Bruce Daisley

Workplace Culture Speaker

The Future of Work & Culture

Bruce Daisley is one of the most highly regarded workplace culture and the future of work keynote speakers. LinkedIn declared him one of the world’s top 10 voices on the topic.

His prior business career saw him spend 12 years as one of the best-known technology leaders in the country, first running YouTube in UK and then Twitter across Europe, Middle East & Africa. In this time a high-profile survey of industry leaders voted him ‘Fantasy Hire’ that most of them would like to make. He ended up winning the award four times. (For context he came in ahead of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Sir Martin Sorrell).

Campaign magazine said Twitter UK ‘formed a reputation for being one of the most respected cultures in the media/tech industry. Bruce Daisley can reflect on building something particularly special.’ The UK culture was celebrated as the best in the global organisation.

After several promotions, he left Twitter as the company’s most senior leader outside of the US.

Following the remarkable success of his debut book, The Joy of Work which reached number one in the Sunday Times charts, in 2022 his second bestseller, Fortitude, was named by the Financial Times as the best business book of the year.

Bruce’s writing has featured in the Washington Post, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal and The Daily Telegraph amongst other publications.


Bruce has spent the last few years turning his passion for workplace culture into an expertise. His award-winning podcast, Eat Sleep Work Repeat, has topped the business charts and has been listened to over five million times. It has been named the world’s best podcast on workplace culture.

Having led at some of the fastest moving and high-profile companies in the world Bruce understands that there’s a big difference between what might work in theory and what actually works in practice. His discussions about workplace culture are always filled with practicality, warmth and often humour. As well as keynote speaking he regularly works with leadership teams articulating and implementing cultural programs.

Bruce is an Honorary Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School. He regularly teaches at London Business School.

Here is his video on “Should we be optimistic about the future of work”

Bruce Daisley talks resilience and his new book Fortitude: Unlocking the Secrets of Inner Strength

“Bruce had the audience in the palm of his hand” – culture conference

“Absolutely hilarious” – Retail Business

“Bruce was brilliant, very approachable & positive. Plus, he delivered an incredible presentation. 9.6/10 – incredible score, the audience simply loved his presentation, a lot of social traction as well”

“The best thing about Bruce is that he’s not only one of the best thought leaders when it comes to great workplace culture but he’s also personally led a billion dollar organisation and knows the complexity of getting things right in the real world”.

Recent keynotes:

All we have is culture – the importance of workplace culture in the world of AI

 

‘This is a truly refreshing, captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew! A must read.’ Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of ‘The Diary of a CEO’

‘It hooked me right in . . . A fantastic book.’ Chis Evans

‘Entertaining. Engaging. Educating.’ Professor Damian Hughes, co-host of the ‘High Performance’ podcast
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Resilience is the buzzword of the moment. We’re told that if we have it, our lives will be happy and successful ones. If we don’t, we need to acquire it.

But what if the version of resilience we’ve been peddled is a myth?

Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Bruce Daisley demolishes a concept that has spawned a multi-million pound industry of books, workshops and courses, exposing the highly questionable science it rests on. In its place he outlines a very different approach to good mental health that embraces the latest science and research.

Offering empirically tested advice, Fortitude sets out a practical path to greater self-confidence and courage for us all.
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‘Something I never knew I needed to read but I’m so glad I did, its opened up a whole angle of thinking.’ Nadiya Hussain

‘A fascinating and important pushback against the narrow, joy-eroding version of ‘resilience’ that would leave us to sink or swim alone, Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising, human, and effective approach to working and thriving in a post-pandemic world.’ Oliver Burkeman, author of ‘Four Thousand Weeks’