Unbroken by blindness at 22 and paralysis at 34, Mark Pollock combines personal experience with doctoral research into elite performance to deliver keynotes that move people to action. A TED speaker and catalyst of $150M in neurotech projects, he inspires leaders and teams to move beyond challenges, by building resilience, optimising performance, and collaborating effectively.
It is tough to deal with uncertainty and change. Your people won’t do it by chance. With a high-impact catalyst you can help them act with the courage to make it happen. Mark Pollock is that catalyst, and that’s why leaders worldwide have invited him to inspire their teams to build resilience, optimize performance, and collaborate effectively for over 20 years.
As a TED speaker and accomplished keynote professional, Mark combines insights from personal experiences - racing to the South Pole and catalysing neurotech projects worth over $150 million - with doctoral research into elite performance.
Mark says, “The reason to bring in a speaker is to move the audience emotionally. It can never be about the speaker, rather it must be about engaging the audience to help them achieve more than they thought possible - that is what I aim to do every time.”
Trusted by leaders in hundreds of companies including Diageo, Cisco, Mercedes F1, Red Bull, Goldman Sachs, Unilever, Google, Microsoft and Pfizer, Mark has inspired tens of thousands of people worldwide with his keynotes and masterclasses. In addition, he has spoken at TED, Davos, the World Economic Forum, Talks@Google, EG, and Wired.
Speaker Topics Include:
• Adversity & Challenges: Maintaining a Resilient Mindset Under Pressure
Sometimes we choose our challenges, sometimes our challenges choose us. What we decide to do about them is what counts. Deciding to be a competitor, a realist and a collaborator offers your people a chance of maintaining a resilient mindset under pressure. Mark Pollock’s keynote on adversity and challenges uses the power of active decision making to deal with challenges, regardless of where they come from, to help your people become more resilient.
• Leadership & Motivation: Leading Through a Crisis and Developing Intrinsic Motivation to Move Forward
Uncertainty and change typify a crisis and it’s difficult to lead in such circumstances. By providing your people with insights into the resilience, attitude and decisions of others facing extreme circumstances you will help them to develop the intrinsic motivation to move forward. Mark Pollock’s keynote on leadership and motivation delivers deep insights for leaders to navigate through the crucible moments they face and lead others to achieve more.
• Mindset & Performance: Challenging Expectations to Perform at a Higher Level
It is tough to deliver world class performance. Your people won’t do it by chance. With a high-impact catalyst you can help them act with the courage to make it happen. Mark Pollock’s keynote on mindset and performance is that catalyst - it challenges your people to examine expectations of themselves and others to perform at a higher level.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Creating and Motivating Dispersed Teams Across Disciplines and Geographies
Galvanising a disparate group of people around a common goal is not easy. Yet when it happens, when we collaborate, that is when major breakthroughs happen. Mark Pollock’s keynote on collaboration and teamwork provides your people with insight into how high-performance teams get things done when others can’t.
• Human Enhancement: Exploring the Intersection Where Humans and Technology Collide.
Exploring the intersection where humans and technology collide is essential for businesses to maintain their competitive edge. By raising the consciousness of your people to the human dimension of the 4th industrial revolution, you will empower and encourage innovation at the edge. Mark Pollock’s keynote on human enhancement provides your people with insight into the transformative intersection of technology and humankind as he explores a cure for paralysis using robotics, neuro-modulation, and AI.