Clare E Kenny Keynote Speaker

Leadership and workplace culture expert specialising in psychological safety and neurodiversity
Former Global Wellbeing Lead at Burberry with two decades of leadership and L&D experience
International keynote speaker translating neuroscience into practical strategies for high-performing teams

Clare E Kenny's Biography

Clare E Kenny didn’t discover she had ADHD until she was 40. Before her late diagnosis, she navigated decades of extreme anxiety, emotional dysregulation, memory issues, addiction and overwhelm. Nobody ever suggested ADHD, and she never considered it herself, because she didn’t fit the stereotypical picture of what ADHD looks like. A lifetime of living with an unregulated nervous system, without understanding why, led her into the neuroscience of performance, leadership, and psychological safety. She now works with organisations to build cultures that don’t constantly activate people’s nervous systems and that leverage diversity of thought to boost inclusion and performance, everywhere from FTSE 100s to fast growing startups.

Drawing on two decades of experience in leadership and learning and development, including leading global wellbeing strategy at Burberry and holding senior roles in consultancies across Europe and Asia, Clare translates the science of the nervous system into practical strategies leaders and teams can use to build psychologically safe, inclusive, high-performing cultures.

Clare has delivered hundreds of keynotes, workshops and leadership programmes internationally, including a TEDx talk. She has worked with organisations including HSBC, KPMG, Novartis, Vestas, Channel 4, and The Harry Potter Studios. Audiences don’t just listen and engage. They leave thinking and behaving differently.

Shifting from survival mode to performance mode

How chronic stress affects thinking, decision-making and performance, and what teams can do to help people move out of survival mode and perform at their best.

The role of the nervous system in effective leadership

How a leader's nervous system has a ripple effect on their team, and practical ways to regulate and role model it to create the conditions for people to perform.

Neuro-inclusion and diversity of thought

How to create environments where all brains can perform at their best. Drawn from Clare's own experience of ADHD and two decades working in leadership and organisational culture.

Psychological safety and high-performing cultures

How to build a culture where people feel safe to speak up, challenge ideas and do their best work, and the normalised behaviours that get in the way.

Burnout prevention and sustainable performance

Why burnout is rarely an individual problem, but a reflection of the environment people work in, and what teams can do to fix it.

She helps leaders and organisations build psychologically safe, high-performing cultures by applying neuroscience to leadership, wellbeing and inclusive workplace practices.
She translates the science of the nervous system into practical strategies that help teams reduce stress, improve performance, embrace neurodiversity and create environments where people can thrive.
She combines lived experience with senior leadership expertise, offering a unique perspective shaped by her late ADHD diagnosis and two decades leading learning, development and wellbeing across global organisations.
Her engaging keynotes equip audiences with practical tools to strengthen leadership, foster psychological safety, unlock diverse thinking and build more resilient, inclusive and successful organisations.