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Keynotes, dialogue and workshops

The right format for your event

A main-stage congress session needs a different contribution from a confidential working meeting. Your audience, its responsibilities and the role of the session in the programme determine the choice.

Andy Fitze's main offering is the signature keynote “Where the Map Ends” for senior leadership and the main stage. Specialist topics and other ways of working complement it.

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The signature keynote

A keynote for senior leadership and the main stage

Where the Map Ends.
Leading When Forecasts Fail.

How do leaders decide when forecasts cannot provide sufficient certainty? Andy Fitze combines original expedition footage with the questions facing people responsible for setting direction and taking decisions.

Audience
CEOs, group and executive leadership teams, boards of directors, supervisory boards and wider leadership audiences.
Occasion
Business and leadership congresses, group leadership meetings and annual conferences.
Format
35–60 minutes, as an opening, closing or standalone keynote.
Delivery
Standard stage or extended audiovisual version.
Explore the signature keynote

Keynotes with a specialist focus

  • Position Is Not OrientationWho Leads When AI Helps Decide?

    An AI keynote for senior leaders, CIOs and digital executives.

    When systems make recommendations, organisations need clarity about who exercises judgement and intervenes. The keynote addresses leadership responsibility in the use of AI, not the operation of individual tools.

    Suited to: AI congresses, CIO and IT strategy conferences, management events and transformation launches.

    Explore the AI keynote

  • Prepare for the Storm, Not the ForecastReady Before It Turns Critical

    A keynote on risk, preparation and the ability to act.

    Recognising a risk does not automatically lead to a timely decision. Andy Fitze examines warning signals and prepared alternatives, alongside responsibility for acting at the right moment.

    Suited to: Risk and safety events, leadership meetings and conferences with a resilience focus.

    Explore the risk keynote

Work on your organisation's own questions

  • Responsibility Stays on BoardAI in the Boardroom

    The AI Board Retreat for boards of directors, supervisory boards or executive teams.

    A confidential working session on your organisation's AI questions. It focuses on the responsibilities of the group and the information it needs for its next decisions.

    Format: Half a day or a full day, in a small group.

    Scope: Not a legal review or a complete AI implementation project.

    Explore the AI Board Retreat

  • One Crack. One No.Decision Lab: From Scenario to Decision

    A decision-making workshop for established leadership teams.

    A team works on a selected case of its own. Assumptions and decision authority are examined, options discussed and the next decision or clarification step documented. A final decision is not forced.

    Format: 2–3 hours. Case selection and confidentiality are agreed beforehand.

    For your executive team: The briefing establishes whether the specific question fits this way of working.

    Explore the decision workshop

For client events and other audiences

  • The Wind Doesn't NegotiateDeciding Without Certainty

    An entrepreneur dialogue for business client events, associations and SME forums.

    A short talk opens a discussion of business decisions with incomplete information and limited resources. The moderated conversation takes up questions from the audience.

    Explore the entrepreneur dialogue

  • At Sea, Titles Don't CountDeveloping Leaders for Uncertain Conditions

    A specialist talk for HR and learning and development.

    Which capabilities and organisational conditions support leadership under uncertainty? This talk addresses an HR audience. When HR is organising an event for senior leadership, the signature keynote may be the better choice.

    Explore the HR talk

  • All Hands on DeckWhat We Can Influence as a Team When Things Change

    A talk for employees and teams.

    The emphasis is on working together and understanding what people can influence themselves. The talk recognises that employees experience changes without necessarily controlling the decisions behind them.

    Explore the employee talk

Note for middle-management audiences

For team and department leaders, the leadership keynote is adapted to their actual responsibilities. The decision workshop is suitable when an established team wants to work on a case of its own.

A leadership keynote for your audience

Planning an event for an association or cooperative? Explore the options for your member event. For associations and cooperatives

A short contribution to your evening programme

Locked in the Pack IceLeading When Nothing Goes to Plan

The short talk draws on the Svalbard experience and uses original footage to introduce a specific leadership question. It is designed as a brief programme contribution, not as the full signature keynote.

Suited to: Dinner speeches, client evenings, award ceremonies, general meetings or short congress slots.

Duration: 15–20 minutes.

Enquire about the short talk

Online and hybrid

Online is a way of delivering a format, not an additional topic. The online keynote is planned for 30 minutes; platform, technology and any question session are agreed beforehand.

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Choosing for your audience

Planning for senior leadership? The signature keynote is the starting point for leadership and decisions under uncertainty. The specialist keynotes offer a closer look at a specific AI or risk question.

Planning for a board of directors or supervisory board? A leadership keynote does not have to be about AI. The board context is established during the briefing; the AI Board Retreat is available for work on the organisation's own AI questions.

Looking for a working session rather than a talk? Describe the specific question. Andy Fitze will discuss whether an existing format is suitable and where its boundaries lie.

Testimonials

“We can warmly recommend Andy as an outstanding keynote speaker to all organisers.”

Sustainability Days 2024Excerpt from a reference dated 25 April 2024.

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The showreel features excerpts from Andy Fitze's audiovisual keynote. The content emphasis is agreed for each event.

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Frequently asked questions

Do you need to choose a format before enquiring?
No. Share the audience, occasion and your main question. The discussion will establish which existing format fits.
Is a large stage required?
No. The signature is suitable for the main stage but can also be delivered on a standard stage. Workshops and retreats are different ways of working with smaller groups.
Can formats be combined?
By separate arrangement. Scope and total duration are agreed for your event; a workshop is not automatically included in a keynote.
Which languages and regions are covered?
English and German, in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, and internationally by arrangement.
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Enquiry

What are you planning?

Describe the audience and the role you want the session to play in the programme. Add the date and location if they are already known.

Andy Fitze will reply personally within 48 hours. You do not need to commit to a format before enquiring.

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