Ideas That Inspire.
Tools That Stick.
Engaging, story-rich keynotes by Vered Kogan, CSP®, with practical tools your audience can use the moment they leave the room.
Keynotes That Inspire Meaningful Change
Change begins with how we think, feel, and respond. Vered Kogan brings together powerful stories, science-backed insights, and engaging experiences that help audiences see challenges from a new perspective.
Her keynotes go beyond inspiration, equipping leaders and teams with practical tools to get unstuck, embrace change, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Signature Keynote
UNSTUCK:
How to Adapt and Thrive in a Changing World
Based on the book UNSTUCK by Vered Kogan and Marshall Goldsmith, this engaging keynote reveals what really keeps us stuck and equips audiences with practical tools to break free from limiting patterns, resolve inner conflicts, and turn the challenges of change into opportunities for growth.
What Audiences Will Learn
- The Inner Reset Technique™: a quick self-regulation practice for responding with clarity under pressure.
- The Upward Momentum® Curve: a map of what to expect during a transition, including the Wobble Zone.
- The Internal SHIFT Practice™: a five-step process for finding a clear, aligned next step.
Explore Additional Keynotes
Every audience faces unique challenges. Each of Vered’s keynotes is designed to inspire fresh thinking, spark meaningful conversations, and equip participants with practical tools they can apply immediately.
The Heart of Change
How to Reduce Stress and Build
Resilience in Times of Change
Gain a science-backed tool to reset in the moment and stay grounded, clear, and energized through change.
The Heart of Change
How to Reduce Stress and Build Resilience in Times of Change
For many people, the pace of change has outrun their capacity to recover. Chronic stress isn’t only a wellbeing issue. It’s a performance issue, eroding judgment, collaboration, and creativity when they’re needed most. Learning to reset in the moment can restore what pressure takes away.
In this keynote, Vered Kogan, a HeartMath Institute Certified Trainer and co-author with Marshall Goldsmith of UNSTUCK, teaches science-backed tools to support physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Used by the U.S. Navy, major hospital systems, and Fortune 500 companies, these tools help people stay grounded under pressure and recover more quickly from stress.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Learn a practical, evidence-based technique for regulating the stress response in real time.
- Know how to respond thoughtfully instead of reacting on impulse.
- Stay energized and mentally sharp when stress is high.
Participants will walk away with a simple tool they can use anytime, anywhere, to stay steady, think clearly, and support the people around them through change.
Mindshift
How to Transform Yourself
and Your Organization
Gain a step-by-step process to shift limiting beliefs and stay flexible, open, and ready for what’s next.
Mindshift
How to Transform Yourself and Your Organization
Change can be difficult, even when it’s something we want. The reason often sits beneath the surface, in the beliefs, emotions, and thought loops that pull us back toward familiar patterns.
In this keynote, participants will learn how their thinking patterns influence their decisions and results, and explore practical ways to shift the beliefs that hold them back. Vered Kogan is a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Coach and trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), with deep expertise in how the unconscious mind shapes how people respond to change.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Learn how subconscious beliefs shape actions and outcomes.
- Discover what mindsets are and how they form.
- Learn a process for identifying and shifting limiting beliefs.
Participants will walk away with a clearer view of the patterns that hold them back and a process for working with them, for themselves and for the organization around them.
Thrive Through Change
How to Lead Change
with Confidence
Learn practical tools to anticipate resistance, guide people through transition, and reinforce change so it lasts.
Thrive Through Change
How to Lead Change with Confidence
The odds are stacked against change. Most organizational change initiatives fail to deliver the results they set out to achieve. What separates the few that do? Prosci, a global leader in change management research, reports that projects with excellent change management are approximately seven times more likely to meet their objectives.
In this keynote, participants will learn practical strategies for driving lasting behavior change and beating those odds, grounded in Prosci® research. Vered Kogan is a Certified Change Management Professional and Prosci Certified Practitioner with more than 20 years of experience guiding organizations through change.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Understand how to anticipate and navigate the stages of transition.
- Learn a powerful, evidence-based tool for leading change.
- Learn practical tips for managing employee resistance and reinforcing change.
Participants will walk away with practical tools to lead change with confidence, and to help people feel supported, heard, and ready to embrace what’s ahead.
The Power Within
How to Navigate Competing Priorities
with Both/And Thinking
Learn a practical framework to make stronger decisions and build alignment across the team.
The Power Within
How to Navigate Competing Priorities with Both/And Thinking
When priorities compete, the instinct is to pick a side. Research on paradoxical leadership suggests that leaders who learn to hold both sides, instead of choosing one, are better equipped to handle complexity. Swinging from one extreme to the other is where costly mistakes happen.
In this keynote, participants will learn how to tell a solvable problem from a tension that must be managed over time, and how to use Barry Johnson’s Polarity Mapping® to work with competing priorities. Vered Kogan is a Certified Change Management Professional with more than 20 years of experience helping leaders and organizations navigate change.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Distinguish a solvable problem from a polarity to manage over time
- Learn a practical framework for navigating competing priorities
- Apply Polarity Mapping® to real strategic tensions to improve decision quality, reduce unproductive conflict, and strengthen leadership team alignment
Participants will walk away with a practical way to navigate competing priorities, make stronger decisions, and keep their teams aligned.
The Psychology of Influence
The 7 Principles
of Ethical Persuasion
Learn how to apply proven principles of influence to build trust, earn buy-in, and inspire action.
The Psychology of Influence
How to Ethically Influence People to Say YES!
The words we choose, and the way we frame a request, often decide whether an idea moves forward or stalls. The most effective persuasion is built on respect, not pressure. It starts with understanding why people say yes.
In this keynote, participants will learn how to apply Dr. Robert Cialdini’s 7 Principles of Influence with integrity to inspire action and create win-win outcomes. Trained by the Cialdini Institute, Vered Kogan brings more than 40 years of research on the psychology of persuasion into practical, everyday tools.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Understand the science of why people say yes.
- Use small shifts in language, approach, and framing to increase influence.
- Gain buy-in from teams, stakeholders, and decision-makers.
Participants will walk away with practical, ethical ways to communicate with more influence and build trust in every conversation.
Unleashing Innovation
How to Tune In to Your
Intuitive Intelligence
Learn how to calm mental noise, trust inner signals, and open the door to fresh ideas and creative solutions.
Unleashing Innovation
How to Tune In to Your Intuitive Intelligence
Teams are asked to innovate while moving faster, doing more, and working under constant pressure—the conditions where fresh thinking is hardest to find.
In this keynote, participants will learn how to create the conditions where new ideas emerge, tap into intuition, and bring it into everyday work. Vered Kogan is a HeartMath Institute Certified Trainer and Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Coach, with deep expertise in how stress and mindset affect clarity, creativity, and decisions.
Actionable Takeaways:
- Understand how stress and overthinking limit creative thinking—and what opens it back up.
- Learn how intuition and analysis work together to generate and test new ideas.
- Learn a simple practice to reset in the moment and tap into intuition before a brainstorm or key decision.
Participants will walk away with practical ways to bring more fresh thinking to their work, from brainstorms to big decisions.
Beyond the Keynote
Looking for a more in-depth experience? Each keynote topic can also be delivered as a customized, interactive workshop, ranging from 90 minutes to a full day, with more time to explore the concepts, practice the tools, and address your organization’s specific challenges.
Through Momentum Institute, the leadership development firm she founded, Vered and her team of experienced coaches and facilitators offer change leadership training, executive coaching, and leadership offsites that help organizations lead change and build more resilient, adaptable teams.
You’ll be directed to MomentumInstitute.com
Have a Different Topic in Mind?
Every audience is unique. Vered can tailor her keynotes to your event’s goals, audience, and challenges to create an engaging and relevant experience.
