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Peter Sheahan
Founder of Karrikins Group | Bestselling Author of Matter and Flip | Top Leadership & Business Growth Speaker | National Speakers Association Hall of Fame
Founder of Karrikins Group, bestselling author of Matter and Flip, and one of the National Speakers Association's 25 Most Influential Speakers, Peter Sheahan has delivered 2,500+ keynotes in 20+ countries. He advises C-suite leaders at companies like Apple, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and IBM. Senior audiences book speaker Peter Sheahan to sharpen their thinking on growth, value creation, and leading transformation in disrupted markets.
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Peter Sheahan biography
Leadership speaker Peter Sheahan is one of the most respected voices in the world on what it takes for organizations to lead transformation, accelerate growth, and become the obvious choice in crowded markets. He is the founder of Karrikins Group, a global advisory firm working with senior leaders to turn disruption into competitive advantage, and the author of seven books on strategy, talent, and growth.
Over his career, Peter has advised leaders at Apple, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Hyundai, Pfizer, Chick-fil-A, Wells Fargo, DeBeers, AT&T, and Cardinal Health, among many others. He has delivered more than 2,500 keynotes to over 500,000 people across more than 20 countries, building a body of work focused on how leaders behave in moments of disruption and how they create cultures capable of sustaining growth.
Author, Hall-of-Famer, and Voice on the Future of Business Growth
Peter’s books, including Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice, Flip, Generation Y, and Making It Happen, have helped shape the modern conversation around growth, customer value, and how to escape commoditization. Through his advisory and speaking work, he focuses on companies that have successfully moved themselves to the center of their markets.
He has been named one of the 25 Most Influential Speakers in the World by the National Speakers Association and is the youngest person ever inducted into its Hall of Fame. His expertise sits at the intersection of leadership, strategy, innovation, and organizational culture, making him a frequent choice for boards, C-suite gatherings, and executive offsites.
As a speaker, Peter Sheahan brings senior audiences a rare blend of behavioral research, frontline business experience, and direct, unsentimental advice on what their leadership teams must do next. His keynotes leave executives with sharper questions, clearer priorities, and a concrete sense of how to lead through whatever disruption comes next.
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The transformation we now need to lead, as markets, technologies, and customer expectations all shift at once, demands more than incremental change. Peter Sheahan unpacks how senior leaders can take ownership of the new reality their organizations face, replace burning-platform anxiety with a real and motivating ambition, and drive the alignment required to act decisively as a team.
Executives leave the session with a sharper view of where their leadership has to evolve, the trade-offs that come with it, and concrete behaviors to model from day one back in the business.
Sustaining growth amid hybrid work, AI disruption, and constant market turbulence requires more than process tweaks: it requires a team environment where people feel safe to take risks, push back, and pursue progress over perfection.
In this keynote, Peter Sheahan shows leaders how to raise standards from agreement to true alignment, model the behaviors they want to see, and treat culture as a discipline rather than an art. The result is a high-performance team capable of executing consistently under pressure.
Commoditization, AI, and the speed of customer change are all pushing companies into a downward spiral on price. Peter Sheahan offers a different path: become the obvious choice in your market by elevating the value you create for customers and the impact you have on their lives.
Drawing on his book Matter, he challenges executives to question core assumptions, lead customers into the future rather than reacting to them, and act in ways worthy of the leadership position they want to occupy.
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FAQs on Booking Peter Sheahan
Why Peter Sheahan?
Peter Sheahan combines something most keynote speakers cannot: deep advisory work with some of the world's most demanding C-suite teams, a long track record on stage (2,500+ keynotes in more than 20 countries), and a body of published thinking that has shaped how leaders frame growth, value, and disruption. Senior audiences walk away with sharper questions, clearer priorities, and a no-nonsense view of what their leadership team needs to do differently. Book Peter Sheahan through Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring one of the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame's youngest-ever inductees to your next leadership event.
What companies has Peter Sheahan advised?
Through Karrikins Group, Peter has worked with leaders at Apple, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Hyundai, Pfizer, Chick-fil-A, Wells Fargo, AT&T, DeBeers, and Cardinal Health, among many others. His work spans technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, and industrial sectors. This breadth gives his keynotes a rare ability to translate frameworks across industries and to ground his arguments in real, recent client situations rather than abstract theory.
What is the book Matter about?
Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice is Peter Sheahan's research-driven book on how companies escape commoditization. Based on a multi-year study, the book identifies the behaviors and strategic moves that allow organizations to become the obvious choice in the hearts and minds of their customers, their employees, and their communities. It has become a core reference for executives focused on differentiation, customer value, and long-term growth.
What kind of audiences and events fit Peter Sheahan best?
Peter Sheahan is a strong fit for senior leadership audiences: CEO summits, board meetings, executive offsites, sales kickoffs for enterprise teams, and customer-facing flagship events where the host wants to elevate the strategic conversation. His content lands particularly well with industries facing fast commoditization, regulatory shift, or technology disruption. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to discuss how a Peter Sheahan keynote can be shaped around your team's growth agenda.
How to book Peter Sheahan as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Peter Sheahan speaking fee?
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Can I book Peter Sheahan for a virtual keynote?
Yes, Peter Sheahan is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Peter Sheahan for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.
