Speaker Bio: Felix Riley is a British entrepreneur, writer and strategist. He began as a BBC comedy writer, then moved into finance, founded and sold a financial trading business, and went on to serve on the Global Executive of an NYSE-listed company. He has turned around a struggling IT business and worked on high-stakes international projects, including copper-mining negotiations in Zambia. Felix is also the author of two Penguin thrillers, with screen rights optioned. Today he advises leaders on strategy, decision-making and growth, bringing a rare blend of creative craft and commercial rigour, plus hard-won experience operating in fast-moving, high-pressure environments.

Title of your talk: The Flea Jar

Seminar Description: A fast, funny, story-driven keynote about the invisible limits that hold smart teams back. Felix shows how organisations drift into learned helplessness, status quo bias, and safe thinking, then gives leaders practical tools to spot the lid, challenge assumptions, and turn imaginative thinking into a repeatable habit.