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Yemi Penn
PrintA CURIOUS REBEL, READY TO HAVE THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT SEE US CONNECT, GROW AND MOVE THE DIAL - Yemi Penn is a global thought-leader on igniting our rebellious curiosity at an individual, team and organisational level.
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Testimonials for Yemi Penn
"Phenomenal speaker and way of communicating. The way she held space for so much and approached topics with compassion moved me"
THE OUTSIDE
"Yemi has a magical ability to connect with large audiences, bring them on a journey of self discovery, whilst embracing their own vulnerability. Yemi is an unexpected powerhouse of emotions and inspiration. She engaged our audience through challenging questions, difficult conversation and well timed humour"
SUMATHI MURTHY, LEAD CONTENT CREATOR, THE OUTSIDE
"Yemi spoke at ANSTO’s International Women’s Day event. 2020 has been tough – for everyone and in many different ways. However, Yemi’s message of resilience and perspective was the exact message we needed to get through a challenging year. Yemi is engaging, raw and challenges the status quo. Our team was inspired by her bravery to share, which created an atmosphere for growth and vulnerability. For those looking to embed their learnings in a fun and practical way, Yemi’s book ‘Did You Get the Memo’ will add another dimension to your self growth toolkit"
SHAUN JENKINSON, CEO ANSTO
Yemi facilitated an extremely complex and challenging symposium over 2 days of multiple sessions with several stakeholders to help us achieve concrete outcomes and action plans that we wanted. It was an immense task and Yemi was beyond excellent in keeping people engaged, active and in good humour to work collaboratively and effectively.
University of Technology Sydney
Yemi is an engaging and authentic presenter. Her energy and connectedness invites her audience to journey with her through her presentation. Highly recommended!
Lifeline
Yemi was a fabulous opening keynote. She is inspiring.
Department of Education Northern Territory Government
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Yemi Penn's Biography
A CURIOUS REBEL, READY TO HAVE THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT SEE US CONNECT, GROW AND MOVE THE DIAL - Yemi Penn is a global thought-leader on igniting our rebellious curiosity at an individual, team and organisational level.
An Engineer by profession, Entrepreneur by passion, Yemi fuses analytical thinking with creativity to produce superior outcomes. Transformation is the theme across Yemi’s contributions, whether this is opening a F45 gym in London, a café in Sydney’s South-West Suburbs, authoring a book, managing complex projects such as Crossrail and Sydney Metro or producing an impactful documentary.
‘Our limitations — are bound by the box (cage) we were either born into or adopted along the way. Thinking liminally allows you to not just think outside the box but re-define the boundaries of the box by getting curious about the threshold.’
Yemi’s success lies in her ability to challenge status quo in a compassionate yet laser focused way. She was a finalist for Women’s Agenda Leadership awards 2022, Sony Film Festival (Australia and New Zealand) 2021 and represented Australia in the 2019 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal
Speaking Topics Include
Managing uncertainty
Understanding our primary needs and how this relates to our resilience blueprint when dealing with uncertain times
Sustainable Peak Performance + Mindset Transformation
Liminal means threshold. To solve problems, we will need to shift our perspectives and change the mindset in which these problems were created by testing our threshold.
Inclusion and Belonging
Tapping into her research, Yemi shares how our belief systems subconsciously exclude others. How much the body keeps the score yet we all have a common need to belong.
Courage and Resilience
Our resilience blueprint is individual to us, meaning our specific distressing events is what creates resiliency in us, and the approach we take to get through it is what builds our blueprint.