Friska Wirya Keynote Speaker

Top 50 Global Change Management Thought Leader (Thinkers360).
TEDx speaker; #1 bestselling author of The Future Fit Organisation
Stevie Awards: IBA Bronze (2022); APAC Silver & Bronze (2023)

Friska Wirya's Biography

Friska Wirya is a change leadership strategist who helps organisations convert disruption into durable performance. As the founder of Fresh by Friska, she partners with major enterprises to ignite tech-enabled transformation and embed new ways of working that last. Her sessions blend sharp insight with practical playbooks—linking human behaviour, adoption and measurable business outcomes.

A compelling storyteller with a powerful personal journey, Friska connects on stage and online—earning up to 99% engagement in multi-day virtual workshops and resonating with audiences approaching 40,000. She has delivered keynotes and capability programmes across Australia and internationally, addressing diverse audiences of up to 5,000 at events from Future of Mining to Emirates NBD leadership forums.

Friska’s expertise spans the full arc of change: communicating to connect, building digital-ready cultures, and governing transformation so it moves from expense to value creation. Her bestselling book, The Future Fit Organisation, distils these lessons, with #1 rankings in Business Organisational Change and top placements across Leadership & Management. Audiences value her straight-talking frameworks, field-tested case studies and immediately actionable takeaways.

Friska equips leaders and teams to move from awareness to ownership—and from resistance to results. Whether guiding executive teams through complex transformation or upskilling managers with influence tools, she shows how to de-risk delivery, accelerate adoption and make change stick.

INSPIRATION NO CHANGE NO PROGRESS

A story of triumph over adversity, an only child who never knew her parents, a tumultuous childhood, intense racism and bullying, to overcoming homelessness and addiction and becoming the woman she is today.

Key takeaways:

Mindset is king
Internal locus of control
Holistic wellbeing – mental, physical, emotional

FUTURE THE TRUTH ABOUT FUTURE FITNESS

The global pandemic has put lighter fluid on the urgency of digital transformation, yet its embers never turn into an inferno. How can you fan the digital flames?

Key takeaways:

The 3 principles of future fit organisations
Why digital transformation is a glacial evolution
What we can learn from other industriesl

CONNECTION COMMUNICATING TO CONNECTING

Communication can make or break a relationship, a career, a change – and in the workplace we’re often trying to change people’s thoughts, decisions and actions. Friska shares communication best practices from her experiences working around the world with challenging people.

Key takeaways:

The 5Cs of effective communication
Persuading difficult stakeholders
Leveraging influence principles

CULTURE BUILDING A DIGITAL-READY CULTURE

There is much talk about digital transformation, but the reality is that many organisations go through a glacial evolution, at best. Friska shares a case study on how she made transformation a reality for the largest ASXlisted gold miner.

Key takeaways:

Defining true transformation and sustaining it
Driving adoption through positive psychology
Shifting from expense to value creation

She brings recognised authority as a Top 50 Global Change Management Thought Leader, advising organisations on how to convert disruption into sustained performance.
She translates complex transformation challenges into practical, tech-enabled playbooks, helping leaders move change from initiative to measurable business value.
She draws on field-tested frameworks from her #1 bestselling book The Future Fit Organisation to equip teams with tools that accelerate adoption and embed new ways of working.
She is a high-impact keynote speaker and TEDx presenter, known for engaging large and virtual audiences with clear, actionable insight that turns resistance into results.

Videos of Friska Wirya

Making your event unforgettably future fit - Speaker's Reel - Friska Wirya

The Truth About Future Fitness & Digital Transformation | Friska Wirya | TEDxCecilStreet

Books by Friska Wirya

The Future Fit Organisation: A Leader's Guide to Transformation

The Future Fit Asian Organization: Balancing Tradition with Transformation

Comments & Testimonials

The overwhelming response that we received from the audience was incredible. Friska has a natural ability which really connects with the audience. A real life example of what resilience can do for your career and character. It was truly one of the most inspirational live talks I've heard.

V SAMOKH HR Manager

‘Hi Friska, everyone who has responded to feedback from the speaking gig you did has given you 10/10 – no surprise to me!'

M MCCARTHY GM OPERATIONS

Friska is an outstanding change leader and motivator. I had the opportunity to attend a full day workshop in Sydney and was blown away by the material and presentation. I'd recommended Friska to anyone who is looking for that extra oomph in their personal or professional lives.

C ZENG SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

I took part in Friska's Invisible to Influential workshop, which I found so empowering and motivational. On this one day course, Friska's provided me with many Ah-ha moments and Useful tools I could immediately put into action. I had takeaways that have benefited me both personally and professionally. I highly recommend undertaking a workshop with Friska, as you will find it transformational.

T MYERS GROUP MANAGER

I had the pleasure of being present at an event where Friska was the keynote speaker and it was one of the most powerful and interesting talks I have listened too. Complete honesty, sharing the experiences of her life and how she has developed to where she is today, whilst also sharing the learnings from that journey which I felt engaged the audience to think about certain transformation topics differently.

A WILKINSON DIRECTOR

Friska is one of the most powerful and inspiring speakers I have had the pleasure to hear. One of her sayings will stay with me forever: "Change happens at the edge of your comfort zone." Just when things get a little too hard, or you hit a hurdle, her voice keeps coming back to me. Thanks Friska.

R MORROW CHAIRMAN

You clearly live the talk. You are on point, on message, on brand, Always. Inspirational! I will be applying some of the tactics and skills in my organisation thank you

E STUART CFO