Speaking
Six talks, each 30 to 60 minutes and tailored to your audience. Every one can run in person, online or hybrid, and most can be extended into a workshop for the same group.
Keynote 1
What one person, working with AI, can now build.
Ralph built PiViva, a coaching platform with 43 coaching tools, as a single founder with AI doing much of the work a team would once have done: code, content, documents and testing. This is the practical account of how that worked, where AI was brilliant, where it fell over, and what it means for how teams, roles and budgets are organised in any business.
Best for: founders, SME leadership teams, innovation and change events, boards.
Keynote 2
As machines take on more of the thinking, human presence becomes worth more.
Based on Ralph's book of the same name. AI is making information, analysis and first drafts cheap, which raises the value of the things it can't do well: judgement, trust, presence and the ability to make a room feel something. The talk looks at which parts of work are being cheapened, which are being priced up, and how people and leaders can lean into the second group.
Best for: leadership conferences, HR and people teams, all-company events.
Keynote 3
What scaling a technology business teaches you about growth.
As Chief Growth Officer at Connexin, the group grew revenue eight-fold, from £3 million to £25 million, in under three years. Ralph draws on that, and on nearly 30 years in sales and growth roles, to talk about the go-to-market choices, sales leadership and hiring decisions that make the difference when a business is growing fast.
Best for: sales kick-offs, technology scale-ups, founder and growth events.
Keynote 4
Questioning is the skill AI can't do for you.
For more cautious audiences, this talk runs as "Better Questions".
AI will answer almost anything, confidently, which makes the person who asks the right question and then checks the answer more valuable than ever. Drawing on sales discovery, coaching and the NLP Meta Model, Ralph shows how better questions win deals, solve the right problems and stop people being fooled by a confident machine.
Best for: sales teams, consulting and professional services firms, graduate and early-careers intakes.
Keynote 5
How the words you use with yourself shape confidence and influence.
Everyone runs a commentary in their own head, and most people never examine it. Ralph shows how that internal narrative shapes confidence, communication and the ability to influence others, and how small changes in language change what people feel able to do.
Best for: leadership programmes, women's networks, wellbeing weeks.
Keynote 6
Why habits beat willpower, and how to build them.
Willpower runs out, usually by mid-afternoon. Lasting change comes from habits, motivation and the way people set up their environment. Ralph explains the psychology and gives audiences a six-week approach to building a habit that sticks.
Best for: wellbeing programmes, new-year kick-offs, performance and sales events.
Tell Ralph about the audience and what you want them to do differently, and he'll suggest the right talk or shape one for you.