Bring Cultivate Empathy to Your Stage

I've delivered keynotes and workshops for sales kickoffs, HR conferences, company all-hands, and leadership offsites across the technology, healthcare, and academic sectors. My sessions are research-backed, story-driven, and built around the questions your people are already asking, but nobody is saying out loud yet.

Every room I walk into leaves with tools they can use the next day, and a felt sense that someone has finally named what they've been experiencing.

Candice Heidebrecht delivering a keynote, with the slide on screen that says ,"Tell me about yourself..." She is wearing a black and pink outfit at a conference with stage lighting and sound equipment.

I'm booking keynotes and workshops for Q4 2025 and Q1 2026 now. Reach out to check availability and discuss your event's specific needs.

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Signature Keynote

Culture of Curiosity: How to Thrive in the Age of AI

Moving from a Culture of Knowledge to a Culture of Curiosity

The organizations that will thrive through AI transformation will be the ones with the most curious people.

In this keynote, Candice Heidebrecht brings the Organizational Anthropologist's lens to the most urgent question facing leadership teams today: how do you keep your people engaged, innovative, and psychologically safe when everything keeps changing?

Drawing on 25 years of studying human behavior inside organizations, research on the skills AI will never replace, and her own journey through change fatigue and creative renaissance, Candice delivers a talk that is equal parts science, story, and immediately actionable strategy.

Your audience will leave with:

  • A clear framework for building curiosity as a foundational team practice, not just a personality trait

  • Practical tools for normalizing uncertainty without losing momentum

  • Language to have the conversations their teams are afraid to start

  • A renewed sense that they can actually lead through this (not just survive it)

Available as a 45-minute keynote, 90-minute interactive session, or half-day workshop.

Additional Topics

  • Managing Change Fatigue: What Leaders Need to Know Right Now

  • Leading with Empathy: The Skill AI Will Never Replace

  • Team Culture & Psychological Safety in the Age of AI

  • Custom topics available. I'll work with your team to design something specific to your moment

Client Reviews

“Candice is an absolute powerhouse. Her workshops are fun and engaging, and packed with practical insights you can use right away. I am so grateful for the time and expertise she generously shares with our members—thank you, Candice Heidebrecht!”

Tanal B.

Global Head of Employee Experience

“Candice lead an incredible discussion for our company Mental Wellness ERG on combating loneliness and how to create real connection in our virtual workplace. The content was thoughtful, engaging and inspiring. We left with highly actionable takeaways and we have changed how we start our internal meetings and small talk for the better!”

VP, North America Sales

Devin W.