Change Management Speaker
Your strategy has changed. Has the thinking?
You have a transformation to land. The plan is signed off, the technology is on its way and the town halls are in the diary. What you need now is for people to actually move.
Most change programmes don’t stall on strategy. McKinsey research puts the failure rate of transformations at around 70%. In Caspar’s experience, the most common reason is people trying to deliver a new vision using old mental models.
You can’t navigate a new world using an old set of charts.
The charts your people are working from were drawn for the world that got you here. The strategy has moved on. Often the thinking hasn’t. Change sticks when people redraw their own charts, not when they are handed a new map and told to follow it.
Caspar Craven is a change management keynote speaker who works on the part most programmes skip: how people think. His keynotes help leaders and teams let go of the thinking that got them here and take on the thinking they need next, before implementation asks them to act differently.
Change from three directions
Caspar brings together experience of change from three very different worlds.
Corporate change
Five years at KPMG Corporate Finance, then CFO of a fast-growth tech company through its sale to private equity.Entrepreneurial change
Co-founder and CEO of a tech company that he scaled and sold.Extreme change
Sailed around the world twice: first in an ocean race, then as skipper with his wife and their three children under ten.
Caspar has spoken for over 400 organisations going through change, in more than 38 countries, including Johnson & Johnson, Intuit, ABB, GSK, Boston Consulting Group and Ashurst.
Organisations bring Caspar in during change when:
Silos, blame and resistance keep showing up, however many times the structure is redrawn
People nod along in the town hall, then carry on as before
Optimism is quietly draining out of the team, and people have stopped mentioning it
AI and market disruption have taken away the time leaders used to have to adjust
These look like structure, values or motivation problems. They are thinking problems. Until you shift how your people think, nothing else will shift.
What the keynote does
It’s time to redraw the charts.
The keynote takes your audience through the mindset shifts that change asks of them, using stories from business and from sailing around the world, alongside the research behind each one.
It is built to activate, not just inspire. The audience is the main character: there is space in the talk for people to think, to talk to the person next to them and to choose one thing to try.
Every talk is designed against one test. A week later, on the train home, can people still name the shift and the experiment they chose?
Every keynote is tailored to your change, your audience and the outcome you need.
Caspar is also a sought-after leadership, resilience and teamwork speaker.
Grounded in real experience
Caspar’s approach to change isn’t theory. It comes from working with leaders and teams in more than 400 organisations across 38 countries, and from leading change himself in business and at sea. He is currently writing Change Ready, his next book on how people prepare their thinking for change.
What Microsoft proved
When Satya Nadella took over Microsoft, the culture was hierarchical and risk-averse. He didn’t start with the strategy. He started with how people thought, moving from “we know, we compete” to “we learn, we collaborate”. Over the following decade the company’s value grew around sevenfold.
That is what becomes possible when you prepare people to think differently before you ask them to act differently.
World Class Market Leaders and Challenger Brands Trust Caspar
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You truly inspired our people to think and act differently!
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You have been brilliant today, the team felt so inspired, they referenced your session so many times during the breakouts ideas presentations! Thank you so much!
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We were blown away by his charismatic presentation and experience in achieving Big Bold Goals with a human touch. Caspar was exceptional to work with. He hit the perfect balance between strategy and making it real for the team. We loved it!
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An amazing, inspiring experience for 42 members of our senior leadership team that left them fired up to really deliver big goals.
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Caspar’s approach to developing and achieving big bold goals was refreshing, incredibly impactful and left our senior managers with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and motivation.
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Thank you so much for such an inspirational session. The feedback from the team was amazing. We loved the provocation and all felt super inspired. Thank you!!
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Worth its weight in gold. I have organised and attended many speaking engagements in the past, but none have come close to being as engaging.
“We had the pleasure of Caspar as our motivational leadership keynote speaker on transformation during our global supply chain transformation kick-off, adding the perfect spice to our programme and making the impossible possible. Thank you for motivating and energising our team!”
Claudio Strobl | Senior VP Operations, Cargotec/Kalmar
The Outcomes You Can Expect from Caspar as Your Change Management Speaker
Hiring Caspar helps leaders and teams move from nodding along to change to actually owning it.
Typical outcomes include:
Name the real problem
People see that the silos, the blame and the resistance are thinking problems, and that thinking is something they can change.
A shared language for change
Teams leave with words for where their thinking is stuck, so the conversation carries on long after the event.
Permission to experiment
People feel able to try, learn and adjust without fear, instead of waiting for certainty that isn’t coming.
Turn ideas into action
Every person leaves with one specific shift and one experiment to try, not just a good feeling.
Align around what matters most
Leaders and teams pull in the same direction, creating focus, energy and momentum for the change ahead.
Start the conversations that have been avoided
People leave with the first sentence of the conversation they’ve been putting off.
Change Management Speaker FAQs
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A change management speaker helps people commit to a change, not just hear about it. Caspar focuses on mindset: the thinking that decides whether people adopt a new strategy or quietly resist it.
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Consultants design the process and the structure. Caspar works with the people living through it, so the process has a chance of landing. His keynotes sit alongside your change programme, not in place of it.
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Senior leadership teams and whole organisations going through transformation, restructuring, new strategy or AI adoption. Caspar speaks to senior leaders and to broad audiences at every level who need to think differently for the change to work.
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People leave able to name where their thinking is stuck, with a shared language for talking about change and one specific experiment to try. The shift is designed to last beyond the day: a week later, people can still name the shift and what they are doing about it.
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Yes. Every engagement starts with a discovery call to understand your change, your audience and the outcome you need. Caspar then designs the talk around your context and your messages.
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Yes. AI has removed the time leaders used to have to course-correct, and it shows up outdated thinking almost immediately. Caspar helps audiences meet that pace of change with curiosity rather than fear.
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Caspar is based in London and speaks internationally. He has worked with over 400 organisations in more than 38 countries, including Johnson & Johnson, Intuit, ABB, GSK, Ashurst and Boston Consulting Group.
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Yes. Caspar delivers change keynotes in person, virtually and in hybrid formats, with interaction built in so remote audiences take part rather than just watch.
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Click Check Availability at the top of the page to start. Caspar and his team will come back with tailored options and guide you through booking, preparation and delivery.
“I had the pleasure of working with Caspar as our keynote speaker at a leadership event. His messaging fitted perfectly with our event theme, fundamentally because he understood us as an organisation and our future ambition. I’d highly recommend for anyone looking for a keynote about shifting to a mindset that delivers change and drives future growth.”
Justine McGreevey | People Development and Academy Manager, Henderson Group
The Change Questions Caspar Helps Organisations Answer
Organisations bring Caspar in when the strategy is clear but the people side of change is not. These are the questions leaders most often ask him to tackle:
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Most transformations don’t fail because the strategy is wrong. They fail because the people leading the change haven’t changed. Caspar helps people shift how they think before they are asked to act differently.
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AI exposes thinking and behaviours that aren’t truly cutting edge almost immediately. Caspar helps leaders and teams meet that pace with curiosity, small experiments and honest conversation, rather than waiting for certainty.
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Silos aren’t a structural problem. They’re a thinking problem. Caspar helps teams listen properly and build genuine alignment, so people move in the same direction instead of protecting their own patch.
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A blame culture isn’t a values problem. People can’t own their mistakes until it’s safe to. Caspar helps leaders create that safety, so teams experiment, learn and try again without fear.
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Resistance to change isn’t a motivation problem. Caspar helps people see what’s possible before dealing with the obstacles, so the change becomes something they own rather than something done to them.
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Optimism often drains away quietly during change, and people stop mentioning it because it doesn’t seem to help. Caspar helps teams name it, talk about it and find the energy for what comes next.
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Stuck change often hides in conversations that haven’t happened. Caspar helps people go deeper than surface-level agreement, and leave with the first sentence of the conversation they’ve been putting off.
Ideal for:
Transformation and culture change launches
Senior leadership meetings and strategy offsites
All-hands events and town halls
AI adoption programmes
Kick-off events
Leadership development programmes
Caspar’s speaking services include:
Change Management Keynote Speaker
“What stood out to me was Caspar’s ability to turn an extraordinary personal story into something incredibly relatable and relevant to business. Caspar combines this with genuine business experience, which made the connection to team performance, change and navigating uncertainty feel credible rather than theoretical.”
Lisa Trilling | Executive Assistant to Brand Director, SELECTED
What it’s like to Work with Caspar
Event organisers value Caspar for his preparation, adaptability, and partnership mentality before, during, and after the event.
He listens, adapts, and designs the talk around your exact outcomes.
The process is simple:
Discovery call: understand your context, challenges and outcomes
Talk design: tailored to your audience and objectives
Refinement: you receive a clear summary and proposed direction
Delivery: high-impact keynote, with follow-through
Ongoing support: reinforcement of messages, Q&A, attendee engagement
Every talk is built around your team, your culture and your goals.
About Caspar
Caspar Craven is a change management speaker based in London who works with senior leadership teams and organisations around the world. He is a best-selling Bloomsbury-published author and the author of The Big Bold Mindset®, his latest work on how leaders think clearly, act boldly and navigate uncertainty. He regularly speaks at global leadership conferences for organisations including Johnson & Johnson, Intuit, ABB, GSK, Boston Consulting Group and Standard Life.
His work focuses on helping leaders think more boldly, build high-performance teams and deliver ambitious results in times of change. Caspar blends real-world senior leadership experience with story-led teaching, behavioural science and practical tools leaders can apply immediately.
For event organisers searching for a change management speaker who combines human-centred storytelling with real-world experience at the highest levels of business and adventure, Caspar offers a practical, research-backed approach that creates lasting shifts in how people think, lead and collaborate.
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