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Bruce Daisley is an acclaimed speaker who talks about the intersection of work and our lives.

Organisations hire Bruce to talk about their culture and how to navigate the changing world of work.


 

Bruce is one of the world’s most influential voices on fixing work, published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. His latest book, Fortitude, was described by the Financial Times as the ‘best business book of the year’ at the end of 2022.

He’s recently been appointed as a Visiting Honorary Professor at Bayes Business School at City University in London with a focus on organisational culture and the MBA programme.

Previously he spent over a decade running Twitter and YouTube (the latter at Google) for Europe, leaving Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US. Bruce runs the Apple number 1 Business Chart topping podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat on work culture.

 

While every presentation is bespoke Bruce tends to get requested to speak on several key content strands:

Workplace culture // The science of better team work. How can we love our jobs again? The Joy of Work was a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller

Resilience // What are the real secrets of inner strength? Bruce’s book Fortitude which tackled resilience was described by the Financial Times as ‘the best business book of the year’

Leadership in the Hybrid Era //  How to inspire teams when the old methods no longer seem to work

The Future of Work // As creator of the Apple chart-topping podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat Bruce has interviewed the world’s leading experts on what comes next for our jobs

 

Here are some brands he’s worked for over the last 2 years:

Customer reviews:

‘Wow! That was exceptional – there’s was so much positive feedback’ – Pfizer

‘Bruce had the audience in the palm of his hands’

[Zoom talk to a major UK bank] “Bruce was so engaging, his ability to cover off so many topics that we wanted to cover in 30 minutes was fantastic and the engagement and questions we had from the audience around this will surely stimulate conversation for the year to come. hoping this will build the culture of the teams. Bruce was so fantastic at dealing with our requests and talking to us twice, and engaging with our CEO too’

“Best conference presentation I’ve seen in some time!”

“Incredibly interesting talk with plenty of take-homes I hope to make good use of”

“Bruce Daisley is a wonderful, impactful speaker”

“A really interesting chat from Bruce – he’s such an engaging speaker”

“Such a great event. Bruce is fantastic”

“Bruce was brilliant, very approachable and positive. Plus, he delivered an incredible presentation. 9.6/10 – incredible score, the audience simply loved his presentation, a lot of social traction as well”

“What an amazing speaker”

“Bruce Daisley – he was just blooming fascinating. His take on resilience resonated so much with what’s going on at the moment for us and the positivity hit just the right note. His examples and evidence are genuinely fascinating”


Speaking highlights:

Bruce has spoken a range of elite conferences from the being the top-rated speaker at CBI annual conference (other speakers included the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition), to the Senior Leadership Retreat of JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 news and other broadcast platforms.

Reviews of Bruce’s presentations in tweets:

“Twitter’s @brucedaisley was hilarious on idiot bosses and stress in the workplace #PPAFestival“.

“great presentation”

“brilliant presentation”

“absolutely hilarious”

“great presentation”

“brilliant and humorous”

“engaging, amusing and relevant” 

“excellent speech”

 

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About Bruce

Bruce Daisley is one of the UK’s most influential voices on fixing work, published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. His first book was a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller, and is now translated into 18 international editions. His second book, Fortitude, was  described as ‘the best business book of 2022’ by the Financial Times.
Previously he spent over a decade running Twitter and YouTube (the latter at Google) for Europe, leaving Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US.