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Keynote SpeakerRonan Harrington

Resilience, High Performance Expert

Ronan is a world leading authority on resilient, high-performance. His Resilient Performance Method is used by leading organisations including Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, L’Oréal, the UK Treasury, and Oxford University. Celebrated as a win–win for productivity and wellbeing, it’s ideal for fast‑moving companies who want to drive higher standards of... Read more

Biography

Ronan is a world leading authority on resilient, high-performance. His Resilient Performance Method is used by leading organisations including Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, L’Oréal, the UK Treasury, and Oxford University. Celebrated as a win–win for productivity and wellbeing, it’s ideal for fast‑moving companies who want to drive higher standards of excellence whilst caring for their people.

As a Futurist to the UK Foreign Office, Ronan accurately predicted many of the disruptions that define today’s permacrisis. He now couples his foresight expertise with resilience methodologies to equip organisations to perform under sustained pressure. In his hugely entertaining keynotes, Ronan presents a science‑based approach to resilient performance and equips teams with cutting‑edge tools they can apply right away.

What sets Ronan apart is his powerful personal story—a cautionary tale of senior‑level burnout that resulted in a chronic pain condition he continues to manage today. It’s rare to hear a resilience story still unfolding. That lived experience brings the kind of depth, honesty, and credibility teams need when the pressure is real.

"Ronan is a world class resilience teacher. His ability to encourage leaders to connect more deeply to themselves and each other is rare." Head of Strategic Relationships, KPMG
"Our Leadership Team is still talking about it and it has prompted a very healthy and open discussion about how we build resilience for ourselves and our people. Thank you Ronan – you were brilliant." Head of Financial Consulting, Deloitte
"Insightful, authentic and engaging. Ronan is a great presenter, taking a topic most are familiar with, but don’t really understand, unpacking the myths, laying out the systemic triggers and teaching some great scientifically backed techniques. His personal story is highly compelling and I would recommend anyone working in a high performance culture or role to spend time with Ronan." VP Technology, IBM
“Ronan’s keynote was one of the stand out moments at our conference. A 500 person standing ovation and by all accounts, not a dry eye in the house. The right blend of intellect and emotional storytelling, he’s the ideal speaker to create a buzz on social media and intrigue about your event” Managing Director, HR TechX
"I left Ronan’s talk truly speechless and determined to take better care of myself. A rare, powerful alchemy that goes so far beyond a typical “keynote speaker” it seems a miss to even refer to it as that." Director, Employee Experience AKQA
"The event with Ronan was a full success! Ronan gave a very inspiring and engaging speech and touched everybody in the room – intellectually and emotionally. He organised a very good mix between presenting facts & figures, giving practical tips and initiating short breakout-sessions to ensure full engagement of all participants.Ronan fulfilled 100% of our expectations." CFO Siemens Energy

Popular Talks by Ronan Harrington

  • Sustainable High Performance: From Endurance to  Resilience

    Running on fumes? Shift from burnout to resilient, peak performance.

    In this fastpaced keynote youll learn how to:

    – Apply the latest principles of sustainable high performance.

    – Adopt work rhythms used by elite teams.

    – Build resilience to handle...

  • True Resilience: A Story That Touches Home

    Ideas spark inspiration, but stories anchor them. To deepen any keynote, Ronan interlaces sharp insights with his personal resilience journey.

    Just weeks after operating at the height of national politics, he was diagnosed with a lifelong chronicpain condition. Seven years on, he still leads, and learns,...

  • Permacrisis Resilience: Thrive When Chaos Is the New Constant

    Supply shocks, cyber breaches, climate extremes, AI upheaval, tariff wars: disruption now hits on repeat.

    This highenergy keynote from a Foreign Office Futurist reframes resilience from a oneoff bounceback to a daily operating system that keeps people focused, healthy, and ready to seize opportunity in any...

  • High Performance, Low Burnout

    Today’s work cultures push people toward exhaustion, yet peak output and wellbeing can coexist. Ronan unveils a sciencebased framework for sustainable excellence.

    Audience takeaways:

    – A clear lens on what drains, and what renews, energy.

    – Evidencebacked tactics to reset daily work habits.

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  • Leading Resilient High‑Performance Teams

    Many managers sprint from fire to fire, stuck in task triage. This keynoteplusworkshop reframes them as conductors of human capability: leaders who create time, headspace, and trust so teams perform at their peak.

    Participants will learn to:

    – Replace crisisdriven handoffs with collaborative rituals...

  • Human‑First AI: Future‑Proof Performance for the Automation Era

    As intelligent tech accelerates, the biggest risk isn’t robots—it’s a workforce paralysed by FOBO (Fear of Becoming Obsolete), secrecy, and change fatigue. This keynote reframes AI adoption as a peoplepowered transformation that boosts engagement, trust, and performance.

    Audiences will learn to:

    – Turn FOBO into FutureReady confidence...

  • Relational Excellence: The Psychological‑Safety Advantage

    Silence and selfcensorship throttle innovation; candourunlocks it. This keynoteandworkshop shows how to replace fearbased norms with a trustrich, highaccountability culture.

    Participants will learn to:

    – Define psychological safety in performance terms, not just “niceness”.

    – Install daily habits that build trust while...

  • High‑Performance Leadership Talk Show: Hard‑Won Wisdom, Live

    Skip another slide deck of generic advice. This moderatorled talkshow taps the expertise already inside your walls.

    Senior leaders take the hot seat, sharing unfiltered stories of triumphs, missteps, and coursecorrections. Ronan links their insights to the latest research, turning raw experience into clear, evidencebacked takeaways.

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  • Boundless Growth Mindset: Shatter the Success Ceiling

    Disruption punishes complacency. Organisations that win see “better” as a daily requirement, not a quarterly slogan. This keynoteandworkshop shows how to hardwire a growth mindset so continual learning drives continual advantage.

    Participants will learn to:

    – Adopt belief systems that turn stretch goals into...

  • Extraordinary Productivity: From Busyness to Brilliant Impact

    Digital overload has turned knowledge work into constant firefighting. This keynote replaces reactive “lawnmowing with a highleverage system that restores focus, energy, and standout client value.

    Audience takeaways:

    – Spot and dismantle toxic productivity norms that drain capacity.

    – Manage personal energy for...

  • Back in the Groove: Power Moves for Better Mental Health

    This upbeat, humourlaced keynote shows how small external tweaks spark big internal balance.

    Participants will learn to:

    – Reclaim a manageable work agenda.

    – Align the four pillars—home, family, work, health.

    – Fuel brain and body for a brighter outlook.

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  • Candour Unleashed: Mastering Difficult Conversations

    Tough talks needn’t be trustkillers. This keynoteplusworkshop delivers a fresh spin on RadicalCandour, turning highstakes feedback into relationshipstrengthening dialogue.

    Participants will learn to:

    – Create conditions where colleagues feel safe to be candid.

    – Break tension fast with cleartheair techniques.

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