RONAN HARRINGTON
International Keynote Speaker
I'm an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and expert on Resilient High Performance: the art of delivering results under pressure while adapting to constant change.
As a former Futurist to the UK Foreign Office, I advised senior government leaders on geopolitical risk and predicted many of the disruptive forces now reshaping today's corporate landscape.
I now work with industry leaders navigating AI transformation, market volatility, and organisational restructuring, helping their leaders and teams perform under pressure, adapt to rapid change, and lead with clarity through uncertainty.
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Generic leadership advice won't cut it in today's world. I'm the creator of the Resilient Performance Method™, a practical model of performance under pressure, developed in collaboration with the Big Four: Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG. Proven as a win-win for productivity and wellbeing, it offers a pathway to becoming a high performer with a low risk of burnout.
It's built for ambitious companies who need to activate peak performance under mounting pressure.
Your team needs more than motivation. They need transformation.
A Proven Performance Method
Ronan is a world-class resilience teacher. His ability to connect leaders with themselves and each other is rare.
John Waterfield
HEAD OF STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
High-Impact Keynotes that Shift Culture
My electrifying keynotes combine science-based resilience strategies with wit and storytelling that captivates audiences.
Clients regularly commission company-wide rollouts of my keynotes and workshops to cascade an accessible shared language of high performance across all levels of the business, from junior team members to executive leadership. This enables cultural norms to shift in a scalable, enduring way.
Whether facing AI transformation, market volatility, or escalating demands, your people leave with practical tools and unstoppable energy.
Ronan gave the key-note speech to all 200 of our Senior Financial Services Consulting Leaders on the topic of ‘resilience versus endurance’. Our Leadership Team are still talking about it and it has prompted a very healthy and open discussion about how we build resilience for ourselves and our people.
Thank you Ronan – you were brilliant.
Scott Wheatley
HEAD OF FINANCIAL CONSULTING
Resilience Through Lived Experience
What sets me apart is my rare combination of lived experience and cutting-edge insight.
After crashing and burning in the limelight of national politics, I received a life-altering chronic health diagnosis.
Seven years on, I continue learning resilience the hard way. When I speak, audiences enter a resilience story still unfolding, one that resonates because we all find ourselves in the messy middle of life.
In turbulent times, organisations need guides who don't just teach resilience. They live it daily. That's the difference I bring.
I left Ronan’s talk truly speechless and determined to take better care of myself. He tells his resilience story through sharing deeply moving lived experiences, anchoring it with compelling science, breathing it to life with humour and relatability – a rare, powerful alchemy that goes so far beyond a typical “keynote speaker” it seems a miss to even refer to it as that.
Essential. Inspirational. Human.
Julia Jahn
Director of Employee Experience, AKQA.
My top 8 keynote offerings for conferences, webinars, away days and in-house leadership programmes. They can be viewed in detail on my topic page.
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Resilient High-Performance: The Industry Leader Playbook
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Accelerate or Evaporate: Winning the AI Transformation Race
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Agile Resilience: Adapt to AI Disruption and Relentless Market Pressure
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Transformative Leadership: Building Resilient, High Performance Teams
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Extraordinary Productivity: From Busyness to Brilliant Impact
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Open To Change: Building Resilience During Organisational Restructuring
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Relational Excellence: Psychological‑Safety as the Path to High Performance
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Boundless Growth Mindset: Shatter the Success Ceiling ​​​
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On my topic page, each keynote and workshop has full list of key take aways so you can assess if they will meet your learning objectives. I also conduct in-depth research to create bespoke keynotes on any industry specific problem you are facing, so reach out if you have a specific brief in mind.
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Keynote and Workshop Topics
I left Ronan’s talk truly speechless and determined to take better care of myself. He tells his resilience story through sharing deeply moving lived experiences, anchoring it with compelling science, breathing it to life with humour and relatability – a rare, powerful alchemy that goes so far beyond a typical “keynote speaker” it seems a miss to even refer to it as that. Essential. Inspirational. Human.
Julian Jahn, Director of Employee Experience, AKQA
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Ronan gave a very inspiring and engaging speech and touched everybody in the room – intellectually and emotionally. He organised a very good mix between presenting facts & figures, giving practical tips and initiating short breakout-sessions to ensure full engagement of all participants.
Ronan fulfilled 100% of our expectations.
Thomas Holstein
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
