Keynote Speaking

A renowned speaker and educator, Leidy delivers a select number of customized and high-impact engagements each year, including keynotes, workshops, and strategic coaching with executive teams. In-person and virtual options are available.

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Speaking Topics

Do Less (Subtract)

Unleash the power of subtraction in your organization. We need to understand why we overlook this option, then we can get better at using it for positive change. Until we embrace subtraction, we cannot unlock our greatest potential. Drawing from the speaker’s acclaimed book, Subtract, and lessons learned from his work across fields and industries, this topic will help you to declutter your organization, streamline your thinking, and change how you see your world.

Making Space: Shaping the places that shape us

More than half of us actively dislike the space in which we work. We consider open plan and private offices; hot desks and lunch rooms; work from home and return to the office. But what we all need from our surroundings is more basic: agency, mastery, and connection. Homing in on those needs, we are empowered with ways to meet them, no designer required. Drawing from the speaker’s forthcoming (Little Brown, 2026) book, this topic helps you mentally engage with the physical surroundings that determines whether you (and your employees) will be happy, productive, and fulfilled. 

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Subtraction as a Solution

This conversation with Arthur Brooks highlights why organizations, leaders, and cities overlook subtraction, and how removing friction can unlock performance, clarity, and well-being.

Innovation 2.0: Do Less

Shankar Vedantam and Leidy Klotz examine why the human mind defaults to addition, even when subtraction would lead to better outcomes.

Why the Best Solutions Involve Less — Not More

Stephen J. Dubner and Leidy discuss how doing less often leads to smarter solutions, stronger performance, and more effective design.

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