radley Hook is the keynote speaker leaders book when they want energy and execution. A partner at the Resilience Institute and technology entrepreneur, Brad turns pressure into performance with gripping adventure stories, live drills, and science you can use—neuroscience, functional health, and behavioral design. Audiences don’t just feel inspired; they leave with a one-page plan, shared language, and momentum the next day.
Trusted by PwC, Electronic Arts, Schindler, Bridgestone, and national governments, Brad has delivered in 30+ countries and writes for Entrepreneur magazine. His talks—Find Your Flame, Dimensions of Performance, and Digital Wellbeing—blend film-worthy narrative with practical playbooks to boost focus, collaboration, and culture. If you need a speaker who can lift the room and deliver real results, Brad is your advantage.
Brad has delivered workshops, keynotes, and training programs for hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of people globally.
Speaking Topics
Dimensions of Performance — State, Energy, Connection, Mindset, Habits.
Turn pressure into an advantage with a high-performance system that builds antifragility—the ability to get stronger through challenge. Brad guides your team through five integrated dimensions: State (nervous-system readiness and tactical calm), Energy (sleep, breathing, movement, and nutrition that protect cognitive bandwidth), Connection (trust, psychological safety, and clear communication), Mindset (focus, antifragility, and flow), and Habits (systems that make the right actions automatic). Expect gripping stories, live drills, and science you can use—two-minute resets, attention practices, recovery micro-cycles—so people can switch on when it matters and sustain performance without burnout.
Every keynote is customized to your company’s values, strategy, and purpose—so the tools land where your business is going. Attendees leave with a shared language, a simple scorecard across the five dimensions, and a one-page action plan that translates insight into next-day behaviors. Leaders gain rhythm and clarity levers; teams walk out aligned, energized, and equipped to execute a 90-day sprint that compounds results while strengthening culture. The outcome: measurable performance gains—and a workforce that becomes more resilient the harder things get.
Find Your Flame — an adventure-fueled keynote that sparks action.
Blending vivid stories from expedition-style travels with the Flame Method, Brad takes audiences on a high-energy journey from spark to steady burn: how to ignite motivation, protect it under pressure, and convert it into meaningful progress. Expect gripping moments—remote islands, heavy seas, hard lessons—woven with neuroscience you can use (attention, dopamine, vagal tone), functional health essentials (sleep, breathing, movement), and the best of positive psychology and behavioral science (mindset, habit loops, implementation intentions). The result is a spellbinding experience that feels cinematic yet practical—equal parts inspiration and instruction.
This keynote is built for immediate impact at conferences, off-sites, and all-hands gatherings. Participants leave with a simple Flame playbook: light the spark (clarify why this matters today), build the fire (micro-habits that compound), and tend the flame (rituals for focus, energy, and courage). Interactive moments turn insights into commitments; a one-page action sheet makes follow-through effortless. Your team walks out energized, aligned around bold but doable next steps, and ready to turn momentum into measurable wins.
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Digital Wellbeing — Clarity in the Age of Algorithms.
This keynote reveals how attention gets captured—by recommendation engines, dopamine loops, and our brain’s built-in negativity bias—and shows how to take it back. Through vivid stories and clear science, Brad connects digital habits to human values, practical wisdom, nature-relatedness, and play. Attendees learn how stress, sleep, and nervous-system load interact with screens; why “just one more scroll” feels irresistible; and how simple environmental tweaks (light, movement, notifications, app layout) change behavior fast. The session is engaging and inclusive—ideal for schools, parents, teachers, and community groups—balancing caution with optimism so people leave informed, hopeful, and ready to act.
For organizations navigating an AI-driven workplace, the talk is easily tailored to lift focus, creativity, and collaboration. Expect a use-today playbook: phone and focus protocols, team/classroom agreements, micro-breaks that reset the brain, family “digital sabbath” experiments, and off-screen, on-purpose rituals that restore mood and motivation. Leaders gain tools to reduce cognitive overload and context switching; students and staff gain shared language and simple metrics to track progress. The outcome is calmer minds, stronger relationships, and a culture that thrives amid the noise—because attention, when protected and directed, becomes your superpower.
Brad Hook is an outstanding presenter, facilitator, communicator and educator. His evidence-based approach and insights provide credibility and robustness to even the most critical of audience members. He meets people where they are on their journey and invites them, without judgement, to explore opportunities to lean into a greater understanding and practice. I have had the pleasure of observing Bradley work with academic and business audiences and have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him.
This a program that genuinely helps people improve their wellbeing and health as individuals. It’s a fantastic way to demonstrate that the organization is genuinely committed to their staff. Also, progress is measurable.
Brad’s session went down really well with the team, with so much positive feedback on the content and a number of comments along the lines of “Best training I’ve ever done,” which speaks for itself! Brad got plenty of engagement from the crowd which is often a challenge when speaking, and the room was buzzing afterwards! If you’re looking for a speaker to help out your team, I would definitely recommend getting Brad in to speak!
Brad’s training sessions provided highly relatable material that helped us develop a better awareness of personal behaviours and EQ, with practical measures to help address them. I couldn’t think of anything better than to encourage someone to take up the opportunity to attend this series of highly interactive sessions.
