Speaking

Talks that change how rooms think about performance.

Six talks, one idea: the human side of performance is measurable, trainable and worth investing in.

Ken King on a dark stage under pink light, smiling with one hand raised
The talks

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01

Proof Over Vibes

How AI is turning the human side of performance into hard numbers and real ROI.

ExecutivesHR leadersBudget ownersConferences
What the room leaves with
  • A sharper question for every human performance dollar they spend: where is the proof?
  • A working picture of how behaviour becomes data, and data becomes ROI.
  • The line between useful measurement and surveillance, and how to stay on the right side of it.
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02

Look, Feel, Sound

Great sport is built in the environment, not just the program. And the same standard now has to live on the screen.

ClubsFederationsYouth sport leadersParents
What the room leaves with
  • The three questions that audit any environment, analog or digital.
  • Research most people in the building have never seen, on fun, officials, and social media.
  • A plan to design the room on purpose instead of letting it design you by accident.
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03

The Composure Myth

Pressure performance is a trainable skill, and AI can finally measure it.

TeamsSales organizationsLeadersAthletes
What the room leaves with
  • A new relationship with their own nerves, and why "just stay calm" usually backfires.
  • What the best performers actually do under pressure, and why it is rarely dramatic.
  • Composure as a number that moves: practice it on Monday, watch it improve by Friday.
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04

A Tool for Everyone in the Gym

The future of sport development gives the coach, the parent, the athlete, and the official the same playbook.

Sport organizationsSchoolsFamiliesCoach education
What the room leaves with
  • Language for things they have always sensed but never named.
  • A clear view of how technology can support the whole ecosystem of a game, not just the stars.
  • Why the most overlooked person in the building, the official, might shape the night the most.
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05

The Culture You Don't Notice Until It's Gone

High performing teams quietly erode. Learn to catch it before they break.

Leadership teamsLocker roomsBoardsFounders
What the room leaves with
  • A practical model for spotting erosion early, while there is still time to act.
  • Repair as the most underrated skill in any group, and how strong cultures learn to mend.
  • A sharper eye for the quiet signals that show up months before the blow up.
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06

What the Boardroom Can Steal From the Locker Room

Leadership lessons from fifteen years where the scoreboard never lied.

ExecutivesManagersFoundersCorporate events
What the room leaves with
  • Concrete coaching practices they can use in their next one on one.
  • A clear sense of which sports wisdom to trust and which to throw out.
  • How measurement now surfaces the people signals great coaches read on instinct.
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