Jay Shetty

Jay Shetty is a former monk, bestselling author, purpose coach, and one of the world’s most influential digital storytellers. Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017, his viral wisdom videos have garnered over one billion views and attracted more than four million followers worldwide. He is the host of the globally popular podcast On Purpose and the author of the New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk.

From Monk to Media Powerhouse
After earning a first-class degree in Behavioral Science from Cass Business School in London, Jay turned down lucrative corporate offers to live as a monk in India for three years. He spent his days meditating four to eight hours daily, studying ancient philosophy, and helping build sustainable food programs that distributed over one million meals per day. He also coached millennials throughout India and Europe on wellbeing and purpose.

Building a Global Platform
Jay’s unique ability to make ancient wisdom accessible caught the attention of Arianna Huffington, leading to a role as Senior Host and Producer for HuffPost Live. His digital series became the platform’s most-viewed content ever. He has since coached executives at organizations including EY, Google, Nasdaq, and Accenture on wellbeing, purpose, and mindfulness, with individual videos regularly reaching 35 to 100 million views within seven days of launch.

Keynote Topics
Jay speaks on finding purpose in the workplace, building resilience through mindfulness, and creating cultures of engagement and sustained wellbeing.

How To Find Your Purpose In The Workplace – Purpose
One of the top challenges for executives is how to raise employee engagement, and for good reason. Engagement is on the decline across the world, and that spells trouble for business leaders everywhere. Today, employees are genuinely searching for meaning, purpose and fulfillment in the workplace. When each person deeply understands how they fit into the bigger picture they become more motivated to align with the company’s goals. Takeaways include:
1. Understanding the scientific reasoning for purpose and meaning for a healthy life
2. How to integrate one’s purpose with that of the company
3. Practical techniques to give meaning to everyday activities

Personal Online Brand
The question today is, if you don’t have an online brand, do you even exist? Every employee today can be a brand ambassador, every director needs to be a voice. We no longer live in a B2B world but a H2H, human to human world where people want to do business with people. The online world allows you to connect with clients, customers and colleagues in a truly unique way.

Digital Innovation – Preparing Your Mindset for the Future
What got us here, won’t get us there. More and more people are worried about robots taking their jobs, the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning pose real threats to our careers and companies. How can companies redefine their mindset for the new world? What skills need to be prioritized, enhanced and focused on and what needs to be let go?

The Millennial and Gen Z Mind
Whether you want to attract new customers of know how to understand your younger employees, Jay will share four principles on how to connect with Millennials and Gen Z. Being a millennial himself, Jay understands this landscape better than anyone else. Having worked for Accenture and built several programs across their clients Jay shares the five patterns we should be paying attention to and how to act on them today.

Customization In addition to sharing his experiences as a monk, digital strategist and social media influencer, Jay can customize his talks to include the following takeaways:

• Mindfulness & ReflectionReducing stress and pressure in the workplace;
• Communication & Connection Building trust and long term relationships;
• The Art of GrowingPractical steps an organization can take to fail forward; Techniques to help  individuals build resilience and not give up;
• Inside the Mind of Innovations Four key mindsets needed to thrive in the age of uncertainty.