How to Be a
Productivity Ninja
“Ditch the stress and get more done.”
How to Be a Productivity Ninja – Keynote Session
Most teams don’t have a productivity problem. They have an attention problem, a too-many-priorities problem and a never-switching-off problem – and they’ve been sold time management courses that don’t touch any of it.
This keynote is built around how attention and energy actually work, and how to protect them in a job full of interruptions.
It works for conferences, leadership away days and whole-organisation events, and lands just as well with a room of senior leaders as it does with a wider team. Audiences leave with specific changes they can make on Monday morning, not a set of theories they’ll have forgotten by lunch.
Focusing on characteristics such as Agility, Zen-like calm, and Preparedness, Graham's practices will help equip the team with the tools they need to confront periods of pace and change. At the end of the session, delegates will walk away with inspiration and individual action plans to develop long-lasting Productivity Ninja skills, all based on Graham’s international best-seller, How to Be a Productivity Ninja.
Key Takeaways:
Learn the 9 Characteristics of the Productivity Ninja® to improve focus and combat overwhelm
Productivity boosting ideas from the simplest techniques to the fanciest new apps
Identify specific changes and tactics to improve personal productivity and wellbeing
Reflection, inspiration and motivation for your team
“We couldn’t recommend the Productivity Ninja enough – Graham is superb!”
– Wendy Middleton, Chief Superintendent
The 9 Characteristics of a Productivity Ninja:
Zen-like Calm
Ruthlessness
Weapon-Savvy
Stealth & Camouflage
Unorthodoxy
Agility
Mindfulness
Preparedness
Human, not Superhero
“The Productivity Ninja keynote was fantastic!
Graham gave us all great insight into how our brains work, how to manage our attention and create the space to focus on delivering impact in our work rather than getting absorbed in being busy.
Graham is a brilliant speaker and I’ve had fantastic feedback from across the department about how colleagues have been putting it all into practice.
The investment in this session is already paying dividends.”
– Sally Crocombe, Associate Director Student Recruitment, Marketing and Events
Productivity Ninja: Talks at Google.
Graham has delivered the Productivity Ninja keynote at Google’s “Talks at Google” series, as well as to audiences at Amazon Web Services, the European Central Bank and many more. His core argument: in productivity, psychology comes before technology.
In Productivity: Psychology before Technology
Go back to Graham’s Speaking Page
Frequently Asked Questions:
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Yes. The keynote works for audiences large and small, from intimate leadership groups to conference main stages of several hundred. For larger rooms I tailor the interactive elements so everyone stays involved.
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Yes. Alongside the keynote, I run half-day and full-day workshop versions that go deeper into the techniques and give teams time to build their own action plans. These suit away days and team development sessions.
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Standard time management training tends to start with tools and to-do lists. I start with how attention, energy and the brain actually work, then bring in the tools. That’s why the changes tend to stick rather than fading after a week.
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Yes – the keynote works in person or as a virtual session, and online audiences get the same interactive, practical experience as a room would.