THE PEOPLE ACTIVATOR· KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dan Negroni
Backed by one of the world’s largest workplace studies on Gen Z, helping leaders build high-performance teams in the AI-powered workplace.
FEE RANGE
In Person Keynote: $25,000
Virtual Keynote: $10,500
TRAVELS FROM
San Diego, CA
FORMATS
In-Person Keynote, Virtual Keynote, Workshop
About Dan
Dan Negroni is the only keynote speaker who brings 30,000+ professionals coached, 1,000+ keynotes delivered, and 23 years of generational research to building high-performance teams in the AI-empowered workplace. Most organizations don’t have a talent problem. They have a performance problem — and AI is accelerating the pressure on everyone in the room. People overthink. Hesitate. Wait. Leaders manage instead of coach. The gap between what people are capable of and how they’re actually showing up is costing organizations their best talent.
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Dan built a system that closes it. But more importantly — he built a way of working with people that no methodology alone can replicate.
Dan doesn’t deliver content to a room. He changes what people believe is possible for themselves — then gives them the system to prove it. He meets people exactly where they are. He sees capability before they do. He builds the environment where they have to rise to it. And he installs a system they keep using long after he’s left the room.
Backed by one of the largest workplace studies ever conducted on Gen Z — 400,000+ professionals, 2.3 million data points, 159 countries — Dan is the co-author of Find Your Workverse and the author of the bestselling Chasing Relevance.
His system — Clarity. Confidence. Connection. — is not inspiration. It’s a performance operating system. Dan doesn’t create dependency. He builds people who think, act, adapt, and self-coach.
Humans + AI = Superhumans.
Speaking Topics
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THE CORE TRUTH: Gen Z doesn't have a potential problem. They have a clarity, confidence, and connection problem. Solve those — they're unstoppable.
FOR: Organizations hiring, leading, or developing Gen Z and early-career professionals — any
industry, any size.
Most organizations think they have a Gen Z problem. They don't — they have a fear problem. Gen Z isn't disengaged. They're scared to be wrong, scared to speak up, and scared to ask for help in a world moving faster than anyone can keep up with. Dan delivers a no-BS system that closes the gap between potential and performance — immediately.
Leaders stop managing Gen Z and start coaching them — with clarity, not frustration Gen Z stops waiting to be seen and starts showing up with ownership AI stops being a threat and becomes the multiplier it was always meant to be Organizations close the gap between potential and performance — fast Gen Z professionals walk away with a system to manage fear, build real confidence, and show up with ownership — not just potential
Humans + AI = SuperhumansWHAT CHANGES AFTER THIS TALK:
Leaders stop managing Gen Z and start coaching them — with clarity, not frustration
Gen Z stops waiting to be seen and starts showing up with ownership
AI stops being a threat and becomes the multiplier it was always meant to be
Organizations close the gap between potential and performance — fast
Gen Z professionals walk away with a system to manage fear, build real confidence, and show up
with ownership — not just potential
Humans + AI = Superhumans
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THE CORE TRUTH: AI is not the replacement. AI is the multiplier. Humans + AI = Superhumans.
FOR: Senior leaders, managers, and HR/L&D teams navigating AI integration and workforce performance.
Most leaders aren't struggling because of AI. They're struggling because they never had a system for how to think, decide, and coach — and AI just made the gap impossible to ignore. The leaders winning right now aren't the ones with the best tech stack. They're the ones who built the human system underneath it. Dan delivers that system.
What Changes After This Talk:
Leaders stop hesitating and start coaching – with precision, not guesswork
AI stops being a threat or distraction and starts being the multiplier it is
Teams move faster, communicate clearly, and execute with real ownership
The gap between strategy and performance finally closes
Leaders learn to use AI to coach at scale — not just to move faster, but to develop every person on their team
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THE CORE TRUTH: Culture isn't a perk. It's a system. Build it around clarity, confidence, and
connection — or watch your best people leave for someone who did.
FOR: CEOs, CHROs, and leadership teams building culture through change, growth, AI integration, or generational transition.
Here's what's really running your culture right now — not your values poster, not your engagement survey. Fear. It shows up differently at every level: Gen Z calls it anxiety, managers call it friction, executives call it risk aversion. Dan shows organizations how to build the culture that actually performs — across every generation, in the AI-accelerated workplace
WHAT CHANGES AFTER THIS TALK:
Leaders understand what's actually driving disengagement — and how to stop it
Every generation has a shared language for clarity, confidence, and connection
People stop reacting and start thinking — creating space that builds real performance
Culture becomes something you build on purpose, not something that happens to you
Leaders move from managing tasks to coaching individuals — and their teams feel the difference immediately
The organization builds a shared language — across every generation — for what high
performance actually looks and sounds like Fear Is Running Your Culture. Let's Fix That.
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