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Chart your course to excellence

Learn from triple round-the-world yachtsman Conrad Humphreys, transforming extreme sailing insights into purpose driven stories for navigating change.

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The man behind the helm

Discover the journey of triple round-the-world yachtsman from winning the BT Global Challenge to becoming the 5th British sailor in history to complete the Vendée Globe. Conrad’s story is one of resilience, innovation, and unwavering determination in the face of nature’s greatest challenges.

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Speaker

Navigating success: from ocean to boardroom

Elevate your next event with Conrad’s powerful insights. His talks blend thrilling maritime adventures with practical business wisdom, inspiring teams to chart their course to excellence.

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Projects

Innovations on the Horizon

From sustainability initiatives to groundbreaking leadership programs, discover the diverse projects Conrad is steering. Get involved and be part of the next wave of positive change in business and beyond.

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Motorola EMEA Ocean Racing Leadership Programme

A ground breaking leadership training tool designed for Motorola

Motorola EMEA Ocean Racing Leadership Programme

FitzRoy's Voyage of Hope

Re-discovering the story of humanity and science that changed the way we understand the world

FitzRoy's Voyage of Hope
Manifesto

Charting a course for change

Explore Conrad’s mission to transform businesses through experiential learning, helping brands re-connect with their audience through purpose and storytelling. Learn how his unique approach fosters resilient, high performing teams.

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Experiences

Adventures that shape leaders

Dive into Conrad’s extraordinary expeditions and professional endeavours. Each experience offers valuable lessons in teamwork, crisis management, and personal growth that resonate far beyond the world of sailing.

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Tides of wisdom

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Testimonials

What they say

Thank you Conrad. Truly inspirational and interesting to link back into business leadership - exactly why the Armed Forces invest in Adventure Training for our people.

Lt. Col Alex Hutton
Ministry of Defence, DES

An entirely interactive presentation with excellent illustrations of leadership and followship.

Robert Mccallum
Head of HR, SRUC

Conrad’s talk was a great insight into team work and leadership which was hugely helpful and applicable to the work place.

Pamela Milne
Director of HR and Organisational Development, University of Dundee

Conrad is a highly intelligent, thoughtful and engaging speaker. He has a great breadth of leadership experience on land and water, and has a good grasp of how this relates to the latest research evidence on leadership. He is incredibly approachable and a pleasure to work with.

Will Harvey
Co-Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter

Conrad has opened our workshop, our minds and our souls allowing our challenging intellectual and emotional journey of change to take place. Thank you!

Massimo Cavalcanti
Head of Commercial, Airbus

Thank you Conrad ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Amrei Wiederin
Head of Culture and Evolution, Airbus Defence and Space

As always your stories bring colour and real-world experiences to the party. Loved it - thank you for opening our eyes to some new angles on a really interesting subject.

Dr John Siddorn
Chief Executive Officer, National Oceanography Centre

This is leadership in the real world, and how to be leaderful engaging and influencing others. An inspirational presentation. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tracey Wray
Director HR and Communications, University of Sheffield

Conrad was truly inspiring and left each and every participant mesmerised, both through his stories and style. We would recommend him for any motivational event.

Paul Sewell OBE
Managing Director, Sewell Group

The story told by Conrad was very exciting and the presentation was highly inspiring. It gave us stimulation for further thoughts, encouragement, advice and was at the same time most interesting and entertaining and fascinating. The feedback from the participants was very, very positive.

Peter Maute
Director of Marketing & Communications, Eurofighter

Conrad did an excellent job coordinating the key messages/topics for his audience with his own personal experiences. The feedback from the team has been fantastic.

Dean Poillucci
Senior Vice President, Skanska

Conrad Humphreys delivered a powerful and highly relevant talk on ‘leadership’ to our group of Ericsson’s Next Generation Executives

Stephen Newman
Programme Director for Executive Development, Ericsson

Conrad delivered a wonderful insight into the world of high performance and teams from his experiences both as solo sailor and skipper. He has undoubtedly spent time reflecting on and distilling these ideas and he presented them in a deeply engaging way. For all his achievements he expresses a humility that is an example and only serves to strengthen his message.

Dr Alistair Hellewell
Founder, Philosophical Breakfast Club

Conrad’s presentation was inspiring! His approach to leadership sets an example we should all aspire to. A highly motivated individual, Conrad’s passion and enthusiasm are infectious.

Leanne Middleton
Chief Operating Office, Euroclear

Very interesting and engaging session, with a real modern and historical story to underpin key points on leadership which apply to different degrees in all walks of life.

Alison Campbell
Deputy Director, GCU

A belated thank you, your presentation was perfectly pitched and I don’t think I spoke to a single person who failed to be inspired by your exploits and learning. I will be passing on your details to my colleagues who would find the experience equally valuable.

Andrew Smith
AstraZeneca Senior Director - Global Operations

Fantastic session, pitched perfectly to our audience – the briefing session beforehand was also very useful and meant we all had plenty to “take away” to apply in our work place

Tracy Wilson
Head of Marketing and Communications, Smile Together CIC

The reference to Shared Leadership & Empowerment, ‘rings a lot of bells’ in the way we operated at Signs Express. Great performance...

Chris Reilly
Director, Signs Express

Truly engaging, inspiring and uplifting. Conrad was able to weave Canada Life’s business themes throughout and wonderfully complemented our messages on the day

Ian McMullan
Managing Director, Canada Life Insurance

Conrad provided the Pfizer team with an inspirational presentation which had the whole audience on the edge of their chairs. An incredible achievement delivered in a moving and emotional way.

Jane Spree
HR Director, Pfizer

Inspirational, challenging, professional - Conrad asks questions of us all and takes those less fortunate to better places whilst engaging with those who are fortunate enough to help

Lord Digby Jones
House of Lords

Our senior team remained attentive, competitive, energised and above all took some profound learning back to Motorola. You made a real difference!

Steve Mostyn
EMEA Manager, Motorola Office of Leadership

As a business leader it is rare to hear about an experience which offers not only a wealth of learning and insight but manages to reach each listener in a uniquely personal way. Conrad is a joy and inspiration to listen to. It was a privilege to hear him speak.

Hanif Lalani
CEO, BT Northern Ireland

 Sailor – Storyteller – Ocean Ambassador -

 Sailor – Storyteller – Ocean Ambassador -