Speaking

You've booked speakers before. You know the feeling when nothing changes.

The room lifts, everyone nods, and by Thursday it's gone. This is the opposite of that. A shift in the state a room builds from, that holds long after the applause.

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Why it works

Most speakers add energy to a room. I settle it first.

I know the depletion in a high-performing room, because I lived it. At twenty-six I was the one holding everyone, running on push, certain that more effort was the answer, right up until my body stopped agreeing. So I don't reach for more. I bring the room down into its own breath first, because coherence is felt before it's understood, and a settled room is the only one that builds from what it hears.

The science earns the head. The presence lands in the body. A CFO and a soul leave the same talk, both convinced, because it spoke to both at once.

The compass
"The best talk I ever give is when no one thanks me at the end — they're rushing out the door to put it in motion."

One of the best weekends I ever sat through was three days with Olin James. He kept a room captivated for the entire arc. At the end I went up to thank him. He smiled, but didn't say much. I asked him why. That was his answer.

It stuck. The talk was never about him — it was about them. That's the bar I work to. A keynote, a workshop, a facilitation — none of it lands unless the room leaves carrying it. If you're still thinking about the speaker on Monday, I missed.

Olin James — on what a talk is for
Pricing

Simple. Transparent.

30–60 min

Keynote

From $5,000

+ expenses

90 min

Workshop

$100

per person · min 10

1 day

Day event

$1,000

per person · min 10

Team retreat

Immersion

From $25,000

2–3 days

Every engagement is shaped in conversation. These are starting points — the final scope is set together.

Where the work lives

Applied, shared, embodied.

Rooms of thousands. Workshops. Private containers, retreats, and community. The same architecture, taking root wherever the room is gathered.

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Rory on a mainstage, holding a room of thousands
Step one — we go first

The keynote, the moment a room of thousands lands in the same breath.

The three ways in

One architecture. Three doors.

0130 to 60 minutes

Keynote

For the room that needs the through-line

One talk. One shift the room carries out.

Shaped to your audience, in person or virtual. The entry door, and the one that opens an event.

From $5,000+ expenses
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★ Most chosen
0290 minutes · min. 10 people

Workshop

Most chosen

Where the talk becomes something the room practises.

Small enough to be felt. A 90-minute working session that turns the ideas into something the team leaves doing, not just hearing.

$100per person
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031 day · min. 10 people

Day immersion

Full-day event or workshop

A full day, designed end to end.

Keynote, workshop, facilitation and integration woven into one day. The architecture lived for long enough to take root in how the team operates.

$1,000per person
Plan a day
The anchor · from $25,000

The Coherent Team Immersion.

Two to three days. Coherence designed into how a team actually operates, built to keep working after I leave the room. The work the keynote points at, lived for long enough to take root.

Pricing above is the starting point. Travel and expenses are additional for keynotes. Every engagement is still shaped in conversation — the numbers give you a floor to plan against.

A fourth door · Facilitation
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When the room needs the whole event held, not one slot filled.

Multi-day summits, the host and through-line, panels, multi-room events, and events designed from scratch. A speaker takes a slot. A facilitator holds the container, the arc, and the energy across the whole thing.

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Who it's for

This is for you if

Your people are capable, successful, and quietly carrying more than they show. You want them healthier and more connected, not just more informed. You're gathering a room that deserves something real.

This isn't for you if

You want a high-energy act to lift the crowd and nothing more. I'm not that, and I'll point you to someone better if that's the need.

Every arrangement starts with a conversation, not a contract. You'll know exactly what your room will receive, and the one shift they'll leave with, before anything is signed.

I take a small number of engagements each quarter. The door's open. No rush.

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