“Wizard–Philosopher”

“Every 2 years we organise a global meeting for some of our most experienced leaders, from over 25 countries. Finding a speaker who is genuinely relevant and thought provoking for an intelligent, sceptical and astute audience is therefore always a challenge. And this is where Dr Jason Fox came into play. As both our opening and closing keynote speaker and moderator, Jason successfully engaged our leaders.

He evoked new thinking, and drove a much richer level of conversation, honest reflection and strategic thinking, which truly resonated with this audience.

Having worked with a number of ‘speakers’ for similar events over the years, we found Jason to be a consummate professional. We placed immense trust in him to assist in delivering some differentiated messages and experiences for this event—he did this and more. Throughout the design, planning and preparation in the lead up to the event, to the intuitive support, shrewd thinking and adaptable 'can do' attitude he demonstrated throughout, Jason became a trusted advisor amongst the team. I warmly and enthusiastically recommend him.”

Isabelle Allen, Head of Global Clients & Markets KPMG International

“I have admired Jason’s work for many years now. He is immensely intelligent and yet maintains a warm and humble curiosity that is infectious—and very appropriate for these complex times. We booked Jason to open our Annual Conference on Leadership & Leadership Development—one of the most important events we run each year.

Jason’s style is distinct, engaging, entertaining and wickedly irreverent to convention.

What I really appreciated was just how ‘in service’ Jason was to the overall event. He had our audience conversing at depth within his session; and this helped set the tone of authentic and courageous exploration throughout the event.

His sessions were voted amongst the best we have had over our nine year period of hosting these events.

I am beyond elated to have had Jason contribute to our event, and I heartily recommend him to any event organiser that values curiosity over conviction.”

Padraig O'Sullivan, President (Asia-Pacific) The Leadership Circle

“Dr Fox not only has an impressive beard, book, and breadth of knowledge on business strategy and motivation, but when we asked him to advise our tiny company on how to best structure and nurture our rapid growth for an intelligently designed and successful future, he delivered a day that was useful, meaningful, and which genuinely inspired us to start moulding and evolving the company almost immediately.

He took time to research us thoroughly and chat to each director before the meeting to get a thorough handle on things before we kicked off, which I appreciated. Also he quite enjoys a walking meeting, which I also do, so that’s nice.”

Zoë Foster-Blake, CEO & Founder Go-To Skin Care

“For nearly 10 years I have had the privilege of working with a great leadership team. My people are incredibly astute, analytical, sceptical and busy—such is the nature of our industry (medical devices). At our annual strategic offsite this year, I wanted to bring in a new perspective, and to participate with the team, rather than lead the workshop. After much searching, we decided to hire Dr Jason Fox to facilitate our leadership offsite. Why? Because our time is precious, and my team don’t suffer fools lightly.

From the get go Jason was a joy to work with. He took the time to understand us, without making big assumptions or trying to box us in to a standard program.

You can tell he knows his stuff—he was able to hold the space and facilitate a lively, rigorous yet organic conversation exploring whole new domains and encounter possibilities we had never before considered. We were immersed in deeper thinking and conversation—beyond operational matters, and beyond our own defaults. The experience enriched us as a team and provoked our curiosity, starting many new experiments within in our business.

Five months on, we have demonstrated new and meaningful progress with those experiments born of our conversations with Jason.

The team is still buzzing from the momentum generated, and as a leader it feels great to see them (and myself) so energised. If you lead clever people and you want to pioneer, work with Dr Jason Fox.”

Chris Cowley, Managing Director Varian Medical Systems

“We were facing some serious challenges across the CSIRO, and as a result we were forced to make some tough decisions about what programs and positions could continue. This, coupled with redundancies and a climate of uncertainty meant that the morale of our researchers and staff wasn’t at its highest.

The leadership team organised an important event to present our vision and strategy for progress to over 400 of our people. We wanted to solicit input from them to shape the strategy—but it was critical that the day was facilitated delicately, with good thinking and deliberate design.

And so we hired Dr Jason Fox to ensure this important event was a success. Serving as our facilitator and closing keynote speaker, Jason maintained a buoyant and practically optimistic tone throughout the day. His use of humour and intelligence was masterful—he had everyone constructively contributing to our strategy, connecting and collaborating at a level we rarely see.

And finally, his expertise in motivation design was exactly the pragmatic yet strategic perspective our people needed to move forward. I recommend Dr Jason Fox for any organisation wanting to progress important strategy in challenging times.”

Professor Keith McLean, Director of Manufacturing, CSIRO