Tawakkol Karman
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate | Yemeni Journalist, Activist & Politician | Founder of the Tawakkol Karman International Foundation | The Mother of the Arab Spring
Ariane de Bonvoisin
Bestselling Author of The First 30 Days | Creator of the 9 Principles of Change | Executive Coach to Unicorn Founders & CEOs | Change, Leadership & Resilience Expert
Ariane de Bonvoisin is a world-renowned expert on change, a bestselling author, and an executive coach to top founders and CEOs. Her international bestseller The First 30 Days and its 9 Principles of Change have helped people and organizations navigate transition with less fear and more optimism. An LSE and Stanford-educated former strategist, she has keynoted for audiences from Google to Oprah's conference, with practical tools to master change.
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Ariane de Bonvoisin biography
Change management speaker Ariane de Bonvoisin is one of the world’s leading experts on change, a bestselling author, executive coach, and self-described “change optimist” who has spent her career helping people and organizations move through transition with less fear and more possibility. She believes that change is the single most important skill for the decade ahead, and that how we handle it, personally and professionally, increasingly determines who thrives. Her message has reached millions, from global corporations to Oprah’s stage.
Ariane’s insights are grounded in both rigorous research and an unusually accomplished life. She earned a degree in economics and international relations from the London School of Economics at nineteen and an MBA from Stanford, and began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, working across more than a dozen countries, before leading divisions at major media companies. She then walked away from that corporate track, convinced that from any change something good can come, to research how people navigate transition, interviewing thousands along the way.
The First 30 Days and the 9 Principles of Change
That research became her international bestseller The First 30 Days, translated into more than a dozen languages, and the 9 Principles of Change, the framework at the heart of her keynotes and workshops. Today, as an executive coach and advisor, she works with unicorn founders, venture-capital partners, and C-suite leaders across the US and Europe, and has spoken or coached at organizations including Google, Amazon, Nestlé, L’Oréal, Red Bull, and the World Bank.
As a speaker, Ariane de Bonvoisin is warm, commanding, and deeply human, blending personal storytelling with quantitative research to shift how audiences think about change. She speaks on navigating personal and professional transition, the next frontier of leadership, staying human and authentic in the age of AI, and health and wellbeing as the foundation of high performance. Audiences, whether 1,400 professionals in Dubai or 5,400 at an Oprah event, leave with optimism, practical tools, and a stronger “change muscle” for whatever comes next.
Ariane de Bonvoisin Speaking Videos
Ariane de Bonvoisin: The skills we need to teach our kids
The First 30 Days | Ariane De Bonvoisin | Talks at Google
Ariane de Bonvoisin Keynote Topics
Change, Ariane de Bonvoisin argues, is the single most important life and business skill of the decade, and it can be learned. Drawing on her bestselling book and interviews with thousands of people, she reveals the nine principles that those who navigate change well have in common, and shows audiences how to handle fear, doubt, and uncertainty, strengthen their "change muscle," and turn transition into opportunity. Blending personal storytelling with real research, it is an optimistic, immediately useful keynote for any organization facing change.
What do leaders actually need now? Drawing on more than a decade coaching CEOs, unicorn founders, and C-suite executives across industries and continents, Ariane explores the new requirements of leadership in a volatile, fast-changing world, more authentic, more human, and more able to lead people through constant change. A thoughtful, practical keynote for senior leaders rethinking how they show up and how they bring their teams with them.
As AI transforms how we work, Ariane makes the case for a parallel, and equally important, human revolution. She explores the uniquely human capacities, authenticity, empathy, judgment, and connection, that matter more, not less, as technology advances, and how leaders and organizations can keep people at the center of change. A timely, hopeful talk about thriving as humans in a world being reshaped by machines.
In a paradigm shift for how organizations think about success, Ariane argues that physical, emotional, and mental health are not luxuries to pursue after achievement, but the prerequisites that make sustainable high performance possible. She helps leaders and teams cut through the noise around wellbeing and adopt practical habits that protect energy, resilience, and focus. An essential keynote for organizations serious about performance and their people at once.
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FAQs on Booking Ariane de Bonvoisin
Why Ariane de Bonvoisin?
Booking Ariane de Bonvoisin brings audiences a genuinely world-class expert on the one thing every organization is facing: change. A bestselling author, sought-after executive coach to unicorn founders and CEOs, and a magnetic speaker, she combines the credibility of an LSE and Stanford-educated former strategist with deep, research-backed insight into how people actually navigate transition. She blends personal storytelling with hard data, leaves audiences optimistic and equipped with practical tools, and has earned rave reviews everywhere from Google to Oprah's stage. She is ideal for events on change, leadership, resilience, wellbeing, and women in business. To bring Ariane de Bonvoisin to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Ariane de Bonvoisin?
Ariane de Bonvoisin is a change expert, bestselling author, executive coach, and international keynote speaker. She is the author of The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier, an international bestseller translated into more than a dozen languages, and the creator of the 9 Principles of Change. She earned a degree from the London School of Economics at nineteen and an MBA from Stanford, and began her career at the Boston Consulting Group before leading divisions at major media companies and founding First30Days, a media company dedicated to helping people navigate change. Today she coaches unicorn founders, venture-capital partners, and C-suite executives across the US and Europe, and has keynoted at events including Oprah's conference and Maria Shriver's Women's Conference.
What are the 9 Principles of Change, and what is The First 30 Days about?
The First 30 Days (2008) is Ariane de Bonvoisin's international bestseller about how to navigate any life or work change more easily. Drawing on research and interviews with thousands of people, the book argues that the first thirty days of any change are the hardest and most important, and that people who handle change well share a set of consistent habits and beliefs. From this, she distilled her signature "9 Principles of Change", the mindset and practices that allow individuals and organizations to move through transition with less fear, doubt, and impatience, and to build what she calls a stronger "change muscle." Together, the book and the framework form the foundation of her keynotes and workshops, and have made her one of the world's most trusted voices on change.
What topics does change management speaker Ariane de Bonvoisin cover?
Ariane de Bonvoisin speaks on navigating change and transition (the 9 Principles of Change), the new frontier of leadership, staying human in the age of AI, and health and wellbeing as the foundation of high performance. Her keynotes suit events on change management, leadership, resilience, corporate culture, wellbeing, and women in business. To book Ariane de Bonvoisin as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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