Change your relationship with change.
Interactive, story-driven keynotes that help people find possibility in uncertainty, build their everyday courage, and lead change from wherever they are.
UC Berkeley Haas faculty teaching leadership and changemaking to students and executives.
Author of Becoming a Changemaker, translated into 27 languages, and named to the Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2026.
Trusted by organizations worldwide, from executive teams of 10 to audiences of 4,000+.
See Alex in Action.
The 6 Types of Everyday Courage
TEDx: You Don’t Have to be a CEO to be a Leader // TED Editors’ Pick, 2023
Trusted by leading organizations, including:
Signature keynotes and workshops
Create change. Navigate change. Act courageously. Lead with humanity in an AI-shaped world.
Four distinct sessions, each shaped around your people, your priorities, and your moment.
Keynotes · Interactive workshops · Fireside chats · Executive education · Virtual or in person
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How to create meaningful change, from wherever you are.
A research-backed, story-driven keynote that gives people the tools and confidence to challenge the status quo, mobilize others through influence, and turn meaningful ideas into action, regardless of title or role.
Audiences leave with:
A clear, practical framework for creating change without formal authority
Tools for questioning the status quo constructively, building support, and communicating a vision that inspires action
The everyday courage to start small, take initiative, and create meaningful impact from wherever they are
Best for:
Leadership conferences, all-hands meetings, culture and transformation initiatives, innovation and intrapreneurship programs, emerging-leader developmentFormats:
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How to stop bracing for change and start building your capacity for it.
A highly engaging keynote that helps people turn uncertainty from a source of stress into a catalyst for growth using the FLEX framework: Flexibility, Learning Agility, Exploration, and Experimentation.
Audiences leave with:
A clear understanding of change fitness and why inner capacity is essential to successful organizational change
The FLEX framework for staying grounded, learning quickly, and finding new possibilities amid disruption
Practical tools for adapting with greater confidence and sustaining momentum when change is constant
Best for:
Transformations and reorganizations, fast-moving teams, technology and innovation events, organizations navigating disruption or uncertaintyFormats:
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How small, values-aligned actions create meaningful change.
Based on Alex’s Harvard Business Review article, “6 Ways to Practice Everyday Courage,” this practical and uplifting keynote shows how courage becomes a muscle strengthened through consistent choices, especially when doubt, discomfort, or risk gets in the way.
Audiences leave with:
A memorable framework for practicing six forms of everyday courage: moral, social, emotional, intellectual, creative, and physical
Practical tools for speaking up, questioning assumptions, navigating difficult conversations, and acting on their values
A shared language for building cultures where people take thoughtful risks, contribute bold ideas, and lead with integrity
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All-hands meetings, leadership conferences, culture and values initiatives, ethics and speak-up programs, innovation events, emerging-leader developmentFormats:
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How to strengthen what makes us human in an AI-shaped world.
An interactive, community-building keynote that helps leaders and teams navigate AI-driven change by strengthening three enduring human capacities: Courage, Connection, and Contribution.
Audiences leave with:
Courage: Tools for exercising judgment, acting on their values, and moving forward thoughtfully as roles and decisions evolve
Connection: Strategies for building trust, belonging, and genuine relationships amid digital overload and distributed work
Contribution: A personal “Be the Light” audit to clarify the distinctly human value they bring and where they want to make a greater difference
Best for:
Leadership conferences, executive offsites, AI and future-of-work events, culture and transformation initiatives, manager and leadership-development programsFormats:
Keynote · Workshop · Executive Education
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For his speaking and advising work, Alex is represented by The Stern Strategy Group.