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About Rob Lilwall motivational speaker
Rob Lilwall motivational speaker sessions come from an ordinary person who, through taking an adventurous attitude to life, has achieved the extraordinary. Over the last two decades, he has covered more than 70,000 km by bicycle and on foot. As a result, he now helps organisations think more like adventurers when facing rapid change.
Rob Lilwall motivational speaker background
Rob trained as a geography teacher at Oxford University and taught at Larkmead School in Abingdon. In 2004, he left his job and flew to Magadan in Siberia with his bicycle, named Alanis after singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. He then spent three years cycling home, crossing Siberia and the Gobi Desert in winter, China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, America, Europe, Australia and Iran.
National Geographic made two television series about his adventures. In addition, Rob is the author of two books, “Cycling Home From Siberia” and “Walking Home From Mongolia.” As a keynote speaker, he has inspired tens of thousands of people at hundreds of top companies worldwide, including Nike, Adidas, Microsoft, Google, Disney, Marriott, HSBC, Goldman Sachs and Heineken.
Keynote topics
In “Thinking Like An Adventurer,” Rob draws on his expeditions to show why organisations need resilience, agility, collaboration and a growth mindset in a rapidly changing world. Through vulnerable stories and epic photography, he takes audiences on an experiential journey through some of the toughest environments on earth. He also weaves in practical reflections on how the right mindsets and habits can help people persevere through setbacks.
Rob’s other keynote topics include a Prepared Mindset, a Growth Mindset, a Collaborative Mindset, a Courageous Mindset, a Self-Care Mindset and a Prioritised Mindset. Browse more motivational keynote speakers or read more about Rob on Wikipedia.
Keynote Topics
Thinking Like An Adventurer
In a world a rapid change, we all need to think a bit more like an adventurer.
Through his expeditions, Rob learned the importance of resilience, agility, collaboration, prioritisation and a Growth Mindset as he faced countless challenges far out of his comfort zone: from living at -40 degrees to crossing thick jungles, flooded rivers and vast deserts.
In his interactive and unforgettable keynote speeches, Rob takes the audience on an experiential journey through these environments, with vulnerable stories, and epic photos and videos. He weaves in practical reflections and activities about how having the right mindsets and habits in a changing environment can empower us to new levels of resilience and agility. We will then persevere through setbacks, adapt to new challenges, and embrace new opportunities – in both our work and in our whole lives.
Other Key topics:
- A Prepared Mindset – preparing can make all the difference between success and failure
- A Growth Mindset – empowering one’s beliefs about improving our skills and learning from failure
- A Collaborative Mindset – we cannot make it on our own, we need each other*
- A Courageous Mindset – learning how to harness our fears and be bold with trying new things
- A Self-Care Mindset – taking good care of fundamental needs is vital for resilience and agility
- A Prioritised Mindset – of core tasks, to allow for greater success, less overwhelm, more focus
Testimonials
I can wholeheartedly recommend Rob as a speaker – he is dynamic, engaging and applies his adventures practically to leaders. We were lucky to have Rob at a recent conference for our extended team – and his comments and interaction were appreciated by all. Thank you, Rob, for helping us learn and grow!
– Emily Thomas, CEO, Cereal Partners Worldwide (part of Nestlé & General Mills)
Rob brings a wonderful combination of real-world adventure and deep personal insight that truly resonated. His sharing was not only inspiring but also practical, offering perspectives that our talents could immediately reflect on and apply. Our talents left feeling motivated and empowered. Would recommend Rob to organizations looking to spark courage, purpose and fresh thinking.
– Andrea Loke, Human Capital Development Head, BNP Paribas
Our leaders were captivated by Rob’s insight to resilience and agility, inspiring them to face challenges with courage and clarity. I highly recommend Rob as a speaker who brings a rare authenticity and energising presence to important organisational discussions.
– Sean C.S. Chiao, CEO, Surbana Jurong Group
Rob’s stories on adapting a growth mindset, overcoming obstacles and tough challenges on his adventures around the world, complimented our theme of thinking big & being unstoppable. The audience was on the edge of their seats for the entirety of his talk. Feeback from everyone has been nothing short of amazing.
– Tim Daly, Head of Americas Sales, Moody’s
His messages on the resilience needed to overcome setbacks, and the agility needed to bounce forward and embrace new challenges, highly resonated with our group and the topics we’d been discussing throughout the 3 days. More importantly, he connected with the audience by sharing vulnerably, imparting us with ‘can-do’ energy, and making us laugh.
– Amanda Niem, Director of Sourcing, adidas
