Yemi’s superpower is to meet people wherever they are, even with intense disagreement. In staying curious with a trained ability to tap into empathy she is able to reach a common ground that avoids a ‘zero sum gain’ scenario.
She asks high quality questions to empower individuals, teams and organisations to be pivotal to their transformation process
Yemi is renowned for highlighting the elephant in the room, ensuring no one gets trampled on,
RADICAL HONESTY EVOKES SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Yemi Penn is a courageous, powerful, kind and compassionate thought leader. With over two decades working on the field and in corporate environments in the U.K, USA and Australia; her drive for excellence through energetic brilliance is a rare find. Her desire to grow and encourage others to grow from challenges and diversity of thought is the reason why clients work with her time and time again, she invites teams, senior leaders and executives to ignite their Rebellious Curiosity. This allows them to achieve superior results in their business functions, providing a point of difference. Yemi shares ways to do this in a sustainable way to ensure wellness in the people and the profits
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Yemi's diverse skill set having worked in and managed her own consultancy is part of her unique approach to working with teams and organisations to solve some of their most complex problems.
She fuses her analytical thinking from her engineering experience with her creative mindset, which she is currently using as her methodology for her research on transforming the impacts of distressing events.
ENGINEER
CREATIVE RESEARCHER
Co-create and facilitate a team and/or strategy day
Deliver a deep dive following a keynote
Deliver a bespoke keynote
ways to work with yemi
Co-create, build and deliver bespoke programs (Liminal Thinking, Rebellious Curiosity, Transmuting Pain to Power)
Facilitate round table conversations
Consult short term to make complex problems simple
Are you ready to do the work that solves some of your most consistent problems?
short deep-dive interviews
CONSCIOUS COLLABORATION
PHONE & EMAIL ACCESS
POST SESSION WRAP-UP
First we need to understand what problem we think we are solving. Not the surface problem but the underlying issue.
Recognising the difference through radical honesty, that doesn't trigger a blame cycle, therefore allowing real solutions to be formed.
recognition
When would now be a good time to make sustainable changes within organisation?
Once we are radically honest with the problems we are trying to solve, the team will need to acknowledge the cost of continuing to do things the way they have been doing them.
This allows collective buy-in to get to the process of resolution.
Pssss......it also reduces the chances of conscious or unconscious sabotage
acknowledgement
short deep-dive interviews
CONSCIOUS COLLABORATION
PHONE & EMAIL ACCESS
POST SESSION WRAP-UP
short deep-dive interviews
CONSCIOUS COLLABORATION
PHONE & EMAIL ACCESS
POST SESSION WRAP-UP
"Yemi is the go-to thought leader for transformation, productivity, diversity and inclusion"
Once the first two steps have been done, through Yemi's laser focused approach of asking high quality questions, timed with appropriate humour, we go deep.
This involves looking at the environment in which we find ourselves in, personas and systems, containing the challenge
Yemi applies Liminal thinking to simplify the problem, empowering senior leaders and teams to take action
rebellious curiosity, deep listening and compassion
DEEP DIVE
This roadshow is a unique initiative to share the findings and experiences from Yemi Penn’s doctoral research, which explores the transformation of cultural trauma through participatory storytelling and decolonized frameworks, one that includes everyone regardless of perceived privilege.
It’s about reshaping workplace culture, leadership, and innovation by addressing the often-overlooked impacts of cultural trauma.
Join Yemi Penn on her global roadshow as she brings her groundbreaking PhD research to life through engaging keynotes, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking discussions for communities and corporate audiences
Beyond Inclusion: Transforming Workplace Trauma into a Catalyst for Change
What is the PhD Roadshow?
What to expect
Leadership Development: Keynotes on trauma-informed leadership and fostering inclusive cultures.
Interactive Workshops: Tools and exercises to challenge systemic barriers and unlock innovation.
Tailored Strategies: Practical takeaways for building psychologically safe and high-performing teams.
It’s about reshaping workplace culture, leadership, and innovation by addressing the often-overlooked impacts of cultural trauma in the workplace.
Partner with Yemi
We are inviting courageous leaders in Universities, Community, and Corporate organizations to partner with Yemi on this transformative journey. By hosting or supporting the roadshow, you can:
- Enhance engagement within workforce.
- Align with global initiatives
- Be part of a worldwide movement
Touring in 2025
USA
EUROPE
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
“Yemi facilitated an extremely complex and challenging symposium over 2 days of multiple sessions with several stakeholders to help us achieve concrete outcomes and action plans that we wanted. It was an immense task and Yemi was beyond excellent in keeping people engaged, active and in good humour to work collaboratively and effectively.”
TRANSGRID
“Yemi is an incredible speaker, and the session far exceeded my expectations! I’ve been involved in other mentoring programs before and they didn’t have something quite like this / to this quality before.”
ANSTO
"2020 has been tough for everyone and in many different ways. However, Yemi’s message of resilience and perspective was the exact message we needed to get through a challenging year. Yemi is engaging, raw and challenges the status quo"
Leaders tend to carry the emotional housekeeping duties in most organisations and so having fun at cost to no one should be a priority and Yemi shows you how.
I am excited to see what we can co-create together to shift the dial and manage change in a sustainable way
