Manoj Krishna Keynote Speaker
- Former spine surgeon helping people build resilience through self-understanding
- Founder of the HappierMe Project and creator of the HappierMe app
- Author of Understanding Me, Understanding You and Stress Free
Manoj Krishna's Biography
Dr. Manoj Krishna worked as a spine surgeon in the UK for 25 years. He became a doctor because he wanted to help people and make a difference. He left medicine for the same reason, because he thought he could make a bigger difference by sharing some of the key insights he gained during his surgical career:
- That most of our stress comes from the automatic way our mind reacts to external triggers, without our own awareness. Some of our stress is also created by our own mind.
- By learning to regulate our own emotions and understand our own mind we can learn how to respond to our challenges with much less stress.
- The more we understand ourselves, the easier it is to understand others and this can strengthen our relationships.
- Self-understanding also helps us build the skills we need to thrive at work; communication, leadership, decision making under pressure, empathy, emotional intelligence and more.
He has written two books: Understanding Me, Understanding You- an enquiry into being human, and Stress Free.
He started the HappierMe Project and created the HappierMe app to give everyone a toolkit to manage their own mental health, develop stronger relationships and build their life-skills to thrive in a fast changing world.
Most solutions to problems we face arrive too late – once issues have already escalated – whether it’s mental health, burnout, inter-personal conflict or addiction. He thinks proactive prevention is important and believes self-understanding can help.
Organisations who develop these inner skills in their workforce can see an improvement in retention, culture, wellbeing, leadership, performance and productivity. It can also help to reduce burnout, interpersonal conflict and disengagement.
He wants to make it simple for anyone to access their own inner intelligence and live their best life.
He has spoken in over 50 institutions on these subjects.
Manoj Krishna's Speaking Topics
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Mental health
70-80% of staff have a mental health challenge and most never seek help (HHS). Proactive prevention is more important than reactive intervention. He talks about how organsiations can do this.
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Culture
Only 1 in 5 organisations have a strong culture and they are 20%+ more profitable (Gallup). Culture isn’t made in boardrooms, but in the thousands of daily interactions between staff. He talks about how we can improve the quality of those interactions.
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Decision making
He talks about how people can make better decisions under pressure - by regulating their emotions, and understanding the many factors that influence them - including our conditioning, values, self-interest, and more.
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Engagement
67% of staff are disengaged at work (Gallup). He talks about how we can improve this by helping people build a more positive attitude, improve their relationships and the role organisations can play.
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Leadership
50% of new managers fail within 2 years, mostly due to a lack of self-awareness (Forbes). He talks about practical ways leaders can build this foundational skill and how it can make a difference.
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Inter-personal conflict
About 40-80% of employees experience interpersonal conflict (CIPD, SHRM), impacting culture and performance. He speaks about how proactive training can reduce this.
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Burnout
Affects around 60% of staff and and most solutions show up late, once the impact has already been felt. He talks about how burnout can be prevented and more easily managed before it impacts performance.
Why Book Manoj Krishna as a speaker?
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He helps individuals and organisations build emotional resilience and self-awareness, equipping people with practical tools to manage stress, strengthen relationships and perform at their best.
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He translates insights from medicine, psychology and human behaviour into simple, actionable strategies that improve leadership, communication, decision-making and wellbeing.
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He combines 25 years of experience as a spine surgeon with a deep understanding of emotional intelligence, helping leaders develop the inner skills needed to thrive in today’s fast-changing world.
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He believes that greater self-understanding is the foundation of healthier relationships, stronger teams and more effective leadership, enabling organisations to prevent burnout and foster high-performing cultures.
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His keynotes empower audiences to develop resilience, emotional intelligence and self-awareness, creating more engaged, adaptable and psychologically healthy workplaces.
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