Mark Williams

Orchestrating Organizational Harmony

As Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Mark Williams leads one of Canada’s largest performing arts institutions — a complex, high-performing organization where collaboration, adaptability, and purpose are essential to success.

Mark architects the systems, structures, and strategic frameworks that make that success possible — transforming individual excellence into institutional performance. He offers concrete insights on organizational alignment, operational resilience, and strategic execution.

Shawn Kanungo

Strategy is Energy

Disruption is no longer a choice. In an era where AI is outpacing our ability to adapt, customer expectations have leaped a decade forward, and traditional business models crumble without warning, one quality separates the survivors: fearlessness.

Drawing from the frontlines of innovation, Shawn Kanungo reveals the counterintuitive approaches that turn market turbulence into opportunity. His practical yet provocative keynote shows leaders how to embrace uncertainty, experiment at scale, and build organizations that thrive on change.

Ron Tite

The Purpose of Purpose is Growth

For too long, businesses have treated purpose like a comforting idea instead of a catalytic force. It’s been slapped on websites, printed on t-shirts, and paraded around in town halls like some kind of corporate participation trophy. That ends today.

Ron Tite shares his playbook to leading with impact and creating meaningful growth that makes customers loyal, employees engaged, and competitors nervous. It doesn’t just support growth, it drives it. Turn hesitation into action, potential into performance, and words into results.

Alex Hutchinson

The Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

How do you know when you’ve reached your maximum potential? Everyone has similar physical tools. What separates the winners is what’s going on in their brains.

Over the past decade, neuroscientists have begun to tease out the factors that allow top performers to keep pushing long after their rivals have quit. Human performance expert Alex Hutchinson breaks down how pushing through brain-imposed barriers apply as much in the boardroom as on the playing field.

Sarah Wells

The Pursuit of Excellence

In this transformative keynote, Olympian Sarah Wells reveals how to cultivate excellence within ourselves and organizations, helping audiences understand that excellence isn’t about perfection, it’s about breaking free from limiting beliefs.

Sarah will share the core principles that drive excellence, including the power of believing in yourself, the courage to do things differently, and the resilience to rise from setbacks. By going all in on our unique strengths, we unlock success in ways only each of us as individuals can achieve.

Juan Bendaña

Make Confidence Your Competitive Advantage: High-Performance Mindset for Next Level Growth

Unlocking the next level of performance requires more than just ambition; it demands action. Confidence isn’t just a feel-good trait — it’s your organization’s ultimate competitive edge.

Juan Bendaña’s energizing keynote empowers audiences to set clear and actionable goals, turning today’s barriers into tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Equipped with his proven framework, they will walk away ready to raise the bar, take aligned action, and achieve more than they thought possible.

Fotini Iconomopoulos

Sealing the Deal: The Art of Building Sales and Relationships at the Same Time

Learn how to sell with trust and influence without pressure. When salespeople prioritize connection, over pressure, they close more business.

Strategic communications expert Fotini Iconomopoulos shows sales teams how to guide conversations toward profitable outcomes. Grounded in behavioural psychology and real-world results, attendees will learn to overcome objections, read the room, and adapt their message without sounding “salesy” — creating the conditions that turn conversations into conversions.

Yan Markson

The Power of Perception: Influence and Persuasion

People often get lost in facts, figures, and their own perspective. When we ignore the human in front of us, our message disappears into the noise.

In this dynamic keynote, Yan Markson blends live mentalism with strategic communication to reveal the psychology behind decision-making. Audiences will discover how cognitive bias dilutes their message and how empathy strengthens connection. They’ll also learn how to frame their message for maximum impact, build trust, and identify the “magic sparks” that engage people emotionally.

Paul Epstein

Closing the Confidence Gap in Sales: A Masterclass to Build Momentum and Win

Sales is the lifeblood of every organization; confidence is what makes it all possible. Paul Epstein realized this as a sales leader in the NFL and NBA, breaking the all-time Super Bowl revenue record, surpassing billion-dollar goals, and transforming cellar-dwelling NBA teams from 28th in league revenue to 2nd.

This keynote unpacks how Paul and his teams did it. It’s the perfect blend of sales mindset and winning psychology, coupled with tactical tools to achieve breakthrough performance immediately.

Rola Dagher

Leading Through Change: Building Adaptable, Future-Ready Organizations in the Age of AI

In an era where disruption is constant and AI reshapes how we work, the former CEO of Cisco Canada Rola Dagher demonstrates how to leverage disruption into growth.

Learn why being a “learn-it-all” beats being a “know-it-all,” and how developing AQ (adaptability quotient) alongside EQ creates leaders and teams who excel in partnership with technology. Gain practical strategies for implementing continuous “software upgrades” in yourself and others, fostering resilient teams, and leveraging technology as a tool for human empowerment.

Chris Pronger

Adversity Isn’t the Detour — It’s the Road

Championships are never won without hardship. Injuries, setbacks, and pressure tested Chris Pronger throughout his NHL career, but those trials forged the grit and character that defined him. Adversity isn’t a detour; it’s the road itself.

This keynote reframes challenges as sparks for growth, proving that resilience is built in the struggle and that the toughest paths often lead to the most meaningful victories. Audiences will learn how to think, train, and compete like champions by turning pressure into performance and setbacks into fuel.

Yvonne Camus

Accelerate Through the Wreckage: How Elite Teams Thrive in Chaos and Uncertainty

When the rules change mid-game and the path ahead is anything but clear, most teams slow down. Elite teams speed up. In this electrifying keynote, high-performance expert Yvonne Camus takes audiences inside the mindset and habits of teams who not only survive turbulence but accelerate through it.

Audiences will discover the mindset shift that keeps momentum alive, the small but powerful daily practices that build unshakable resilience, and the leadership culture that turns pressure into performance.

Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa

The Blueprint for Innovation: Three Pillars of Transformational Leadership

With change and uncertainty the norm, innovation isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. But how can you consistently spark new ideas and breakthroughs within yourself and your team?

In this dynamic keynote, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa unveils her blueprint for innovation, a neuroscience-driven, three-pillar framework designed to revolutionize leadership and organizational success. As a resident psychiatrist, poet, and leadership expert, she reveals how to cultivate an innovation-ready mindset and ignite the potential in others.

Hamza Khan

Hope IS a Strategy: Leading with Impact in a Changing Landscape

Leadership today is being tested like never before. Leaders at all levels are being asked to do more with less — navigating complexity, mitigating risks, and maintaining trust when confidence in institutions is declining. But amid this uncertainty, one leadership trait has emerged as the most critical need: hope.

Hamza Khan, a globally recognized leadership expert, shares strategies for embedding hope in leadership from inspiring confidence and building future-ready teams to creating cultures of sustainable growth and adaptability.

Dr. Rumeet Billan

Human-Centered Leadership: Becoming Emotionally Intelligent Leaders

Great leadership starts with understanding people. Emotional intelligence shapes how leaders communicate, make decisions, build relationships, and navigate stress. Without it, even the most skilled leaders struggle to truly connect and inspire.

Leadership expert Dr. Rumeet Billan break down the core competencies of emotionally intelligent leaders. She shares practical strategies to strengthen self-awareness and leverage emotions strategically to build inclusive cultures where people engage, contribute, and excel.

Dr. David Burkus

Smarter Teams: Building High-Performing Teams in the Age of Intelligent Collaboration

AI isn’t coming — it’s already here. Beyond the hype and headlines, one question matters most: How will AI and teamwork evolve together in the new world of work?

Even as technology evolves, the fundamentals of high-performing teams haven’t changed. People still need clarity, connection, and trust. What’s changed is the context and the opportunity. In this fast-paced and insightful keynote, teamwork expert Dr. David Burkus reveals how the most effective teams are adapting in response to AI, not by abandoning what makes them great, but by refining it.

Anthony McLean

Four Generations at Work: Building Better Teams Across the Generational Divide

Are Boomers really stubborn? Millennials entitled? Gen Z lazy? In this dynamic, high-energy keynote, Anthony McLean debunks the myths tearing multigenerational teams apart, delivering research-backed insights and practical tools to turn generational clash into collaboration.

With sharp comedy that’ll get everyone laughing, Anthony reveals what’s really driving workplace conflict. Attendees will learn to move beyond age-based assumptions, focus on shared values, and create psychologically safety to foster high-performing, unified teams across all generations.

Jennifer Barroll

Game Changers: The Blueprint for Next-Level Teamwork

Great teams don’t just happen — they’re built. Key behaviours set high-performing teams apart: they leverage everyone’s strengths, align around shared values, and prioritize trust, safety, and purpose.

In this dynamic keynote, Jennifer Barroll shares research-backed strategies for unlocking team potential and cultivating environments where people thrive. Attendees will discover the five pillars of high-performance teams, learn to align goals with individual strengths, and gain practical tools for fostering psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser

Cultivating a Growth Mindset: How to Stay Motivated

With an extraordinary career spanning six Olympic Games, multiple gold medals, groundbreaking achievements in hockey, and success as both a physician and NHL executive, Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser draws on her unique journey to demonstrate how cultivating a growth mindset is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Attendees will leave inspired to keep pushing forward, enhance their change resilience, and transform challenges into stepping stones toward sustained excellence.

Chris Koch

If I Can…

The limitations we face in life are often the ones we place on ourselves. Chris Koch’s inspirational presentation is about making the most out of life, with a focus on appreciating what we have instead of worrying about what we don’t.

Despite being born without arms and legs, Chris didn’t let limitations and obstacles stand in the way. He grew up working on his family farm and has spent his adult life snowboarding, running marathons, and travelling. With humour and compelling storytelling, Chris leaves audiences inspired and empowered.

Jill Heinerth

Explorations in Excellence

More people have walked on the moon than explored the places Jill Heinerth has been. She’s blazed trails into lava tubes beneath ocean floors, submerged caves inside icebergs, and the deepest recesses of the world’s oceans.

In this dynamic multimedia presentation, Jill shares remarkable experiences and lessons learned from extreme underwater exploration, inspiring audiences to reach beyond their limitations, challenge the unknown, and overcome their fears, while exploring risk management, failure, and collaboration strategies.