Speaking
Keynotes, Conversations & Thought Leadership with Dr Catriona Wallace
Drawing from decades of experience in AI, ethics, Indigenous wisdom, psychedelics, and systems change, Catriona’s talks inspire leaders to navigate uncertainty with courage, vision, and integrity.
She speaks regularly at corporate events, global conferences, universities, retreats, and community forums — bridging ancient knowledge and emerging innovation to spark dialogue, ignite purpose, and catalyse transformation.
For bookings, reach out to info@rapidtransformation.com.au
Core Speaking Topics
- Conscious leadership in the age of disruption
- The role of ritual and altered states in business and life
- AI, ethics, responsible technology strategy and the future of humanity
- Psychedelics, plant medicine, and transformational leadership
- Animism, spirituality and sacred activism
Keynote presentations
Rapid Transformation: The New Leadership Model for an Age of Crisis
Overview
In this keynote, Dr. Catriona Wallace unveils a radically new leadership framework built for today’s volatile world. Drawing on her groundbreaking book Rapid Transformation, she introduces a triadic model: Ancient Ritual, Altered States of Consciousness, and Transformative AI.
Through this lens, leaders are empowered to shift rapidly — from reactive to visionary, from burnout to purpose.
Key Themes
- The three pillars of Rapid Transformation
- Initiation, integration, and embodied leadership
- Leading in the face of AI, war, climate collapse, and mental health breakdown
- Shamanic approaches to collective leadership
Ideal for: Executives, leadership teams, boards, future-focused strategists
Transformative AI: Conscious Technology for Conscious Leaders
Overview
AI is not just a tool — it is a transformative force. But will it evolve in the image of our trauma… or our wisdom? In this provocative keynote, Dr. Wallace explores the frontier of Transformative AI — systems designed to catalyze insight, to be regenerative and to support humanity’s well-being. This talk includes case studies on AI, AI-powered ritual, the 7 Principles of Transformative AI and tools for leaders to align technology with human and planetary flourishing.
Key Themes
- What is Transformative AI?
- Designing AI with ethics, consciousness, and care
- Navigating existential risk with expanded intelligence
- The 7 Principles of Transformative AI
- Tools to lead a Transformative AI practice
Ideal for: Tech and business audiences, AI developers, ethical leadership forums
Leading with Spirit: Ancient Wisdom & Rapid Transformation for Modern
Crises
The world faces four converging crises — AI proliferation, climate collapse, mental health breakdown, and polarization — that demand more than strategies; they require transformed leaders. Dr. Catriona Wallace shares how ancient rituals, altered states of consciousness, and her Rapid Transformation framework can expand leadership capacity, strengthen ethics, and drive systemic change. Drawing on her Shipibo shamanic training as well as her global leadership work, she reveals practical ways to harness neuroscience-backed ritual and collective wisdom to meet this moment with clarity, courage, and purpose.
Key Themes
- Ancient ritual and altered states as tools for transformative leadership
- Responding to the four global challenges with expanded ethics and resilience
- Collective healing and regenerative systems thinking for complex times
Ideal for: Cross-sector leadership summits, HR and leadership development, global forums, and transformational events.