TO BECOME INSPIRED, PEOPLE MUST BE MOVED
Will knows that a speaker’s role involves so much more than just passing on information to an audience. He seeks to awaken awareness and consciousness in others and does so using his lifetime of experience and the expertise gained as a mariner and leader. If the audience leaves feeling empowered with a refreshed spark of insight and inspiration to move from where they are at, he considers his mission fulfilled.
Life as an observer and student of leadership has given Will an acute sense of the impact that moments of leadership can have on people, organisations and indeed countries. More particularly Will is deeply fascinated by the disproportionate impact of moments of leadership. Those seemingly minute moments that create lasting and momentous change. Moments like Will's headmaster making him feel 'seen' for the first time at age 16 or Jacinda Ardern donning a hajib after the 2019 Christchurch bombings. One small moment and one huge moment - both of which created change in a person or a nation.
Will possesses the agility to pivot his keynotes to audiences from 5 to 75 years of age and of any size. He has moved large public audiences of 20,000 from laughter to tears and has been able to get an entire primary school to grasp and reflect on the reasons behind Remembrance Day.
