SPEAKER
KELLY BROGDON GEYER
Chief Adaptability Officer & Advisor to CEOs and Leadership Teams
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Thinkers360 Top 10 Global Thought Leader in Transformation
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Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP)
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Author - Failing at Agile Transformation
Enterprise experience across 22+ countries
Also represented by All American Speakers Bureau
SHORT BIO
Kelly Brogdon Geyer works with CEOs and leadership teams at small to mid-size enterprises to cultivate organizational adaptive capability — the ability to continuously sense, respond, and evolve, rather than rely on repeated cycles of transformation and recovery.
She is the creator of the Adaptive Capability Ecosystem (ACE) framework, a Thinkers360 Top 10 Global Thought Leader in Transformation, and author of Failing at Agile Transformation. Her work spans 22+ countries across financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, health insurance, M&A integration, and AI adoption.
Based in Austria. Available globally.
SIGNATURE TALKS
What Kelly speaks about
Each talk is built around the single question most leadership teams haven't asked yet. Audiences leave with new knowledge they can act on - not just a perspective they found interesting.
KEYNOTE · 45-90 MIN
Why Agile Organizations Still Can't Transform
Organizations invest heavily in Agile transformations- the methodologies, the coaches, the certifications. Then they try to transform and discover that Agile fluency and adaptive capability are not the same thing. This talk unpacks why, and what it actually takes to build an organization that evolves continuously rather than transforms episodically.
Audiences leave with
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A clear distinction between Agile adoption and adaptive capability
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The six dimensions that determine an organization's ability to change continuously
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A practical framework for assessing where their organization currently stands
KEYNOTE · 45-90 MIN
Your Organisation Is a Building. That's Why It Keeps Crumbling.
Most organizations are structured like buildings - fixed foundations, rigid walls, expensive to renovate, and requiring everyone to vacate while the work gets done. The organizations that outperform aren't better buildings. They operate like ecosystems: continuously sensing, adapting, and self-correcting without waiting for the next transformation programme to begin.
Audiences leave with
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A new mental model for how organizations can be designed to evolve
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Concrete signals that an organization is stuck in renovation mode
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First steps toward cultivating adaptive capability rather than managing change
SPEAKING TOPICS
Additional Areas
Kelly also speaks on the following themes, tailored to the event audience and format.
Building internal change capability — reducing consultant dependency
M&A integration and the human side of organizational change
The real reason transformation programs fail (and it's not the technology)
AI adoption and why most implementations underdeliver on ROI
Leading through ambiguity - adaptive leadership for complex environments
Cross-cultural change - what works in Vienna won't work in Mumbai
WHAT AUDIENCES SAY
From the room
Bendeguz G., CIO,
European Enterprise
The concept of the building versus the ecosystem makes so much sense. It helps to be able to visualize where we need to go. As Kelly explained, we are set up like a building and that doesn't help us when we need to change something...which is constant.
Richard S., VP of Operations,
Banking
Our organisation kept failing to get any of the benefits of our big transformation programmes. After Kelly's keynote at our company event, now I understand why and waht need to do.
Sonja R., HR Director,
Telecommunications
Kelly has a rare gift. She makes complex organizational change feel not just possible, but manageable. Our leadership team left with a completely different understanding of what it takes to execute strategy AND equipped with practical tools.
FORMATS
How Kelly works with events
Keynote
45-90 minutes · Virtual or in-person
Panel / Roundtable
Executive audiences · C-suite events
Halfday Workshop
Interactive · Up to 50 participants
Podcast / Interview
Available for media appearances
Full-day Intensive
Deep dive · Leadership teams
Multi-day Program
Leadership development series
Book Kelly for your event
For speaking inquiries, to request the speaker one-pager, or to discuss a custom session - reach out directly. Every event is different and Kelly is happy to tailor a talk to your audience and theme.
Email: kellybrogdongeyer@gmail.com · Phone: +43 670 6089207 · Also represented by All American Speakers Bureau