IKIGAI KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Wanting more than just a motivational speaker?
Are you looking for a keynote speaker who will not only move your audience and inspire change, but deliver a different perspective on life, work and happiness?
Give your audience a break from the fist pumping, chest-beating, self-help guru nonsense and offer them something unique, a journey to what makes life worth living, with a keynote on the ikigai concept.
With both awe inspiring and confronting stories, cultural insights and accurate knowledge on the ikigai concept, your audience will experience a range of emotions and walk away the with tools to make significant positive change in ther lives both personally and professionally.
Move away from your run-of-the-mill motivation speaker and give your audience something that will challenge their perceptions on purpose, freedom, self-actulisation and meaning.
NICHOLAS KEMP
Nicholas Kemp is a father, husband, Japanologist, solopreneur, speaker and author of IKIGAI-KAN: Feel a Life Worth Living. He is the founder and head coach of Ikigai Tribe, a small community of educators, psychologists, coaches, and trainers who serve their personal communities using the ikigai concept.
A week-long trip to Tokyo in 1977 at the age of five left a lasting impression on Nick that would eventually see him return to Japan eighteen years later. After being awarded a one-year restaurant management traineeship with one of Japan's largest restaurant chains in 1995, Nick fell in love with Japan (again) and ended up living there for 10 years.
For the past 5 years Nick has dedicated himself to the research and study of ikigai,interviewing Japan's leading researchers on the concept, hosting the world's first Ikigai Summit, writing his own book, and creating the world's only evidence based Ikigai Coach certification program.
Ikigai goes beyond these misconceptions and involves daily rituals, living your values, building intimate relationships, fulfilling your life roles, engaging in activities with a sense of purpose, expressing your creative self and pursuing a life goal with a healthy sense of urgency.
Nicholas Kemp ‧ The Ikigai Coach
BEWARE OF PRETENDERS
You don't want your keynote speaker misinforming your audience with romantic notions and appropriated westernised interpretations of ikigai.
Be concerned if your Ikigai Keynote Speaker proposes the following Western appropriations:
- Ikigai is the sweet spot of a Venn diagram
- Ikigai is a concept and way of life from Okinawa
- Ikigai is the secret to a long an happy life
- Ikigai means you never retire
- Ikigai is your bliss
If your keynote speaker, an "expert" on the concept, is peddling the above, it means that they aren't even aware that what they are presenting is factually incorrect and nothing but westernised romantic notions of the ikigai concept.
While these above ideas might seem inspiring on the surface, they are at best, Western romantic notions that offer nothing practicable or actionable to your audience.
You' will be hiring someone misinforming your audience. They should have no place on your stage.
Beware of Pretenders
NICK'S KEYNOTES
IKIGAI - FEEL A LIFE WORTH LIVING
A keynote for workplace wellbeing and happiness. Moving beyond western frameworks and misinterpretations this keynote offers an authentic representation of ikigai by exploring the Japanese perspectives of life satisfaction, meaning in life, meaning of existence, purpose, social affliction , autonomy, personal growth and life enjoyment.
IBASHO - YOUR PLACE TO BE
A keynote on the social aspect of ikigai to inspire and create improved workplace culture. An ibasho is a place or social niche that offers both a safe haven and a place for empowerment and self actualisation. In a corporate context, an ibasho offers your employees the freedom to express their creativity and pursue what is important them. It allows the individual to to foster strength and confidence in controlling one's own life and claiming one's rights..
KOKOROZASHI - THE LEADER'S MIND
A keynote for business leaders and entrepreneurs. A kokorozashi is a personal mission that unifies the passion and skills of a professional to create positive change in society. It is a social cause that one is willing to commit much of their life and one that may outlive y . As a result it requires much reflection and time to define and great enthusiasm and leadership to pursue.
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