Can I Have Your Attention?

The situation most groups recognize: 120+ emails a day plus constant Slack and Teams messages. Meetings that run long and land short. Nobody’s listening and everyone’s exhausted.

Attention isn’t a discipline problem. It’s a competition. Whatever is pulling people away is simply more compelling than what they’re being asked to focus on. That’s a design problem, and leaders have far more control over it than they realize. The higher you rise in an organization, the more people who think they deserve your attention and the less space you have to actually think. That equation has practical fixes.

Based on the bestselling book Can I Have Your Attention? (Wiley) and more than a decade of research into how technology reshapes behavior at work. This is the highest-energy keynote in the lineup, and consistently the most frequently booked talk for events that want the room buzzing.

Also: Curt Steinhorst has ADHD and wrote the bestselling book on attention. The irony is not lost on anyone.

Your people leave with:

• Why distraction is a signal about the system, not a character flaw in the people
• The single biggest thing most leaders do that kills their team’s focus, and they have no idea they’re doing it
• Practical changes to meetings, messaging, and decision flow they can implement immediately
• A shared vocabulary for protecting the space required to do work that actually matters

Best For

Sales kickoffs, all-hands, communication-focused events, organizations in information overload, any event that wants the audience laughing and thinking at the same time.

Format

45–90 min keynote · Half-day workshop