Eric Termuende
About
About Eric Termuende - Author, and Speaker on Optimizing Workplace Culture, Future of Work, and Engagement in the Workplace:
Eric Termuende is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and researcher focused on one of the defining leadership challenges of our time: how to navigate uncertainty and change when the world refuses to stand still.
For over a decade, Eric has studied leadership, trust, culture, team performance, technology, and the changing nature of work. His work explores why traditional approaches to planning and leadership can break down when conditions change quickly, and what allows people, leaders, and teams to continue moving when the path ahead is unclear.
Eric challenges the idea that the best leaders are the best predictors. Instead, his research shows the importance of creating direction without pretending to have certainty, building the trust required for honest information to travel, reducing the friction that slows teams down, and making small, deliberate One-Degree Shifts that turn action into information and progress.
Eric has brought his research and ideas to hundreds of stages around the world, working with leaders and teams at organizations including Amazon, Toyota, IBM, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, Nationwide, Zoom, and Nokia. His ideas have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., and his first book, Rethink Work, became a bestselling resource for leaders navigating the changing world of work.
On stage, Eric combines a researcher's curiosity with a storyteller's instinct and a speaker's sense of the room. Known for his energy, humour, and highly customized approach, he makes serious ideas feel immediately relevant and practical. Audiences leave with more than inspiration. They leave with a clearer way to lead, adapt, and move forward when the future is uncertain.
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Topics and Audience Takeaways
What Eric Termuende Talks About:
THE CERTAINTY CRISIS: How to Thrive in a World That Refuses to Stand Still
We were taught to wait for certainty before we move. Gather more information, run one more analysis, and be sure. But in a world changing faster than any plan can keep up, the clarity we are waiting for often is not coming. In fact, it may be sitting on the other side of a move we have not made yet.
Attendees will receive a practical navigation system for the moments when the answer is not obvious and the map is incomplete. They will learn from leaders, trailblazers, and remarkable stories from around the world about how to stop chasing certainty, close the Identity Gap, and make progress before the perfect path reveals itself.
What audiences come away with:
- Why waiting for certainty has quietly become a liability, and what to trade it for
- The difference between directional certainty and destination certainty
- A practical method for identifying and closing the Identity Gap
- An understanding of how to harness the power of One-Degree Shifts
- Three questions to determine whether to hold the bearing, shift a degree, or change course
BUILT FOR UNCERTAINTY: Leading Teams in a World That Has Never Moved Faster
When the future stops being predictable, most leaders reach for the playbook they know: set the target, build the plan, and push the team toward it. But in a world changing faster than any plan can keep pace with, goals stop matching reality, teams grow tired of constant change, and leaders are left trying to create confidence in a future nobody can clearly see.
Attendees will receive a practical guide to building teams that are more adaptable, aligned, and ready for whatever comes next. They will learn from the experiences of industry leaders, icons, and trailblazers from around the world about how to create clarity without pretending to have certainty, uncover what is slowing their teams down, and use One-Degree Shifts to turn small experiments into momentum and progress.
What audiences come away with:
- Practical strategies to create clarity and direction through uncertainty
- Research-backed insights on building trust and adaptability during change
- Methods for identifying and reducing friction within teams
- An understanding of how to harness the power of One-Degree Shifts
- Actionable steps to turn small experiments into a team-wide habit of progress
BLUEPRINT TO THE FUTURE: Leading in a New World of Work
Whether it is next week’s weather or the yet-to-be-created technology that is sure to evolve how we work, the future is truly impossible to predict. And while the trends, charts, and forecasting are interesting, we must shift from trying to anticipate what the future looks like to building resilient systems and teams that can help us navigate whatever the future may bring.
In this engaging, insight-filled, and actionable presentation, workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende delivers a customized and research-backed blueprint that has helped thousands of category-leading teams build trust, remove friction, and prepare for a future that is changing constantly, unpredictably, and faster than ever before.
Attendees will receive a practical guide to building teams that are more productive, engaged, creative, and innovative. They will learn from the experiences of industry leaders, icons, and trailblazers from around the world about the importance of building trust, removing friction, and creating a culture of experimentation.
What audiences come away with:
- Practical strategies to boost trust, resilience, and camaraderie
- Research-backed insights on building team agility and excitement toward impending change
- An understanding of how to harness the power of One-Degree Shifts
- Methods for finding and reducing friction within teams
- Actionable steps to cultivate a culture of experimentation, risk-free
Recent Publications
Thank you so much for a tremendous presentation today! It was outstanding! Hearing excellent reviews from the group here – people already citing your takeaways in their conversation and feedback.
Nationwide
