Unique Speaker for your Next Conference
The courage to create, the confidence to connect.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
BOLD BRAVE. BETTER TOGETHER.
"Creativity isn't reserved for artists—it's the hidden superpower within us all."
Creativity isn't reserved for artists—it's the hidden superpower within us all.
Unlock it with Paul Fairweather, an inspirational speaker who brings fresh energy to creativity and innovation speaking.
Perfect for innovation and culture change events, Paul's keynote breaks down the myths around creativity and reactivates your team's untapped potential. Blending insightful storytelling, humour, and live watercolour painting, he shows that creative thinking is a skill anyone can access — and apply — every day.
Whether you're building leadership development programs or driving team transformation, Paul's talk equips audiences with real tools, memorable stories, and practical insights to spark innovation immediately.
Expect:
• Actionable tools to ignite everyday innovation
• Insightful storytelling mixed with humour
• Immediate takeaways for creative problem-solving
Ideal for: Innovation workshops, creative leadership events, design thinking training, and team engagement sessions.
Paul’s unique approach leaves participants energized, inspired, and ready to lead with creativity and confidence.
Signature Workshop
Bold Brave. Better Together
Perfect for leadership workshops, design thinking training, facilitation workshops, and team building workshops, this dynamic session transforms connection and creativity into a catalyst for innovation and culture change.
Expect:
• Interactive, high-energy storytelling designed for business workshops
• Emotional depth and real-world relevance that resonates with leaders and teams
• Frameworks to create deeper Connection through Stories, Clarity about what Matters, and Ideas that add value and make a meaningful difference
A favourite for leadership development programs and offsite facilitation workshops, this session helps organisations reimagine how they work, lead, and collaborate.
Participants will:
• Unlock ingenuity — the ability to be clever, original, and inventive
• Learn to see, hear, and know their people better, building true connection
• Share ideas and stories that spark creativity and drive impact
• Build the creative capacity of teams to fuel innovation and agility
• Engage and energise teams to strengthen culture, performance, and belonging
Paul’s sessions deliver a rare blend of insight, heart, and actionable creativity — equipping leaders and teams to think differently, connect authentically, and lead boldly.
Other Workshops
Team Building, Literally
“When words and pictures are not enough.”
The best way to bring a team together is for them to visual a challenge and solution, by building a rapid prototype.
Ideas and Stories That Matter.
"Great ideas open minds; great stories open hearts."
Storytelling is your organisation’s secret superpower. This immersive workshop empowers teams to share stories that resonate and drive change.
Programs
WRITING: IDEAS AND STORIES THAT MATTER
For thoughtful professionals ready to find their voice and shape ideas into meaningful, memorable writing—without needing to be a ‘writer’.
Focus:
Finding your unique voice through story
Turning ideas into short, powerful pieces
Writing for blogs, emails, reels, scripts, articles, and storytelling
"Great ideas open minds; great stories open hearts."
Storytelling is your organisation’s secret superpower. This immersive workshop empowers teams to share stories that resonate and drive change.
PRESENTING: UNLEASH YOUR QUIET CHARISMA
For leaders, creatives, and the quiet achievers ready to bring their stories to the stage, own the room, and deliver talks that truly land.
Focus:
Crafting keynotes, pitches, or presentations
Owning the moment on stage
Connecting through storytelling
Finding your rhythm, presence, and voiceIdeas and Stories That Matter
Once described by a colleague as equal parts zen and espresso, Paul Fairweather understands that to make ideas happen you need a combination of both the creative and practical.
Like many creative people who apply their skills to business, Paul came to a point of realisation that he had insufficient time for the one thing that he was most passionate about and that made him so successful—creative expression.
An architect, Paul was a co-founder of award-winning Fairweather Proberts Architects (now bureau^proberts) where he was a driving force in the firm’s commercial success. He’s also credited as a chair designer, writer, performer, and artist, including being a finalist in the 2001 Archibald Prize.
Paul now helps connect, energise, and engage teams through ideas, stories, and visual communications. His keynotes, masterclasses, and program are all co-designed to help people connect and find meaning in their stories, find clarity about what really matters, and create ideas that can add value and make a difference.
