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Friska Wirya

  • Keynote Speaker
  • Change Management | Leadership
  • Based in Bali
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Friska Wirya Keynote Speaker: Change Leadership Expert

Friska Wirya keynote speaker sessions draw on her experience as a globally recognized expert in change management and leadership, known for her work as an Organizational Change Advisor and Change Leadership Coach to MNCs.

She is Emeritus Faculty in Change Management for IMD and Emeritus, a TEDx speaker, and the author of two #1 best-selling books, The Future Fit Organization and The Future Fit Asian Organization.

She also created FUTURE TALK, a team-based conversation card game to encourage more real, honest conversations about transformation. Over the past decade, Friska has led change programs impacting up to 65,000 people across six continents.

Her debut book became a bestseller within 36 hours and achieved three additional category best-seller rankings in just a few days. Her work is available globally and stocked at Harvard University, Periplus, Kinokuniya, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, and Tokopedia.

Friska has been named among the Top 50 Global Change Management Thought Leaders, Top 50 Asia Pacific Business Consultants You Should Know, and Top 10 Women Change Makers in Indonesia. She is also recognized as a Top Voice in Workplace Culture and Change.

Her insights have been featured in publications such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors, The Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, Smart Company and The CEO Magazine. She was recently featured as a Speaker Spotlight by IRM UK for her insight on building future-fit organisations.

Based in Indonesia, she continues to advise and facilitate custom change management programs for major players in energy, engineering, higher education and technology. Friska is known as a compelling storyteller whose personal journey, overcoming adversity, cultural stereotypes and setbacks early in life, informs the resilience and mindset frameworks she brings to every keynote.

Audiences consistently describe Friska Wirya keynote speaker sessions as candid, energising and immediately actionable, whether she is speaking to a boardroom of executives or a stadium of 5,000 delegates at events like Future of Mining or Emirates NBD leadership forums.

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Book Friska Wirya keynote speaker to help your organization lead meaningful, future-fit change. Her sessions blend rigorous change management frameworks with a deeply personal story of resilience, giving audiences both practical tools and genuine inspiration. Contact us to check availability.

TOPIC 1: INSPIRATION NO CHANGE NO PROGRESS

A story of triumph over adversity, an only child who never knew her parents, a tumultuous childhood, intense racism and bullying, to overcoming homelessness and addiction and becoming the woman she is today.

Key takeaways:

  • Mindset is king
  • Internal locus of control
  • Holistic wellbeing – mental, physical, emotional

TOPIC 2: FUTURE THE TRUTH ABOUT FUTURE FITNESS

The global pandemic has put lighter fluid on the urgency of digital transformation, yet its embers never turn into an inferno. How can you fan the digital flames?

Key takeaways:

  • The 3 principles of future fit organisations
  • Why digital transformation is a glacial evolution
  • What we can learn from other industries

TOPIC 3: COMMUNICATING TO CONNECTING

Communication can make or break a relationship, a career, a change – and in the workplace we’re often trying to change people’s thoughts, decisions and actions. Friska shares communication best practices from her experiences working around the world with challenging people.

Key takeaways:

  • The 5Cs of effective communication
  • Persuading difficult stakeholders
  • Leveraging influence principles

TOPIC 4: CULTURE BUILDING A DIGITAL-READY CULTURE

There is much talk about digital transformation, but the reality is that many organisations go through a glacial evolution, at best. Friska shares a case study on how she made transformation a reality for the largest ASX listed gold miner.

Key takeaways:

  • Defining true transformation and sustaining it
  • Driving adoption through positive psychology
  • Shifting from expense to value creation

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