For organisations
These are the three topics I speak and train on most at the moment: how a leader gets people to see the same direction, how to keep a cool head in uncertain times, and how to keep your thinking sharp alongside AI. Each one is available as a keynote, a training day and a programme with measured results. I also give other trainings and talks.
Each topic has a few skills that are practised until they become habits. Training for managers and leadership teams also covers leading change.
When facts don't settle disagreements
Leaders learn to see their own interpretations, hear how other people think and get people to see the same direction. First taught to more than 300 managers.
Leading Thinking: content and prices →Three levels
When the ground isn't stable
The mind rehearses the worst in advance, and the body reacts as if the threat were already here. Five skills that release stress and bring judgement back, even under pressure.
Cool Head: content and prices →Five skills
When the machine answers faster than you can think
AI is already on everyone's desk. Few people notice when the machine starts thinking for them. You learn to keep your thinking sharp and the decision in your own hands.
Thinking in the Age of AI: content and prices →Five skills
You can start small and expand once you see results. Prices exclude VAT. Full content is on each topic's page.
For all staff, a kickoff or a leadership day. The audience tries the effects for themselves in the room.
from €2,500The skills are practised on the participants' own situations. By the end everyone has a plan to use the following week.
from €5,700Managers learn the skills themselves and take them to their teams. Results are measured at the start and at the end.
from €14,800A leadership team programme or a pressure exercise for the leadership team. Scope and price depend on the topic.
on the topic pageI train your own trainers to teach the topic in their own voice. Licence for the whole organisation.
€17,500For events
Keynotes for kickoffs, staff days and client events. Topics, lengths and prices on one page.
Keynote speaker: topics and prices →For leadership teams
For leadership teams whose decisions stay open or whose strategy doesn't reach the organisation. All leadership programmes and the pressure exercise in one place.
Leadership team coaching: options and prices →
What an event looks like
The room laughs. A moment later it goes quiet and thinks.
I use a lot of humour and stories. Every surprise has a reason, and I say it out loud. After laughing, people listen better, and it becomes easier to talk about what is actually difficult. The effect of humour on learning has been studied for decades: humour related to the topic improves attention and learning (Banas et al. 2011).
The content is built around your situation. The audience leaves with a couple of concrete things they can try the very next day.
Book a 15-minute call →Keynotes from €2,500 + VAT. I also tailor training on other topics. The content is always fitted to your situation.
It's not only that Ilkka is in the world's top five among experts and trainers of the mind. It's how his very broad, systemic approach gets significant results with serious business decision-makers who have already tried every possible coaching and leadership model. (Translated from Finnish.)
Guarantee
If you're not satisfied with the keynote or the training, I won't invoice you. In programmes the measures are agreed at the start, and results are measured before and after.