
A Keynote and Masterclass
Chaos is a gift
Turning disruption into the most fertile season for innovation, belonging, and action.
Chaos unbalances us, and our natural fear responses push us toward control or paralysis. Our lizard brains aren’t serving us well.
This talk shows how to recognise chaos as a liminal space with unique gifts; and so turning disruption into fertile ground for growth.
Chaos is no longer the exception, it’s the backdrop of business and life. From AI to shifting markets, and trade wars, disruption keeps us off balance, and our instinctive responses freezing or over-controlling only slow us down or worse
Yet chaos is also (the only place) where transformation happens. In these liminal spaces, hierarchies flatten, rules loosen, and new possibilities emerge. What feels like disruption is in fact the perfect ground for innovation and bold moves.
Chaos Is a Gift shows leaders how to reframe chaos as opportunity, move faster, experiment bravely, and thrive in uncertainty.
Key Takeaways for your team:
Reframe Disruption
Instead of fearing chaos, learn to see it as the fertile ground where real innovation and transformation becomes possible.
Harness the power of liminal space
Discover how upheaval flattens hierarchies, forms tribes, loosens outdated rules, and opens a rare window to move faster and experiment with new ideas.
Build the capacity to thrive in uncertainty
Equip yourself and your team with the mindset and tools to act bravely, adapt quickly, and turn volatility into momentum.
Beyond the Keynote
Every IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS keynote includes:
A Keynote Companion with resources, reflections, and exercises for your team.
A Next Steps Integration Call with leadership to turn insight into strategy and ensure the learning takes root.
This talk equips leaders to see chaos not as threat, but as the rare space where bold moves and lasting transformation are possible.
“We are in the midst of massive growth and chaos and Pierre showed us the beauty in it and how to turn uncertainty into insight. Every person walked away with a personal ‘Wow, this is for me!’ moment”