TRUSTED BY ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYING 1M+ PEOPLE
STOP FIXING PEOPLE.
Someone burns out → resilience training.
Team resistance → change management.
People worry about A.I. → upskilling.
Managers become bottlenecks → leadership training.
Sometimes those things can help. But organizations often keep trying to solve problems by trying to change the humans experiencing the problems — while the workload, incentives, decision rights, processes, and structures surrounding them stay the same.
What if we're looking at the wrong level of the change?
Same people. New system. Better results.
KEYNOTES
SYSTEMS OVER SYMPTOMS.
Three distinct talks. One systems lens. Every keynote customized to your audience, industry, and goals.
CHANGE
If You Want Change, Stop Changing People
Most change efforts focus on getting people to behave differently. Josh shows why lasting change starts by redesigning the systems shaping how people work.
LEADERSHIP
The Work Of Leaders Is Systems
Great leaders don’t just manage people. Josh shows how leaders can redesign the conditions around work so people can decide, adapt, and perform better.
A.I.
Leading With Wisdom In the Age of A.I.
A.I. makes intelligence abundant — but intelligence isn’t wisdom. Josh shows you where humans matter most and how to redesign work around that edge.
“Our audience was riveted by Josh's topic and engaged by his style, but mostly we were inspired to make real changes in the way we are doing work.”
Carrie Kish
CEO, CultureSync
“An invigorating start to the day!”
“Josh’s simple, effective framework for boosting productivity across organizations left a lasting impression.”
“Josh’s approach towards work culture revolutionized my thinking.”
AS SEEN IN...
PEOPLE AREN'T YOUR BIGGEST LEVER.
SYSTEMS ARE.
| From | To |
|---|---|
| Fixing people | Redesigning conditions |
| Managing resistance | Understanding what’s producing it |
| Demanding resilience | Building less-fragile systems |
| Adding A.I. to existing work | Redesigning the work itself |
| Heroic managers | Better decision systems |
| Optimizing what’s here | Building what comes next |
I'VE SPENT
TWENTY YEARS
TRYING TO MAKE WORK BETTER.
I started with people. Then leaders. Then teams. Then organizations.
Eventually, I built a technology company around a radically different way of working. The product worked. The company didn’t.
That failure forced me to confront a much bigger question: What if the problems we keep trying to solve inside organizations are being produced by systems much larger than the people inside them?
I’ve been following that question upstream ever since, and along the way I discovered why work is so broken — and why it feels impossible to fix it.
We’ve been looking at the wrong thing.
It’s not (just) the people; it’s the systems they work inside.
Today, I bring this lens to leaders at organizations all over the world, helping them transform their systems for lasting results.
FORMER
Classically-trained pianist
Rockstar
Small-town guy
Midwesterner
Barista
Genius (@ Apple, ahem)
Tech founder
CURRENT
Girl dad
Keynote speaker
Big city guy
Philosopher
Author
Multi-instrumentalist
Startup mentor
BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT WORK ARE
ALREADY AT WORK
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FIXING OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEMS.
Josh's New Book
ARRIVES NOVEMBER 11
“A.I. Anxiety. Layoffs. Burnout. Josh Allan Dykstra makes a compelling case that these aren’t separate fires but symptoms of the same design flaw. Sharp, funny, and surprisingly hopeful, Work Will Kill Us All is the rare book about collapse that leaves you wanting to build something better.”
— Dr. David Burkus
Author of Best Team Ever
Economic uncertainty. Anxiety about A.I. Fears about the future of their job.
Your people are not leaving big questions about work at the door of your office.
The leaders who help their teams understand what’s changing — and give them a meaningful role in building what comes next — will have an enormous advantage.
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Every audience is different, which means every Josh Allan Dykstra event is customized around your people, your industry, and what you need to be accomplished in the room.
CUSTOMIZED
Josh works with your team to understand the audience, context, and outcomes that matter to you.
EASY
Clear communication, simple logistics, no surprises.
MORE THAN A KEYNOTE
Every keynote includes one Keynote+ experience at no additional charge:
1) Extended Q&A
60 minutes for your audience to ask questions, interact, and go deeper.
2) Leadership Debrief
Private 60 minute session with your leadership team to process and plan.
3) Panel Participation
Josh joins a panel to bring the systems lens into a broader conversation.
CHOOSE ONE. INCLUDED WITH EVERY KEYNOTE.
PODCAST + WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
THE FUTURE ISN’T SOMETHING TO PREDICT. IT’S SOMETHING WE BUILD.
Every week, Josh explores the ideas and systems shaping what’s next — from A.I. and the future of work to economics, technology, leadership, and how we build a future worth wanting. No doom. No hype. Just provocative ideas for people who believe tomorrow is still ours to make.
Join 12,000+ executives, leaders, and optimistic rebels building what’s next.
LATEST THINKING
WEEKLY ARTICLES
ARE YOU READY TO
STOP CHANGING PEOPLE?
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