Speaking
Breathtaking Stories that Shift Perspectives
Jude Kriwald delivers talks that challenge assumptions, stir self-belief, and reconnect audiences with courage, clarity and curiosity.
Jude shares stories and insights shaped by solo expeditions through remote rainforests, open deserts, and coral coastlines.
His talks bring clarity to complexity, offer grounded insights on risk, momentum and decision-making, and create space for confidence to grow naturally.
With a calm presence and honest delivery, Jude engages audiences ranging from students to executives, leaving them with practical frameworks that continue to shape how they approach uncertainty long after the talk ends.
Keynote Topics Include
Intelligent Risk in Uncertain Environments
- How to make bold decisions without needing all the answers, and why confidence is built through small, reversible steps.
Momentum Over Overwhelm
- Why action creates clarity, how to reduce cognitive load, and what expedition decision-making teaches about progress.
Neurodivergence & Performance
- Rethinking autistic and ADHD traits as context-dependent strengths, and how reducing identity friction improves performance.
All talks are built around real experiences and tailored to the audience in the room.
Rethinking autistic and ADHD traits – the stength in diversity
Making bold choices without needing all the answers
What the wild teaches about trust and self-belief
Mental health, resilience, and the myth of toughness
The value of uncertainty in a world that avoids it
All talks are built around real experiences and tailored to the audience in the room.
School Talks
- Progress without overwhelm: taking one step at a time
- Curiosity over fear: you do not need to be fearless to move forward
- Embracing difference: how neurodivergent minds can thrive
- Building self-trust in a noisy world
As an early school-leaver, Jude has a particular knack at catching the attention of, and inspiring, those in the class who often struggle to fit in or “get their head down and work”.
Progress without overwhelm – how to take it one step at a time
Be your own North Star – how to embrace your differences and trust yourself in an increasingly noisy world
You don’t need to be fearless, just curious
How Neurodivergent (autism & ADHD) people can thrive in a world built for neurotypicals
As an early school leaver, Jude has a particular knack at catching the attention of, and inspiring, those in the class who often struggle to fit in or “get their head down and work”.