James is a compelling speaker who blends practical real world experience with deep understanding of the behavioural and social sciences.
His funny and thought-provoking talks use memorable stories and characters to bring complex ideas to life. He challenges assumptions and creates “aha” moments for audiences.
You won’t look at organisations or humans in quite the same way again.
While every keynote is tailored to your specific needs, some of James’ most popular talks are outlined below.
James is exclusively represented by Saxton Speakers, Australia’s leading speaker agency. To book James, please contact Emma McDowell.
Every Organisation is in the Behaviour Change Business
- Why behaviour change is everyone’s business
- Why understanding & influencing humans is crucial for success
- Much of conventional wisdom about human nature is wrong
- What New Year’s resolutions can teach organisations
- Practical strategies underpinned by Behavioural Science
Change Management is Dead
- The strange origins of “Change Management”
- Why so many of the assumptions about human nature that underpin Change Management are wrong
- What Change Managers and leaders can learn from a daring escape from Auschwitz
- Why Darth Vader is the role model for “managing resistance”
- Practical change strategies built on Behavioural Science
Adopting AI: Your Strangest, Smartest, Dumbest Colleague
- Why AI is totally unlike any previous technology
- Why adopting AI is more about culture than capability
- Why we can’t understand AI unless we better understand humans
- Why AI ethics are central to adopting AI
- Practical steps to shift behaviour & start seeing the benefits of AI
The Behaviour Factory: Culture Change Beyond Shared Values
- The surprising origins of the Shared Values concept
- The shocking research on its effectiveness
- The flawed assumptions about human nature that underpin it
- Why we often mean “behaviour” when we say “culture”
- Practical strategies underpinned by Behavioural Science to help your organisation enable the right behaviours
You Are The Weakest Link: The Human Side of Cybersecurity
- Why humans are the greatest cyber vulnerability
- What hackers know about human nature
- Why the greatest cyberattack in history hinged on human curiosity
- How AI supercharges the human threat
- Why raising awareness isn’t enough
- Practical Behavioural Science strategies to strengthen cyber defences