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Jeremiah Brown

Olympian | Author | Transformation Expert

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Together We Move As One
Why Transformation Needs Acceleration
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You Can Only Understand Resilience By Pushing Forward
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You Can Only Understand Resilience By Pushing Forward

Jeremiah Brown is a change and transformation expert, bestselling author, and Olympic silver medalist who helps organizations build goal commitment, navigate change, strengthen resilience, and achieve ambitious results. Drawing on his remarkable journey from complete beginner to the Olympic podium, Brown equips audiences with practical strategies for overcoming obstacles, embracing transformation, and achieving extraordinary goals together.

After watching the Canadian men’s eight win Olympic gold in 2008, Brown moved across the country to learn to row from scratch, driven by a single goal: earn a seat in the boat in time for the 2012 Olympics. Over four years, he logged more than 4,000 hours of training, navigating a grueling path from novice to Olympic silver medalist. Along the way, he learned that moments of profound weakness can coexist with extraordinary strength — and that life’s greatest victories can also bring their greatest defeats.

Brown carried those lessons beyond the water, chronicling his journey in his bestselling book, The 4-Year Olympian. He later led career transition, skill development, and mental health initiatives for the Canadian Olympic Committee, guiding elite athletes through one of life’s most difficult transformations: the one that comes after the finish line.

Today, across hundreds of keynotes for organizations facing their own high-stakes change, Brown brings that experience to the stage — delivering talks that put even the most aggressive goals within reach for teams who choose to do hard things, together.

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

  • Move As One: The Finisher’s Mindset for Teams Who Do Hard Things Together

    When the pressure’s on and you have an aggressive goal you need to bring within reach, you have to go fast and in one direction as a team. That requires a level of trust, accountability, and commitment that pulls everyone forward — even on the hard days.

    Jeremiah Brown learned this racing in an eight-man boat, where a single off-stroke could cost the entire crew an Olympic medal. It didn’t matter how hard any one person worked; if the crew wasn’t in sync, the boat went nowhere. The same is true for any team under pressure.

    With humour, heart, and his trademark intensity, Brown delivers the insights and breakthrough thinking audiences need to reach their own seemingly impossible goals — and gives them the actionable tools to fast-track progress and set the standard everyone else follows.

    Audience takeaways include:

    • A renewed belief that there are no limits to what a team can achieve together.
    • An understanding that success depends on mindset, ownership, and collective strength.
    • The focus to resolve conflict quickly and keep pulling in the same direction.
    • Strategies for sustaining effort when self-doubt creeps in and it’s make-or-break.
    • The energy to move fast with purpose — and set a pace others can only follow.
    • The finisher’s mindset needed to go all the way.

  • Set the Standard: How Elite Leaders Drive Cultures of Excellence

    When your organization has to transform fast and you can’t afford to wait, how do you get your team to adapt to change quickly so you can achieve your biggest goals?

    You need everyone clear on the vision, fully invested in the next chapter, and giving everything to the effort — but right now there’s a gap between what your team thinks they’re capable of and what you’re asking them to deliver. Which means your team will only go as far as they believe they can.

    Jeremiah Brown learned this from the coaches who pulled an Olympic medal out of him. By helping every athlete reimagine their best effort, they set a standard that pulled the entire crew forward. In this keynote, Brown shares what it takes to build teams that expect to win — no matter how high the stakes — and commit to finishing what they started.

    Audience takeaways include:

    • Strategies for building resilience so you can bring people through rapid change.
    • The conviction to lead with belief before your team is ready to believe in themselves.
    • The ability to close the gap between what your team thinks they’re capable of and what you need them to deliver.
    • An understanding of how to create the conditions for everyone to give their maximum effort.
    • The discipline to set the standard high, even on the hard days.
    • A framework for accelerating transformation without burning people out.

  • All In: The Mindset That Turns Relentless Disruption into Your Greatest Advantage

    Everywhere-all-at-once disruption has left us reeling. If you want to keep up with relentless change, you have to embrace the discomfort of constant evolution. But how do you find it in yourself to rise to the moment, move forward with urgency, and give your best effort when you can barely keep up?

    Jeremiah Brown knows what it’s like to be in over your head with no time to catch up. He went from complete beginner to Olympic medalist in just four years — a timeline people said was impossible — and he’s honest about the grit and the grace it took to get across the finish line. In this keynote, Brown shows teams what becomes possible when people stop waiting for perfect conditions, accept that change needs to happen, and start moving as one.

    Audience takeaways include:

    • A framework for embracing disruption instead of being overwhelmed by it.
    • The determination to keep showing up, even when the path forward isn’t clear.
    • An understanding that what feels impossible is within reach.
    • The discipline to move from decision into action without waiting for the fear to leave.
    • An understanding that grit without grace leads to burnout — and how to balance both.
    • The belief that breakthroughs only come to those already on their way.

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Books

  • The 4 Year Olympian by Jeremiah Brown
    The 4 Year Olympian: From First Stroke to Olympic Medallist

    Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to...

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Client reviews

  • Johnson & Johnson

    Jeremiah is a truly dynamic storyteller who seamlessly connects his unique path to achieving his Olympic dream with the challenges and opportunities that are presented to those of us navigating the corporate world. My team loved this session and was motivated by Jeremiah’s energy and resilience — would highly recommend.

  • Shopify

    We recently hired Jeremiah to speak at a product launch celebration for my team at Shopify, to commemorate a two-year project and a lot of hard work! He was super easy and enjoyable to work with. He really took the time to understand what kind of work the team does and paid close attention to detail to offer a customized talk, tailored to our specific needs. The team was highly impressed and inspired by Jeremiah’s story. They really enjoyed the insights he offered about how to keep going when you’re in the middle of working towards your goal (and it seems further away than ever) while also looking ahead at the next set of challenges along the path. If you’re thinking about booking Jeremiah for your next event, you will not be disappointed!

  • Bank of Canada

    His presentation was riveting and I found it to be the perfect mix of substance, personal story, humour, and visual support. Jeremiah’s energy was palpable and contagious — he delivers a powerful message and he really hit the ball out of the park. This was one of our best Town Halls ever, thanks to Jeremiah’s powerful message and his ability to connect on a personal level and draw in his audience. I would highly recommend Jeremiah!

  • Ivey School of Business

    Jeremiah was a smash hit! He has a gift — a great presenter and storyteller who embeds compelling lessons into his presentations. He tailored his material to our audience so that it was a perfect fit. The consensus is that we’d love to have him back again, and so we’ve already hired him to be the closing keynote for our MBA Leadership Day next year.

  • Calgary Flames

    We hired Jeremiah to instill a high-performance mindset in our NHL draft picks at our annual top prospects camp. Our athletes were so inspired and fired up from Jeremiah’s presentation. Many stayed long after to continue the conversation with Jeremiah about embodying a high-performance mindset in everything you do as an elite athlete. It was awesome!

  • Bayer

    Jeremiah was inspiring, thought-provoking, and engaging. He took us through his incredible journey with emotion and humility, and aptly applied his life lessons in sport to our current business environment. Amazing talk! Thank you Jeremiah.

  • WSP

    I’ve seen a lot of speakers — Jeremiah was the best I’ve seen. I was tuned into every word. I laughed, I cried. It was perfect. His story is inspirational; his speech is mind-blowing!

  • Drager

    We partnered with Jeremiah to be the opening keynote at our annual sales and training conference. His content and delivery was just what we were looking for to inspire us for our journey ahead both personally and within our business. Several long-time members of our sales team remarked that over the many years of bringing in guest speakers — pro athletes, celebrities, successful entrepreneurs, etc. — Jeremiah’s stood out as the best keynote we’ve ever had!

  • Wiley

    Jeremiah’s keynote was an overwhelming success! He took the time to get to know us as a group and understand our business. He was so REAL and encouraging, weaving applicable and relevant lessons within powerful storytelling. We’ve held this event for years, and several of our staff told us this was their favourite keynote session ever.

  • Skip

    I have NOTHING but amazing things to say about Jeremiah. Everyone absolutely loved him and he captivated the room just the way we needed as we head into a new year of change and really needed to pump up, drive, and inspire our teams. He delivered all of that and more. He is a total class act, and we were lucky to have him.

  • L’Oreal

    Jeremiah is a fantastic storyteller and a beautiful soul. He took the time to listen to our needs, to be there for the team and to tell his story in an unforgettable way. He knows all about resilience, adapting to change and collaboration. I strongly recommend him!

  • ProcedureFlow

    Jeremiah delivered a fantastic keynote to our fast-growing tech startup. He was able to dig into the priorities and goals of our organization and tailor his life story and journey in a manner that aligned to what our organization has in front of it for this fiscal year. It was extremely relevant for my sales team, given how numbers and goal oriented we are. The feedback from our employees was fantastic, he was truly engaging and motivating. Highly recommend Jeremiah for corporate speaking.

  • Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund

    Jeremiah’s keynote presentation was one of the best our organization had ever hosted, and it resonated immediately. Many of our employees stayed after the event to speak with Jeremiah, and I received a lot of positive feedback after the event. Jeremiah was accessible, open, vulnerable, intelligent, and funny. You can’t go wrong in hiring Jeremiah. He is invested in the success of your event, but more importantly, in making an impact on your audience.

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