The
Regenerative Workplace
For leaders who want their people to perform at their best, and stay there.
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Organisations spend $60 billion a year on wellbeing initiatives. The results are inconclusive at best. It's time for a new model.
You've probably seen it: the meditation app nobody uses, the wellness webinar that felt like one more thing to attend, the resilience training that landed when everyone was already exhausted. Traditional approaches treat wellbeing as a perk, bolted on at the edges. But your people don't need more programmes. They need an environment where performing well and feeling well aren't in competition.
This keynote introduces Regenerative Performance, where wellbeing and high performance reinforce each other. Leaders learn to create conditions where people don't just bounce back from pressure, but grow stronger through it.
THIS KEYNOTE IS PERFECT FOR LEADERS AND TEAMS:
- Tired of wellbeing initiatives that don't stick: Frustrated by programmes that generate enthusiasm for a week, then quietly disappear, while the underlying problems remain.
- Feeling the tension between results and people: Caught between driving performance and supporting wellbeing, and looking for an approach that genuinely achieves both, not just in theory.
- Moving beyond burnout prevention: Ready to shift from reactive wellness (fixing people after they break) to a proactive model where people genuinely thrive through the demands of work.
- Building for the long term: Committed to creating a workplace where high performance is sustainable, not achieved at the cost of your best people leaving, burning out, or quietly disengaging.
Expect a myth-busting session that challenges outdated assumptions about what drives sustainable performance, without dismissing genuine efforts to support your people.
James draws on the framework from his best-selling book Regenerative Performance and his work with F1 teams, Fortune 500 companies, and the world's top business schools to show what actually moves the needle.
You'll leave with clarity on where to focus your efforts for maximum impact, and permission to stop doing what isn't working.
James literally wrote the book on this. Regenerative Performance introduced the framework now used by global organisations and elite teams. His PhD research examined wellbeing and cognitive performance in high-performing organisations. This isn't borrowed theory, it's his life's work.
Audience Outcomes:
A new model that actually works:
Move beyond ineffective wellbeing initiatives to a regenerative approach where people don't just survive the demands of work, they get stronger through them. Performance and wellbeing finally on the same side.
Clarity on where to focus for maximum impact:
Identify the specific areas where your organisation can have the greatest effect on energy, engagement, and sustained performance, so you're investing in what matters, not scattering effort across initiatives that sound good but don't move the needle.
Practical strategies your leaders can use immediately:
Equip your leaders to build teams that proactively improve health, wellbeing, and performance, not just "bounce back" from adversity. A shared language that connects individual thriving to team success and business results.
“We were looking for an inspiring speaker that would be able to share new insights and a new perspective. What we didn’t expect was a total experience.
—Katherine Shenton,
Global Head of Marketing & Communications, QuantumBlack, a McKinsey company
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