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Change Without Fear: The science of being resilient through times of change, innovation and disrupti

A huge proportion of people are absolutely terrified of change and will use every ounce of strength they have to fight it or avoid it. You need to understand why, and how you can hold their hand through their terror. Marty shares his vast knowledge of all the rigorous scientific evidence that proves the best way to short circuit fear and get your people to open up to new ideas is to use large doses of humour. Marty teaches that there is absolutely no point giving your employees new systems or investing in the best new software if you cannot convince the real flesh and blood human beings to let go of the way we used to do it. Marty uses the perfect blend of science and rib tickling stories to explain why we get so scared of new things in the first place, and how we can use humour to stay light, and embrace change in a powerful, user friendly way. Read less

What I Wish I Knew About Success

If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice for how to live an extraordinary life, what would it be? What is important? What is not? What are the things that really matter? When you think about the distilled wisdom 1000 people, which is over 20,000 years of life experience condensed into one hilarious and fascinating hour. Read less

Marty Wilson

Best-selling author, former Australian Comic of the Year, and keynote presenter dedicated to embracing change

Marty Wilson is no stranger to change, having successfully pivoted his career across a number of different industries.

Originally starting as a pharmacist, Marty moved into an award-winning role as a copywriter for blue chip accounts like Coke, the NRL and Aussie Home Loans. After being the voice for some of Australia’s biggest corporations, Marty found his own voice performing open comedy mics. In just a year, he would go on to appearing on The Footy Show and was on the way to winning the prestigious Green Faces in Canberra. He took his comedy all the way to the UK, where he headlined at all the leading British and Irish comedy clubs, including The Comedy Store, The Gleeclub and Jongleurs. He continues to share his love for comedy at the Melbourne and Edinburgh Festivals, the Virgin Rock Festival in London, as well as major comedy UK showcases like Live at Jongleurs and The Comedy Store Live.

After marrying his wife and becoming a dad, Marty moved back to Australia to focus on his family. Focusing on his writing career, Marty is the best-selling author of 18 books, and a frequent contributor to Reader’s Digest, the Sydney Morning Herald and a dozen magazines. He has a children’s book coming out called “What do you want, the truth or a good story?” He also regularly appears on Sunrise.

Marty attributes his life experience, and over a thousand interviews with inspirational people, for giving him a unique perspective on the profound truths hidden in the humblest of life stories. He is committed to sharing those wisdoms in an empathetic, articulate and laugh-out-loud presentation.

Hear from Marty as he draws upon mountains of scientific research to develop practical strategies for your audience. Using humour to short-circuit inbuilt anxieties, Marty will help you think more clearly, stay solution-focused and perform at your best.

Marty’s presentations are incredibly human and instantly relatable for everyone, making sure you can tackle the business world in a far more productive way.

Testimonial

In today’s fast paced world where the only constant is change, every organisation needs some time with Marty Wilson. He has a mountain of deeply thoughtful, thoroughly researched content that will help your people lose their fear of change. While he is totally hilarious, humour is just one of the many tools he uses to teach new ways of thinking and feeling about being out of your comfort zone. Marty has that unique ability to combine meaningful insights with a delivery style that challenges individuals thinking and at the same time have the room in stitches of laughter. A rare gift. I thoroughly recommend Marty to any corporate event where you are looking for fun and well researched meaning behind what you do for a living.

Westpac

There are two types of speakers: those who have well-researched, actionable content that has a lasting impact on your people, and those who are incredibly motivating & entertaining. With Marty Wilson you get both. He inspired everyone at our event with some deeply challenging, well thought through strategies for how to stay resilient in the face of relentless change, and he had us in stitches for an hour. I’d strongly recommend Marty for any conference where you want to educate, motivate and give your people a great time

American Express

The thing that sets Marty Wilson apart from other speakers is that humour is his message as well as his method. As you’d expect from a former Australian Comic of the Year, his keynotes are incredibly engaging and funny, but the humour isn’t just “sugar to help the medicine go down”, it IS the medicine. Marty opens up your mind to the value of staying light, and leading with laughter. This makes your interactions with people more human, more authentic, and more effective.

Mirvac