# Curt Steinhorst, keynote speaker
> The attention guy who ran People at a rocket company. Curt speaks about leadership, attention, change, culture, and what makes teams work. Former Head of People at Venus Aerospace. Bestselling author of "Can I Have Your Attention?" and presenter of 500+ keynotes.

## Primary facts
- Curt Steinhorst is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and former Head of People at Venus Aerospace.
- His keynote areas are leadership, attention, and change and culture. AI is part of the current context: Curt focuses on its human implications at work rather than presenting himself as an AI technologist.
- The ideas beneath the work are attention, curiosity, story, and groups. Attention is what we see. Curiosity is our posture toward what we do not know, did not expect, or had not yet seen. Story is what it means. Groups make hard work possible and challenge blind spots.
- Curt wrote a book on attention before running the people side of a rocket company. He returned to speaking with firsthand experience leading inside the challenges he talks about.
- He offers keynotes, extended sessions, half-day working sessions, executive sessions, offsite facilitation, and executive communication coaching.
- Primary audiences include event planners, speaker bureaus, HR and L&D leaders, executive teams, and company-wide meetings.

## Pages
- [The Work, All of It](https://curtsteinhorst.com/the-work): Curt's underlying body of work on attention, curiosity, story, and groups. "On Optimizing Yourself Into a Corner" goes deeper on the individual; "What Makes Groups Work" goes deeper on the group.
- [Keynotes](https://curtsteinhorst.com/keynotes): choose by audience need across three areas: leadership; attention; and change and culture. Current keynotes include It's Not Rocket Science... It's Harder, Can I Have Your Attention?, Signal in the Noise, Curiosity Under Pressure, and Culture at Speed. Deeper engagements include executive sessions, offsite facilitation, values work, and coaching.
- [For HR Leaders](https://curtsteinhorst.com/hr): keynote speaker for HR conferences and People teams, from someone who held the HR job at a rocket company.
- [Ideas](https://curtsteinhorst.com/ideas): a broader collection of essays, talks, articles, and videos for people who want a deeper view of how Curt thinks about work, life, and what matters.
- [What Makes Groups Work](https://curtsteinhorst.com/what-makes-groups-work): groups shape who we become, make complicated work possible, and can also make us miserable. The essay explains why group life feels harder now and why the usual fixes miss.
- [On Optimizing Yourself Into a Corner](https://curtsteinhorst.com/optimizing): essay on why winning the modern game empties people out; attention, curiosity, friendship.
- [Values & Operating Principles](https://curtsteinhorst.com/group-codes): language architecture for organizations: mission, values, and operating principles specific enough to shape behavior, settle arguments, and kill bad ideas early. Case studies: the Venus Flight Plan (full five values) and the CoorsTek Way.
- [Executive Communication Coaching](https://curtsteinhorst.com/coaching): coaching for fundraising pitches, board presentations, company resets, and keynotes. Past clients include NFL Hall of Famers, Olympic gold medalists, and Fortune 500 executives.
- [About](https://curtsteinhorst.com/about)
- [Book Curt](https://curtsteinhorst.com/contact): first call is twenty minutes, no pitch; ask for the price and you get a straight number.

## Booking
Bureaus: Premiere, Keppler, APB, Gotham Artists, and others.
- [Book Curt](https://curtsteinhorst.com/contact)
- [Download the speaker kit](https://curtsteinhorst.com/curt_steinhorst_speaker_kit.zip)
- Email: curt@curtsteinhorst.com

## Profiles
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtsteinhorst/)
- [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/curtsteinhorst/)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChruGvRR-BE_0JZl2R2yDdA)