Keynote Speaker
Speak Up Culture Expert
Passionate. Practical. Energetic. Edgy.
All words to describe, Speak Up Culture Expert, Blythe Rowe.
Keynote Speaker
Speak Up Culture Expert
Passionate. Practical. Energetic. Edgy.
All words to describe, Speak Up Culture Expert, Blythe Rowe.
Your open door policy is not a speak up culture
A real speak up culture is built on three things:
The environment to show up, the courage to step up, and the capability to speak up without making it worse.
Most organisations have one of the three. Blythe Rowe builds all three.
Courage without capability is just noise. Capability without courage is just potential. A speak up culture needs both.
Blythe Rowe
17,000+
Leaders and employees who have taken part in Blythe’s masterclass or keynotes across Australia.
Clients
A range of high pressure environments and industries including Government, NT Police, Fire & Emergency Services, Corporates and more
Difference
No fluff
Real tools
Real change
WHY THIS MATTERS
Most organisations are waiting for something to go wrong.
Serious mental health claims in Australian workplaces have increased by 160% in a decade. The top psychosocial hazards, bullying, poor support, poor workplace relationships, are all conversations problems. They happen when things aren't raised early. When someone sees something and says nothing. When a manager sits on a difficult conversation hoping it might just resolve itself.
The cost of silence isn't abstract. It shows up in your claims data, your engagement scores, your turnover numbers. And it shows up in the person who goes home broken every night to the people who need them most.
And now, every Australian jurisdiction requires organisations to proactively manage psychosocial risks, not just respond to complaints. The question is no longer whether to address this. It's whether you've built the capability to actually change it.
Courage without capability is just noise. Capability without courage is just potential.
A speak up culture needs both.Blythe Rowe
Keynote TOPICS
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How the small things you do every day are building or breaking your team's trust
The foundation keynote. Makes leaders see what they've been blind to - the daily micro behaviours that signal safety or threat to the people around them. Brain-based, story-driven, and the talk that stays with people long after the conference ends.
Best for: Leadership conferences, all-staff events, culture kick-offs
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Why good people stay quiet and how to build the courage and capability to change that.
The provocative keynote. Based on 13 years of evidence and the Beyond Bystander whitepaper. Covers the neuroscience of why people freeze, the real cost of looking away, and the practical framework that makes speaking up feel possible, not just important.
Best for: HR and P&C conferences, psychosocial safety forums, leadership audiences
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How leaders build the conditions where people step up, speak up, and show up to perform.
The leadership keynote. The Business Connection Model reframed for the speak up culture era. With engagement at its lowest since COVID and 70% of team engagement driven by the manager, this is the talk that shows leaders exactly what they need to do and how to do it.
Best for: Senior leadership conferences, executive forums, leadership development programs
One expert
Three ways IN
You choose your approach
One expert
Three ways IN
You choose your approach
The Blythe Rowe EDGE
Not just inspired, equipped
Most keynote speakers leave audiences feeling motivated. Blythe leaves them with something they can implement immediately.
Brain-based, not buzzword-based
Every idea Blythe shares is grounded in neuroscience, explained in plain language, not academic jargon. People understand why they behave the way they do. That understanding is what makes the behaviour change stick.
Tested on 17,000+ people
This isn't theory. It's 13 years of applied evidence across government, defence, emergency services, and many corporate organisations. Blythe knows what works because she's watched it work and watched what happens when it doesn't.
The keynote is the start, not the end
Blythe's keynotes are designed to open a conversation. Her programs and facilitation embed what they start. Organisations that want lasting change can take the work further from a single keynote to a multi-session team or leadership development programs.
See below for a snippet of some of the resources Blythe shares with her clients to assist practically back in the workplace.
Let us answer your burning questions!
Blythe is well-known for her expertise specialising in helping organisations create Speak Up cultures that drive performance whilst looking after the wellbeing of the team. With years of experience facilitating our signature program 'Respectful Workplace: It Starts with You' to over 17,000 people Australia-wide. We are so passionate about creating awesome workplaces that we wanted to share some of the most frequently asked questions Blythe gets asked about this tricky topic.
We've put together a 10-Part Video Series: Respectful Workplace FAQ!
If you and your team want to learn from the best, simply sign up below to access the entire 10-part series.
It’s not a lack of caring, it’s often a lack of capability!
Passionate & Practical
That’s what they say
Passionate & Practical
That’s what they say
Why Blythe?
Informative. Pragmatic. Engaging.
Her approach is practical & delivery is fun.
BLYTHE IN ACTION
Take the guess work out of the equation.
Come & experience her energy at her next conference.
Fun & Passionate
What do her clients say…
Fun & Passionate
What do her clients say…
TRUSTED BY AMAZING CLIENTS
We have been working with Blythe for the past six months, her contagious enthusiasm and her ability to take people on the leadership journey with her is phenomenal. Blythe’s openness and honesty to real life leadership scenarios is a breath of fresh air, working with Blythe has been an asset to my business.
Mahassen Haddad
National Senior Director
Blythe, thank you for coming to our recent Senior Leaders forum to share with us your ‘Business Connection Model’! The Leaders absolutely loved it. It is exactly what we need to align our teams within TSS with our strategic plan as it is simple, yet effective. We can’t wait for you to work with our team of 120 leaders over the coming months to help them connect their teams to our TSS strategy and build their leadership skills.
Emma Lademann
Director Business Enablement at Department of Transport for NSW