Change Keynote Speakers
Speakers who help organizations lead through transformation, navigate AI-era disruption, and make change feel possible for the people living it.
Change is no longer a project with an end date; it is the operating condition of every industry. The speakers on this page help organizations lead it rather than absorb it. Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris and Wharton professor Jonah Berger bring boardroom-tested frameworks for moving people through transformation. Google's first Chief Decision Scientist Cassie Kozyrkov makes the AI-era shift feel navigable, while Atomic Habits author James Clear shows how small behavior changes make big strategies stick. And storytellers like Nicole Malachowski, who rebuilt her life after a career-ending illness, make change feel personal and possible. Whether your organization is mid-merger, mid-reorg, or staring down a technology shift, the right voice depends on the room: what your people fear, what they need to believe, and what you need them to do next. That match is what we do.
Change Leadership Playbooks
Frameworks for leading transformation from Carla Harris, Jonah Berger, and Blue Angels pilot John Foley: how leaders actually move people through change.
Carla Harris
Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman and author of Expect to Win and Lead to Win. Three decades of leading teams through market upheaval distilled into pearls any executive can use when the org chart, the strategy, and the industry are all moving at once.
Jonah Berger
Wharton marketing professor and bestselling author of The Catalyst and Contagious. His research shows that lasting change comes from removing barriers, not pushing harder, giving leaders a proven method for moving skeptical teams, customers, and boards.
Janet Lapp
Clinical psychologist turned corporate change expert and author of Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air. She has spent decades teaching organizations why people resist change and exactly how leaders move them through it, a purpose-built keynote for mid-transformation companies.
Nick Tasler
Organizational psychologist and author whose Year of Wonders framework reframes disruption as a growth season. He gives leaders a research-backed playbook for making decisive moves while everyone else waits for certainty, ideal for teams mid-reorg or mid-pivot.
Lt. General (Ret) Jay Silveria
Retired US Air Force Lieutenant General and former Superintendent of the Air Force Academy. He led one of America's most tradition-bound institutions through cultural and generational change, and his lessons on values-first leadership translate directly to enterprises in transition.
John Foley
Former lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels and a leading expert on high performance. His Glad To Be Here framework shows teams how to keep trust, focus, and execution razor sharp while conditions change at 500 miles per hour.
AI and Disruption Navigators
Cassie Kozyrkov, Alison McCauley, and Patrick Schwerdtfeger decode AI and industry disruption so your organization can move first instead of flinching.
Cassie Kozyrkov
Google's first Chief Decision Scientist and the founder of the field of decision intelligence. She trained tens of thousands of Googlers to make better decisions with data and AI, and she makes the AI-driven future feel navigable instead of threatening.
Alison McCauley
Author and digital-change strategist who has guided companies through successive technology waves, from blockchain to generative AI. She shows leaders how to separate hype from real disruption and build the organizational muscle to move first.
Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Business futurist and author specializing in artificial intelligence and disruptive innovation. He maps how AI, automation, and exponential technologies will reshape specific industries, then hands audiences a practical playbook for riding the wave instead of being flattened by it.
Nick Webb
Bestselling author and innovation futurist focused on healthcare, technology, and customer experience. He shows legacy organizations how shifting customer expectations and new entrants rewrite the rules, and how to turn that disruption into their next growth engine.
Reinvention Stories
Nicole Malachowski, Mike Massimino, and JR Martinez prove lives and careers can be rebuilt bigger than the setback, making change feel possible.
Nicole Malachowski
First woman Thunderbird pilot, combat veteran, and fighter squadron commander whose career ended abruptly with a tick-borne illness. Nicole Malachowski's story of rebuilding identity and purpose after involuntary change gives audiences permission to release the plans that no longer fly.
Mike Massimino
Former NASA astronaut who repaired the Hubble telescope and now teaches at Columbia. NASA rejected him three times before he made it to space, a story that turns setbacks and shifting plans into fuel for teams facing their own long odds.
JR Martinez
US Army veteran who survived severe burns in Iraq, then reinvented himself as an actor, New York Times bestselling author, and Dancing with the Stars champion. Living proof that identity is not fixed, delivered with warmth that disarms change-weary audiences.
Scott Burrows
Kickboxer left quadriplegic by a car accident at 19 who fought back to build a career in business and speaking. His Vision, Mindset, and Grit framework gives audiences a simple, repeatable way to stand up to change they never chose.
Jia Jiang
Author of Rejection Proof and the world's foremost authority on rejection, famous for his 100 Days of Rejection experiment and viral TED talk. He turns the fear that stalls change, hearing no, into a skill any team can practice.
Jon Dorenbos
Fourteen-year NFL long snapper, America's Got Talent finalist, and author of Life Is Magic. After childhood tragedy and a career-ending heart diagnosis, he reinvented himself twice, and his blend of magic and story makes change feel like possibility.
Alex Weber
Award-winning speaker, entertainer, and American Ninja Warrior competitor. He mines his own spectacular public failures on the course for a high-energy message about attempting the unattemptable, perfect for teams that need momentum and nerve heading into change.
Building a Change-Ready Culture
James Clear, Adam Markel, and Jay Shetty build the habits, resilience, and mindset that keep teams energized through wave after wave of change.
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits, the number one New York Times bestseller with millions of copies sold worldwide. He gives organizations the operating system for change itself: small, compounding behavior shifts that make transformations stick long after the kickoff ends.
Adam Markel
Bestselling author of Change Proof and Pivot, and a former attorney turned CEO who studies workplace resilience. He reframes resilience as a recovery skill organizations can build in advance, so change becomes a competitive edge instead of a burnout engine.
Jay Shetty
Former monk, host of the chart-topping On Purpose podcast, and author of the global bestseller Think Like a Monk. He gives change-fatigued audiences the mental tools, purpose, stillness, and perspective, to stay grounded while everything around them shifts.
Erik Wahl
Internationally known graffiti artist and creative thought leader who paints massive canvases live on stage. His performance keynote jolts audiences out of fixed mindsets and shows why creativity, not process, is the asset that carries organizations through disruption.
Amanda Gore
Hall of Fame speaker and author who specializes in creating joyful people and cultures. She tackles the emotional side of transformation, fear, cynicism, exhaustion, and rewires how teams feel about change so new strategies actually take hold.
Kevin Brown
Bestselling author of The Hero Effect who rose from struggling salesperson to senior franchise executive. Kevin Brown's message about ordinary people choosing extraordinary ownership lands hardest in organizations asking employees to step up while everything around them is being reinvented.
Kyle Scheele
Self-described believer in crazy ideas whose viral creative stunts have reached millions online. He makes a hilarious, disarming case that the riskiest move in a changing market is playing it safe, sending audiences home ready to try the bold idea.
Tim Gard
Hall of Fame humorist and stress-resilience expert who teaches teams to defuse tension with laughter. When reorgs and new systems have everyone clenched, his comic-relief keynote lowers the temperature and rebuilds the morale change efforts depend on.
MJ DePalma
Microsoft Global Director of Cultural and Inclusive Business Impact. She brings enterprise-scale evidence that inclusive, psychologically safe cultures adapt to change faster, and shows leaders how belonging becomes a practical accelerant for transformation rather than a side initiative.
This roster spans the full arc of organizational change. Strategists like Carla Harris, Janet Lapp, Nick Tasler, and Lt. General Jay Silveria give leaders playbooks for transformation. Futurists Cassie Kozyrkov, Patrick Schwerdtfeger, and Nick Webb map AI and industry disruption before it arrives. Reinvention stories from Nicole Malachowski, Mike Massimino, Scott Burrows, and JR Martinez make change feel survivable, while James Clear, Adam Markel, Amanda Gore, and Tim Gard build the habits, resilience, and morale that keep teams moving.
These speakers fit anywhere an organization is asking its people to do things differently: opening or closing keynotes at annual meetings in shifting industries, all-hands sessions mid-transformation, sales kickoffs after a reorg, leadership offsites, and industry congresses grappling with AI. Rave Speakers handles the full booking, from shortlists matched to your audience through availability, fees, and logistics.
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