Keynotes · Johannesburg
Keynotes in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg is the engine room of South African business — and the city where high-stakes communication is tested daily. David Watts offers keynotes for Joburg's corporate headquarters, financial institutions and leadership teams.
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Three talks that consistently move the room.
Cracking The Influence Code
The Signature Keynote, Built on the Book
Most leaders rely on authority, logic, or repetition to get buy-in. When those fail — and they do, constantly — teams stagnate, deals collapse, and change initiatives die. The problem isn't the message. It's the missing understanding of how the human brain actually processes influence.
From Friction to Fusion
Resolving High-Stakes Corporate Conflict with Integrity
Unresolved conflict — between departments, between leaders, between teams — is one of the most expensive silent costs in any organisation. Productivity drops. Innovation stalls. Talent walks. And most leaders have been given no tools to address it beyond 'have a conversation' or bringing in an external mediator at crisis point.
Beyond the Bargaining Table
The Hidden Psychology of Win-Win Negotiation
Multi-million-rand deals stall, collapse, or settle for less than they should — not because of poor strategy, but because of hidden human emotions, identity concerns, and loss aversion that neither party knows how to navigate. Logic alone has never closed a hard deal.
For Johannesburg's corporate engine
As the home of South Africa's financial services, mining houses and corporate head offices, Johannesburg runs on negotiation, change and high-pressure leadership. David's keynotes speak directly to that world — from boardroom negotiation and merger integration to leading teams through volatility. Whether your event is in Sandton, Rosebank or the CBD, David brings frameworks your Joburg leaders can use the next morning.
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