business Review, as a paradigm for how getting your energy right produces tangible returns on investment.

As a keynote speaker, Chris challenges people, businesses and organisations to embed a more human and energetic culture at the heart of everything they do. He seeks to bring out the potential in everybody and for them to leave inspired, energised, thinking a little differently about the world and equipped with tangible skills to deploy both at work and play.

Chris is the author of 5 books all written with the aim of helping the reader reconnect with their inner genius. His new book Upping Your Elvis is due to be published in January 2021.

"Chris Baréz-Brown is a modern day prophet. He has a gift … an uncanny ability to inspire change agents in my organization. Everything he touches turns to gold and shines brightly." Keith Wilmot, The Coca-Cola Company
"So much big talk about transformation... Chris actually delivers it. Time and again. Part art, part gift, part crazy man. He works his magic every time." Maria Eitel, Founder and President of the Nike Foundation

Popular Talks by Chris Barez-Brown

  • We aren’t designed for business, but we can make it fit us

    Learn how to work with your human design, making work and life a fun and fruitful ride.
    Chris shares tips and techniques that are proven to deliver more impact, clarity and energy, all supported with a digital programme to lock-in the learnings.

  • Get Your Energy Right
    We aren’t designed for business, but we can make it fit us. Learn how to work with your human design to make work and life a fun and fruitful ride. Chris shares behavioural tune-ups that will change your culture by delivering more impact, clarity and energy. This is supported by...
  • Leadership. What’s needed here?
    The leadership landscape is constantly evolving, and the days of repeating the same model are gone, forever. The best leaders are fantastic at answering the questions ‘what’s needed here?’ and then tuning in to the needs of any situation. Learn new, energetic, and innovative behavioural approaches which can be applied...
  • Innovation. Learn to love creative leaps
    We can’t think our way to ten out of ten. With the best data and insight, you might be able to think your way to a six. To get to a ten you need to make a creative leap. Learn how to embrace innovation and use your inner creativity to...
  • Mental and Emotional Wellbeing. Go deeper, get closer
    95% of how we feel comes from our subconscious, which means most of us have no idea why we’re having a good day or a bad day. Learn why so many people are suffering from mental and emotional well-being challenges today and how ‘Talk It Out’ helps you boost wellbeing...
  • Impact that lasts

    Chris is passionate about creating a lasting impact for the people he works with, so he’s designed a range of tools that act as the perfect support to any of his talks, helping to embed new energetic behaviours for the long-term.