Amy Brann – Keynote Speaker

For over 20 years Amy has helped leaders and teams rewire their approach to performance using applied neuroscience.

The way organisations are set up is creating a paradox: they want bold results, but the way they’re working is actively blocking them.

Seventy percent of change initiatives fail.

Work has become noisy, cluttered, and cognitively draining—people spend their days in low-value meetings, battling friction and distraction, with little space or structure for deep, meaningful thinking. The bottom line; most leaders are unknowingly creating workspaces where people are unable to do their best work. The issue isn’t a lack of talent or ambition – it’s cognitive overload.

The result? Potential stays locked. Strategies stall. Organisations run faster but achieve less.

“You deserve huge credit for your presentation. I loved it!”

“A BIG thank you to you! You were in great form and you deserve huge credit for your presentation. I loved it! Virtually every delegate rated you either Very Good or Excellent. That’s quite rare. Congratulations! Thank you very much for spending time with the delegates throughout the day; that’s also rare, and greatly appreciated. I’ll have no hesitation in recommending you to our clients for future speaking opportunities.”

Bob Mackenzie, Director, Benchmark for Business

Choosing Amy Brann as your Keynote Speaker means:

Engaging insights that help people work more efficiently and effectively

Inspiring ways to habitualise powerful new behaviours

A memorable experience with depth that people will talk about for years to come

Proven Keynote Summaries:

Unlocking Whole Brain Potential™ for Leaders to Deliver Sustainable High Performance

Modern workplaces are brilliant at setting ambitious goals – yet the way most teams work makes those goals harder to reach. The result is smart people working harder but achieving less, trapped in cycles of overload, distraction, and diminishing returns. In this powerful keynote, Amy Brann reveals how to unlock Whole Brain Potential™ so leaders and teams can achieve high performance without burnout. Drawing on two decades of applied neuroscience, she shows how to optimise the brain’s natural systems for focus, decision-making, and strategic clarity. Participants learn how to reduce cognitive drag, prevent decision fatigue, and embed new habits that make excellence repeatable. With practical strategies for managing mental energy and building brain-friendly environments, Amy gives leaders a blueprint for cultures where performance and wellbeing reinforce each other. Audiences leave inspired and equipped to design wiser ways of working that deliver stronger results – and feel better while doing it.

Why book this keynote: Science-backed, actionable, and transformative – this is how high performance becomes sustainable.

Collaborative Excellence: Building Teams That Thrive, Align & Deliver Real Results

Brilliant individuals don’t always make brilliant teams. Misalignment, unspoken conflict, and fragmented communication quietly drain performance in even the most talented groups. In this engaging and practical session, Amy Brann introduces the Collaborative Excellence Framework – a neuroscience-based model for building high-trust, high-impact teams. Audiences explore how to create psychological safety, make alignment visible, and transform collaboration from a source of friction into a driver of focus, energy, and creativity. Amy’s evidence-based approach helps leaders turn shared goals into shared momentum, replace silos with synergy, and design communication habits that sustain trust under pressure. By blending brain science with real-world experience, she shows how the best teams think together – unlocking the clarity, cohesion, and confidence that fuel lasting success.

Why book this keynote: Turns “teamwork” from an aspiration into a measurable, energising advantage.

Entrepreneurial Agility: Thriving Through Change and Uncertainty

The pace of change has outstripped most people’s capacity to keep up. Disruption, uncertainty, and shifting expectations leave many teams reactive and risk-averse when they need to be adaptable and opportunity-focused. In this energising keynote, Amy Brann equips audiences with the mindframes and habits of Entrepreneurial Agility – a science-based approach to staying flexible, creative, and resilient in the face of uncertainty. Using insights from neuroscience and behavioural science, she demonstrates how to reposition challenge as fuel, train the brain for adaptability, and build routines that sustain performance through turbulence. Attendees learn how to lead themselves and others through change with confidence, curiosity, and composure – turning disruption into a springboard for innovation and growth.

Why book this keynote: Helps people see change not as threat, but as the core skill for future-ready success.

Make Your Brain Work: Transforming Team Potential into Performance

In a world of constant noise and competing demands, cognitive overload has become the hidden productivity killer. People feel distracted, exhausted, and reactive – even when they care deeply about their work. In this practical and inspiring masterclass, Amy Brann gives individuals and teams the manual their brains never came with. Blending neuroscience, behavioural science, and high-performance insights, she translates complex research into simple, actionable shifts that immediately improve focus, energy, and engagement. Participants discover how to manage attention, control stress, and make smarter decisions under pressure – all while maintaining the clarity and composure that drive exceptional results. The session empowers teams to take back control of their thinking, break free from burnout cycles, and create the mental conditions where engagement and innovation flourish.

Why book this keynote: Delivers the missing manual for modern work – helping smart people think, feel, and perform at their best.

Evolve: Embedding the Human–AI Advantage

AI is changing the way we work faster than the human brain can adapt. Many teams feel uncertain, anxious, or resistant, missing the opportunity to combine machine intelligence with uniquely human strengths. In Evolve, Amy Brann shows how neuroscience can close that gap – teaching leaders and teams to rewire their thinking for an AI-powered world. Participants learn how the brain responds to technological change and how to build cognitive flexibility, curiosity, and confidence to thrive alongside AI. Through her Human–AI Collaboration Intelligence (CQ) framework, Amy helps organisations identify when to lean on AI and when to amplify empathy, ethics, and creativity – the skills that set humans apart. This keynote transforms fear into curiosity, resistance into readiness, and uncertainty into innovation. It’s a roadmap for thriving together – human and machine.

Why book this keynote: Future-proofs your people with the mindsets and habits that turn AI disruption into human advantage.

“Our managers are using phrases from your speech and presentation now in their everyday work!”

“Amy thanks a lot!!! You should know that our managers are using phrases from your speech and presentation now in their everyday work! So thank you very much indeed! It was extremely useful for us.”

Anastasia Titova, Head of Human Resources, Organization and People Care at Falck Renewables SpA

About Amy

For over 20 years Amy has helped leaders and teams rewire their approach to performance using applied neuroscience. Having worked with global corporates like EY, Twinings, and DNV, government bodies such as the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, and elite sports teams. She is a Guest Lecturer on MBA and postgraduate programmes and created and delivers the neuroscience component of the UN’s Executive Diploma in Sports Leadership.

She is the author of three books, including Make Your Brain Work, Neuroscience for Coaches, and Engaged. Amy also teaches neuroscience-led leadership with the Møller Institute, University of Cambridge, and other universities worldwide.

Amy’s work has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, Observer.com, HBR and has been recognised as one of HR’s Most Influential Thinkers.

What sets Amy apart is a “facts not fluff” approach: she translates cutting-edge neuroscience into practical, usable insights that leaders can apply immediately for rapid results.

That’s why some of the world’s biggest brands — from the FTSE 100 to fast-growth start-ups — trust Amy to equip their people with tools to unlock their full potential.

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More than just a keynote

We know that a single keynote isn’t often enough to deliver sustainable change. That’s why we also offer the option to pair any of our keynotes with digital resource packs (includuding bite sized videos), Masterclasses or consultancy to make sure your people get the most out of the session and have the ongoing collateral and support they need to embed the newly learned know-how into their daily work.

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