Thomas Swan Bittencourt

Public
Speaking

Talks and workshops on culture, change and the gap between leadership intent and employee reality. Available in English and Portuguese.


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Talks & Keynotes

A selection of recent talks on culture, change and the gap between leadership intent and employee reality.

Keynote

Workshop: How to Deal With Change

Copenhagen, Denmark

A talk on why most transformation initiatives fail not because of poor strategy, but because nobody took the time to understand where people actually stood. Covers how to identify the gap between leadership assumptions and employee reality, and what it takes to close it before momentum is lost.

Culture & Change Employee Experience Transformation
Talk

The Best Way to Recruit Young Talent

St. Petersburg, Russia

Culture is not a values poster — it is the operating system of your organisation. This talk makes the case for treating culture with the same rigour as strategy and technology, and gives leaders a practical framework for diagnosing misalignment before it becomes a crisis.

Leadership Organisational Culture Strategy
Workshop

Building Communication Bridges

Tallinn, Estonia

Why do so many change programmes lose momentum six months in? This session explores the patterns behind change that holds versus change that fades, and gives teams the tools to create the conditions for sustainable adoption — starting with listening.

Change Management Adoption People & Engagement

Topics

What I speak about

Each talk is tailored to your audience and context. These are the themes I return to most.

01
The Communication Gap

Most organisations communicate a lot. Very few communicate well. This talk explores why the messages leaders send are rarely the messages employees receive — and what it takes to close the distance between intent and impact.

02
The Future of Work is Human

Technology is changing how we work faster than culture can adapt. This talk makes the case for putting people at the centre of transformation — not as a soft afterthought, but as the single biggest driver of whether change actually sticks.

03
Culture as a Competitive Advantage

The organisations that outperform their peers over time are rarely the ones with the best strategy. They are the ones where leadership and employees are aligned. This talk gives leaders a practical lens for turning culture from a liability into a strength.


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Coming Soon

Culture Wins

A series of practical case studies showing how leaders close the gap between strategy and people in real organisations. Short, focused, and built for busy leaders.


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I speak in English and Portuguese.

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