Dr. Lynda Ulrich Speaking Topics

• Exposing the "Conspiracy of Goodness" in Our Times

  In this talk, Dr. Lynda celebrates what is right with the world and she shares many practical insights to help us make sense of our times and then, use the internet in a way that unlocks our potential and best impulses.

  Dr. Lynda sends audiences out feeling like anything is possible.

  Are we just about to open a new, more positive era? We are!

  Almost a decade of curating the web for goodness and progress has taught her that the negative noise in the news and social media is only a tiny slice of reality.

  There is an enormous wave of goodness and progress well underway in the world that almost no one knows about, yet.

  In fact, it’s so well hidden by the negative noise in our online lives that Dr. Lynda is calling this wave the “Conspiracy of Goodness” of our times.

  Turns out, it is exactly this kind of quiet revolution of good ideas and good intention that has preceded every major leap in human history.

  Audience Takeaways:

  • 4 simple shifts to transform what we see on the screens in our lives
  • A daily mindset that focuses on opportunity and our assets
  • The savvy to navigate “the news” without overwhelm
  • A fresh way to use social media as a positive tool
  • A major tip for discovering trustworthy places on the internet

• The "Gratitude Economy" is Rising: Find Your Leading Role in the Wave

  It’s no secret that more people every day are consciously spending their money and time with those who have found a way to do good business AND are making the world a better place.

  69% of consumers now self-identify as "values-driven" in their purchases and 62% of employees want to work in places that care about our shared future.

  Dr. Lynda calls this shift the rise of a “Gratitude Economy” and in this talk she helps us find our role in it: as leaders, teams, boards and individuals.

  This talk is full of strategies and inspiring stories from innovators around the world who are riding this wave to better futures for themselves and all the lives they encounter.

  Dr. Lynda will share some key insights from thought leaders around the world and expand on how your audience can shine in the Gratitude Economy.

  Audience Takeaways:

  • Create a culture of “Raving Fans” that Blanchard and Bowles envisioned
  • Discover what you’ve optimized for and innovate there
  • Celebrate exactly where you are with Ryan Heafy’s keys to “Pride in Place”
  • Become the Trusted-Advisor that customers want in their lives right now
  • Activate John Hagel’s Opportunity-Based Thinking in decision making

The Power of the PAUSE

The Pandemic has revealed the power of the PAUSE.

In this talk, Dr. Lynda will show us how pausing for just 2 seconds can set completely unexpected futures in motion and there, we can come alive and thrive.

Instead of walking around on autopilot, following our emotions over a cliff with every setback, we can shift up to a place in our brain where the possibilities around us are endless.

The key to making that shift is something akin to a SUPERPOWER when we apply it, daily, in our working lives and in our families and circles of friends.

We can experience far more joy, success, and peace-of-mind every day. And most importantly, we can live with far less fear when we use the power of the PAUSE.

The world around us does not have to change… we can!

Audience Takeaways:

• Transform division into discovery and contempt to curiosity
• Build a mindset that sees all the opportunity in setbacks
• Leap past “threat-based decision making” (John Hagel)
• Elevate the power in being kinder than you need to be
• Master “listening for the pearl”

Your "Next Climb": Living Beyond the 9-5

The upheaval of the last few years has left many of us with a nagging feeling… like we haven’t quite done what we were meant to do.

We’ve heard of others finding their “dream job”, their “calling,” their “purpose.” But discovering our own remains a quandary.

This sentiment is as common in successful retirees, as it is in mid-career folks, and recent grads.

And it’s especially important to the person looking at their life and saying, “I could do better.”

After having been involved with thousands of patients’ lives, and then talking to innovators around the world for a decade, Dr. Lynda came to realize that every one of us has something we are uniquely built to contribute.

In her “Next Climb” talk, she will inspire people to discover their calling right where they are now, and give them the tools to start using their unique gifts to elevate others in ways, large and small.

Bottom line: our "next climb" might be the most important decision we ever make.

Audience Takeaways:

• Cultivate what you are uniquely built to contribute
• Advance from the best starting point
• Unearth your hidden resources
• Detect and connect with Allies
• Multiply your chance of success and impact

The Innovators' Recipe: 5 Elements Can Predict Success in Innovation

After a decade of interviewing remarkable innovators around the world, Dr. Lynda has discovered 5 characteristics that can predict the long-term success of innovations, large and small.

In this talk, Dr. Lynda opens a door to new possibilities we might never have imagined. She give us the recipe used by people who are changing the future for us all, and shows us how to apply it to our ideas, as groups and individuals.

The uplifting stories of creative thinking that Dr. Lynda tells will send your audience out believing that anything is possible when we harness the power of curiosity, collaboration and building on our unique strengths.

Audience Takeaways:

• Master the Art of Knowing Where to Start
• Blaze new creative trails with radical curiosity
• Unleash the power of what you have in excess
• Assemble a powerful team of stakeholders as your allies
• Aspire and Lead with uncommon Grace that will be celebrated