With 15 years of experience transforming culture and leadership in mission-driven, STEM, and legacy organizations, Crystal Kadakia empowers business audiences to lead with empathy, clarity, and resilience in times of change.
What is the possibility of different? That is the question Crystal Kadakia has been asking organizations to consider around the world through her keynotes, books, and consulting work. It's a question that encourages us to abandon the traditional approach of "dealing" with change in exchange for embracing that which makes changes different. With a focus on reframing and operationalizing culture, technology, and generation changes, Crystal steps beyond the traditional future of work conversations to inspire leaders to transform their businesses to thrive in this newly disrupted world.
As an in-person and virtual speaker, Crystal has shared her message around the world for companies such as FedEx, Intel, Indeed, Nobu Hospitality, and Wells Fargo where audience members have considered her performance "one of the most insightful presentations" they have experienced. She has earned several accolades over the years including two-time TEDx speaker, Power 30 Under 30, CLO Learning in Practice, and ATD One to Watch award.
Crystal began her professional career in Chemical Engineering before turning Organizational Change Leader empowering her to provide globally relevant workplace insight. Her unique perspective also represents a melting pot of eastern and western culture with left and right brain thinking.
In addition to her work as a professional speaker, Crystal is an award-winning consultant who has driven transformation in learning and development, diversity and inclusion, innovation, and leadership capability for a diverse range of organizations including General Mills, Southern Company, and Sierra Club. Her best-selling book, The Millennial Myth: Transforming Misunderstanding into Workplace Breakthroughs, offers audiences a way to transform the five biggest stereotypes in the workplace.
Rather than feeling demotivated by change, Crystal sparks large shifts for organizations through inspiring a re-imagination of the workplace and discovering what's possible with different changes that are inevitable in today's environment.
- BREAKTHROUGH BURNOUT TOGETHER
- The truth is we are all tired. Facing the reality of widespread burnout is the first step to overcoming it. In this talk, I share what’s making us so tired, how to conquer energy drains, and how to change the paradigm together. Inspiring and team building, this talk will help create a new vision of every day work in the hybrid VUCA world.
- Spark your awareness of how living in a digital world both enables and disables productivity & happiness
- Consider challenges like Mindless Doing, Disconnected Relationships, and Act “As If” Loyalty
- Learn how to empower yourself & your team, rather than be held hostage by the constant environmental challenges
- PRACTICAL ACTS OF INCLUSION
- While there’s barriers to inclusion we all know exist, the real problem is that it’s a near-impossible challenge to train the worst of human nature out. To achieve inclusion, we have to learn where, when, and how we shine at inclusion already and put systems in place to intentionally make these happen every day. Inclusion is a complex capability that I believe is not built through hearing greater information. This is a generative talk in which the audience participates in activities to process and internalize the insights being shared. This talk builds culture, bridges, and new relationships.
- Discuss thinking and acting for diversity vs thinking and acting for inclusion on a day to day basis
- Identify and practice strengths already used by each individual audience member to build inclusion
- Identify a key practice to take back to build inclusion into every day
- THE MILLENNIAL MYTH
- Believe it or not, we are all guilty of the habits young talent are often accused of: low attention span, constant multitasking and distraction, overwhelmed by information overload, lack of loyalty and more.
- Change the conversation about Millennials and Gen Z for your team – stop talking in circles and make forward progress instead.
- Based on the Amazon bestseller, The Millennial Myth, in this talk, you will not only change your mind on the five biggest myths about young generations, but learn how to navigate today’s digital mindset and behavior.
- Move beyond the notion that generational differences are the source of today’s workplace woes
- Build compassion for and bridges with employees who have grown up in a digital world
- Discover relationship, management and leadership practices that apply to all generations and talent of the future