Chris Baréz-Brown Keynote Speaker

Chris Baréz-Brown is a globally sought-after thinker on creativity, energy and human potential. After a decade directing innovation powerhouse ?What If! in London, New York and Sydney, he set up Upping Your Elvis to help organisations make work more brilliantly human and commercially sharp. His interventions have been credited with boosting engagement and measurable returns across household-name brands, a Unilever project even catching the eye of Harvard Business Review.

A lively storyteller and experiment-design guru, Chris distils 25 years of corporate creativity into tools leaders can deploy the very next day. He champions “working with your natural design” – aligning personal energy with strategic intent – so teams innovate faster and feel better while doing it.

Chris’ five acclaimed books, including the Penguin best-seller Shine (2011) and Wake Up! (2017), have sold worldwide and been featured by the BBC, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. Each title combines playful insight with behavioural science, inviting readers to escape autopilot and unlock everyday genius.

Beyond the stage and page, he co-created the free wellbeing movement Street Wisdom (2012) and the digital coaching platform Talk It Out – initiatives aimed at making personal growth accessible to all. His forward-looking mission is clear: put creativity and positive energy at the heart of every organisation so people and profits thrive together.

Engaging, interactive and refreshingly practical, Chris leaves audiences buzzing with ideas, simple experiments and the confidence to “up their Elvis” – every single day.