“These two are different because their attitude is infectious and they look beyond what you have asked them to do and give you something better.”
Motivational Speakers, Performance Experts, World-First Adventure Athletes
The Tempest Two are adventurers & keynote speakers specialising in high-performance, adaptability, mindset and thriving through change and uncertainty.
The Tempest Two Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$40,001 - $50,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA
The Tempest Two Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$40,001 - $50,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA
Tom Caulfield & James Whittle, The Tempest Two, help leaders and teams perform at their best when the path ahead is uncertain. Over the past decade, they have established themselves as leading keynote speakers on high performance, adaptability and mindset.
Their perspective has been shaped by more than ten years of deliberately stepping into environments where they were inexperienced, under pressure and forced to adapt quickly. They have rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, completed a world-first ultra-triathlon through Patagonia and climbed El Capitan after starting with no previous climbing experience.
Those experiences became a real-world education in resilience, adaptability, teamwork, decision-making under pressure and the psychology of high performance.
Today, The Tempest Two bring those lessons to corporate events, leadership conferences, sales kick-offs and teams around the world. Their keynotes explore how people can eradicate self-limiting beliefs and become more comfortable with uncertainty, by removing the word can’t from their vocabulary.
Their approach combines cinematic storytelling, humour, practical frameworks and insights from neuroscience and psychology to turn extraordinary experiences into ideas that are immediately relevant to everyday work.
What makes The Tempest Two different from many motivational speakers is their relatability. There are no Olympic medals, elite sporting careers or military backgrounds. Just two friends showing that ordinary people can achieve the extraordinary.
Having spent ten years on stages around the world, The Tempest Two have worked with organisations including Google, Nike, Microsoft, Starbucks, Bacardi, Airbnb, Amazon, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1, BNY, JP Morgan, Klarna and ITV.
Their message is particularly relevant for organisations navigating AI, disruption, rapid change and uncertainty: the biggest advantage is not knowing exactly what comes next, but building people who are ready to adapt when it does.