Inspiring speaker for your next event.
PERFECT FOR LEADERS, TEAMS AND SMALL BUSINESS’S THAT WANT TO ENGAGE, ENERGISE AND CONNET WITH THEIR PEOPLE.
Expert in Creativity and Innovation.
Paul Fairweather
Creativity | Connection | Quiet Charisma
Creative Leadership Keynote Speaker | Workshop Facilitator for Leadership Teams | Quiet Leadership Specialist
Are you looking to energise your audience, spark fresh thinking, and reignite creative confidence?
You’ve come to the right place.
Paul Fairweather is an award-winning architect turned creative leadership keynote speaker, celebrated artist, TEDx curator, and master facilitator for leadership team offsites. He creates unforgettable experiences that move hearts, inspire minds, and transform how we connect, collaborate, and lead.
Creative Confidence, Deep Connection & Lots of Laughter
Every audience craves something extraordinary—something that lingers long after the applause. Paul's keynotes and corporate workshops not only meet those expectations but transcend them.
With his unique blend of wisdom, warmth, and wit, Paul helps leadership teams rediscover their creative spark, build authentic connections, and communicate ideas and stories that truly matter.
Whether you're planning a leadership summit, offsite retreat, or a workshop to ignite team creativity, Paul will ensure your event connects deeper and shines brighter.
Signature Topics
Creativity is Misunderstood
"Creativity isn't reserved for artists—it's the hidden superpower within us all."
Perfect for innovation and culture change events, this talk breaks down myths and reactivates your team's creative potential. You'll walk away with tools, stories, and insights to spark practical creativity daily.
Expect:
• Actionable tools to ignite everyday innovation
• Insightful storytelling with humour
• Immediate takeaways for creative problem-solving
Ideal for: Innovation workshops, creative leadership events, and team engagement sessions
Unleash Your Quiet Charisma
"Quiet voices hold incredible power—when they dare to speak."
Not all leaders are loud. Paul’s powerful yet gentle session supports your quieter team members and 2ICs to step into their confidence. It’s a deep dive into quiet leadership and internal influence.
Expect:
• Strategies for communicating with clarity and impact
• Confidence-building storytelling techniques
• Practical takeaways for emerging leaders
Popular as a quiet leadership speaker session or team development workshop
Ideas and Stories That Matter
"Great ideas open minds; great stories open hearts."
Storytelling is your organisation’s secret superpower. This immersive workshop empowers teams to share stories that resonate and drive change.
Expect:
• Interactive, high-energy storytelling for business workshops
• Emotional depth and real-world relevance
• Frameworks to tell ideas that land and stick
A favourite for leadership development programs and offsite facilitation
Why Book Paul?
Paul Fairweather isn't your typical speaker. He’s a transformational speaker for leadership teams, known for delivering both inspiration and impact.
A rare blend of equal parts Zen and espresso, Paul combines artistic flair, entrepreneurial thinking, and powerful storytelling to help your people thrive in a fast-moving world.
You’ll get:
• Decades of creative practice across art, architecture, and entrepreneurship
• Genuine connection with your audience—heartfelt and energising
• Unforgettable moments with laughter, surprises, and big takeaways
Tailored Experiences
Whether you need a speaker for corporate events in Australia or a hands-on facilitator, Paul customises every keynote, workshop, and masterclass to your goals and culture.
Options include:
• Leadership development workshop facilitation
• Creative confidence and innovation keynotes
• Storytelling for business masterclasses
• Event MC and custom session facilitation
• One-on-one creative coaching
Ready to Reignite Purpose and Creativity?
Let’s talk about how Paul Fairweather can energise your next event and help your team find new clarity, courage, and creative spark.
Book a creative leadership keynote
Host a workshop to reignite team creativity
Discover the power of quiet charisma in your culture
Ready to Create Something Remarkable?
Let’s start the conversation and explore how Paul Fairweather can energise your next event and ignite creativity, confidence, and connection in your people.
Dynamic event formats to suit the needs and scale of your organisation
Keynotes
Add some zest to workplace with a keynote that will inform, inspire and ignite your audience’s creative thinking
Masterclasses
Tailored masterclasses to re-engage and energise your team with a twist. The very best in team collaboration, guaranteed.
Events
A curated conference event built around unlocking the latent genius your own organisation.
Watch Paul in action
Paul has had a successful career as an architect and artist. He is now on a mission to re-ignite the creativity that people have with lost, buried or inadvertently misplaced with big ideas and a swift kick in the creativity pants.
Paul has had a successful career as an award-winning architect, business owner and CEO, founder of TEDxBrisbane, property developer, entrepreneur, furniture designer, potter, sculptor, illustrator, painter, coach, facilitator, mentor, and inventor.
Paul’s keynotes weave his business stories with his creative adventures in singing, acting, standup, speaking and writing, along with his observations and insights from a lifelong study of the theory and application of the business of creativity and creativity of business.
Paul now helps connect, energise, and engage teams through ideas, stories, and visual communications. His keynotes, masterclasses, and programs are all co-designed to help people connect and find meaning in their stories, clarify what really matters, and create ideas that can add value and make a difference.
