Phil Lewis
Agent of Change
Phil Lewis is the person you call when your business is stuck, when change is failing, or when you need your organisation to adapt, fast. He brings about real change and innovation, using his trademark combination of compassion and candour to take the whole company on a journey. In a keynote, he shares stories of transformation and practical advice that are proven to add significant commercial value.
Biography
Phil Lewis is an award-winning strategist, mentor, business leader, speaker and author. As the founder of Corporate Punk, Phil works with businesses and their leaders around the world to help them make lasting, positive change.
Having experienced success and failure in his own businesses and witnessed it in others, Phil brings these raw experiences to the stage and shares the lessons learned with the audience.
Phil is well known for his popular Forbes column on leadership strategy, covering company culture, organisational transformation, and leadership behaviour. His column had nearly a million readers in 2021 alone.
Winner: Building a Culture of Innovation Initiative, BCAs, 2021
Highly Commended: Consultancy of the Year, BCAs, 2021
Top 5 UK Innovation Consultants: Management Consultancies Association, 2019
Speaking
Phil shares advice and experience working with global brands.
Writing
Phil excels at long-form thought on management, strategy and culture.
Media
Phil offers extensive experience in management, culture and strategy.
Topics
Phil Lewis speaks on the realities of organisational change, challenging common assumptions and offering practical strategies to lead effectively through transformation. His talks explore why change initiatives often fail—not because people resist change, but because of how organisations manage it. He focuses on understanding employee psychology, cultural dynamics, and designing change strategies that succeed in complex, fast-moving environments. Drawing on global case studies and his "nine attributes of change readiness," Phil helps leaders assess their organisation’s true capacity for change. He also tackles the critical leadership skills needed in uncertain times, including how to navigate difficult decisions and conversations with clarity, empathy, and impact.
People do change
The received wisdom is that people don't like change. But this isn't true. The reality is that people don't like the way that most organisations treat them during periods of change.
The question is: how do you 'do change' with your people?
Is your organisation change ready?
According to Gartner, over two-thirds of change initiatives fail to achieve their stated business objectives. Why is this (and why, for that matter, does the business world tolerate it)?
The brutal truth is that organisations are great at writing strategies that reality can't cash.
Leading in uncomfortable times
Difficult decisions and uncomfortable conversations with colleagues, clients and suppliers are a feature of change. Mastering the ability to handle them well enables an organisation to move towards and beyond the tricky issues that strangle change, performance and growth.
Example Videos
What do you get when you book Phil to speak?
Phil is an experienced speaker with an audience of his own who is happy to work with you to help you promote your event.
This can include:
Pre-event video
Co-operation in pre-event PR and media interviews
Contributed articles for event blogs or programmes
Feedback
“Phil excels by communicating difficult concepts clearly and rigorously, and has a proven track record of delivering change inside often complex businesses.”
Scott Williams, CMO, de Gruyter
“Extraordinarily insightful and supportive. Phil provided our leadership with real challenge at the point where we needed it the most."
Ed Fidoe, CEO, LIS
