Lucy Bloom

Lucy Bloom will take you on a roller coaster ride of fascinating experiences and business learnings from a 20-year career as a master communicator, world changer and trailblazer. Discover how to do business differently, why fun should be a factor in your strategic plan, how kindness and optimism fuel your bottom line and how ordinary people achieve the extraordinary.

Behind the mohawk is a sharp business woman who has developed the tools for personal resilience and adaptability: from a motorcycle accident which almost claimed her life to the epic challenges of the start up world and the NFP boardroom. Lucy will show you how to inspire optimism and create value in the face of adversity and change.

Most of us have never jumped out of a plane into a war zone or faced a firing squad and neither has Lucy Bloom. But she has learned from some of the most courageous people how they face their fears and push through to overcome the most gob-smacking challenges. Lucy illustrates, with heartbreaking and hilarious stories, how courage is not just the realm of front-line soldiers. It is acts of everyday heroism that make the world go round, and it’s sheer pluck which is the key to success.

Take the science of brain chemistry and apply it to doing business. Understand the human chemical drivers for why the workplace can be such a battleground and how to turn that around. Take it from Lucy, who has learned these lessons from the coal face of the labour ward to the furnace of the boardroom.

Trust is hard-earned and easily lost yet it underpins so much of our commercial and personal success. Understand the neuroscience of giving and receiving trust and learn how to develop and hold the trust of your customers and colleagues with the lessons learned in this valuable presentation.

Discover how to identify the elements of a maverick idea, have the courage to develop them, gain momentum behind them and launch them into the world – or present them to your boss. Learn how to create, distil and pursue maverick ideas with clarity and focus in a fast-changing, ever-moving digital age.

Oh to be the poster girl for failure! Lucy Bloom has had her fair share of professional fails, smackdowns and sideswipes. And every time she has rebuilt, rebooted and come back for more, better than before. Discover Lucy’s five steps for bouncing back from failure – a crucial part of progress – to learn from your errors and focussing forward for the win.