Pubilc Speaking & Keynotes
Credit: Ole-Vidar Christensen
Not a Talk. A Shared Experience.
I never step on stage to “deliver a keynote.” I step into a room full of humans — curious, tired, hopeful, skeptical, ambitious — & design an experience with them.
Every session blends storytelling, research, energizers & short hands-on exercises. People don’t just listen; they participate, reflect, move & talk to each other. What happens in the room is as important as what’s said on stage.
The Conversations I Help Open Often Revolve Around:
Presence & Attention in a Distracted World
Psychological Safety & Trust
Human-Centered Leadership
Performance Without Burnout
Creativity & Innovation Through Humanness
Leading in Complexity & Uncertainty
The Quality of Conversation & Dialogue
Energy You Can Feel
I bring a high-energy, grounded presence to the stage — not hype, but aliveness.
There’s laughter, intensity, silence & moments where people feel seen. The energy shifts as the session unfolds, helping participants move from distraction to focus, from politeness to honesty, from comfort to curiosity.
How Organizers Describe the Experience, In Their Own Words
“Fede: You were absolutely awesome! We loved your keynote!”
Chris Guldberg
Frm. Communications Director
SINTEF
“We were all very touched by your presentation. It was the talk of the conference. The feedback from my team was so good that we think it would be a pity to have you just for one presentation…So, maybe we should plan for both day 1 and 2 next year as well!?”
Signe-Marie Hernes Bjerke
Director
itSMF Conference
“You rockstar you! The feedback for your talk was unreal — you left everyone blown away. So grateful, Fede!”
Kine Berild Norheim
Daglig (g)leder
NExTdigital AS
“You set the tone beautifully and offered us all plenty of food for thought. Thank you again for such a moving and engaging opening to the conference.”
Hilde Hausteries
Leader, CRM
Bas Kommunikasjon
“The feedback has been very positive! Your presentation has sparked both reflection and discussion that we believe is beneficial for our organization.”
Elin Børset Eidissen
Seniorrådgiver - Kommunikasjon
NAV Trøndelag
“Fede: You have a fantastic energy around you that we all benefitted from! Thank you so much for a wonderful session filled with playfulness, reflections, and contemplation. I have received many, and exclusively very positive feedback from my colleagues, we all really enjoyed it. You provided us with a really useful outcome.”
Evelyn Jordahl
Leiar
Karriere Vestland - Vestland Fylkeskommune
“Your talk was a blast! So glad that you could join us — the buzz is still that this was a great session, it really set the tone for the week!”
Martin Skaug
Communications Director
Norwegian Seafood Council
Recent Talks
NAV Trøndelag - Mulighetsdagene
1.000 Public Servants in Trondheim
Two back-to-back, large-scale sessions focused on human-centered leadership, presence, and engagement in complex public-sector environments — balancing performance demands with care, trust, and psychological safety.
IT Service Management Forum (itSMF)
300 Technology Professionals in Oslo
Invited back for a second consecutive year of exploring leadership, collaboration, and attention in highly technical environments — combining research, energizers, and peer conversations.
SINTEF Industri - Kick-Off
450 Technology Researchers in Trondheim
A research-informed, participatory session on creativity, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the human side of innovation in expert-driven organizations.
Bas Kommunikasjon’s Dialogkonferansen
200 Technology Professionals in Strømstad, Sweden
An interactive keynote exploring leadership, collaboration, and attention in highly technical environments — combining research, energizers, and peer conversations.
Seafood Council - Organization-Wide Reunion
90 Seafood Professionals in Sommarøya
A two-hour interactive experience focused on culture-building through presence and human connection, designed for a highly distributed organization and bringing together employees from 13 international offices.
NExTdigital Kick-Off
200 Private & Public Leaders in Ålesund
An interactive kick-off bringing together public and private sector leaders to explore what it means to lead with presence in a technology-driven world.
Upcoming for 2026…
Statens Vegvesen
500 IT Managers in Oslo
A large-scale session designed as a live learning experience — combining reflection, dialogue, and practical insight around leadership, human-centeredness, and change in public infrastructure.
DNB & Boost Henne - Bedriftssimulatoren
60 Young Female Entrepreneurs in Trondheim
Kickstarting this three-day innovation and entrepreneurship event — sponsored by DNB — bringing young female innovators together to explore creative problem-solving in a supportive, hands-on environment.
Always a Mini-Workshop
Regardless of audience size, my keynotes are designed as compressed workshops.
Participants engage in short exercises, guided reflections & dyadic conversations — even in large auditoriums. This creates momentum, connection & a sense of shared ownership over the learning, rather than passive consumption.
Productive Disconfort
I intentionally design moments of mild, respectful discomfort.
Not to provoke for effect, but to help people notice patterns, assumptions & habits that usually stay invisible. In these moments, something unlocks — perspective shifts, conversations deepen & new behaviors suddenly feel possible.
Designed for Any Scale
I work equally comfortably with small, intimate leadership groups & large conference audiences of thousands.
The format adapts to the room — but the intention stays the same: presence, participation & meaningful engagement. No matter the size, people leave feeling they were part of something real.
Consistently Rated at the Top
Across conferences and internal events, participants consistently rate my sessions among the highest — particularly for engagement, relevance & impact.
I see this not as a scorecard, but as a signal that people felt involved, challenged & respected — and that the experience stayed with them after the applause faded.
Research, Brought to Life
My sessions are grounded in research from psychology, neuroscience, leadership & organizational behavior — but never delivered as abstract theory.
Research appears through stories, lived examples & simple practices people can feel in their bodies & conversations. The goal is not to impress, but to make insight immediately usable.
An Invitation, Not a Pitch
If you’re looking for a keynote that wakes people up, invites genuine participation & creates movement — emotionally, cognitively & relationally — then we’re likely a good fit.
These sessions are designed to open conversations, not close them.
