Business Speakers
Caspar Berry specialises in delivering keynote speeches based on Decision Making and Risk Taking.
Caspar started his career as an actor as the lead in the first two series of Byker Grove on BBC1 alongside Ant and Dec.
After two years of acting, he read Economics at Cambridge University where he spent much of his time directing theatre such as the Cambridge Footlights and working with talented performers such as Olivia Colman, David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
After setting his sights on becoming a professional film writer, he had his first screenplay produced by Film Four whilst still in his final year of university. By the time he was 23 he was writing for Miramax and Columbia Tri Star and his future looked pretty certain. Then at 25, Caspar took the decision that would dramatically change his life forever: he moved to Las Vegas and became a professional poker player!
Caspar Berry played poker professionally for most of the next 3 years, during which time he made a good living pitting his wits against the game’s best known players. During this time he learned many of the key messages which he now imparts to businesses today.
Caspar also had the privilege of being one of the two poker advisors on the James Bond movie, Casino Royale.
In 2002, Berry returned to the UK and co-founded Twenty First Century Media – building it into the fastest growing audio visual media company in the North East of England before selling it in 2008 to Bob Geldof’s media giant, Ten Alps.
Risk Taking and Decision Making Speaker:
As a risk taking and decision making keynote speaker, Caspar Berry uses the metaphor of poker as a vehicle to communicate universally resonant messages around the need for individuals and companies to take risk and seize opportunities that leave audiences informed, inspired and empowered to take better decisions to achieve their objectives and goals.
Story, maths, metaphor and logic are brought together to create a speech that is funny, challenging, thought-provoking and, often, genuinely transformative.
Caspar delivered his first paid speech to BP in the summer of 2004, since then he has delivered more than 2,000 speeches and training sessions in over 30 countries to nearly 500 clients including Google, Visa, IBM, Paypal, AUDI, Volvo, Shell, Esso, Microsoft, Sainsbury’s, Network Rail, Tesco, ASDA, PWC, Deloittes, E&Y, KPMG, Seimens, McDonalds and Redbull.
He has earned a worldwide reputation as a highly professional and impactful speaker who catalyses change in any audience.
The subject of decision-making is a very broad subject covering a whole range of ancillary subject-areas such as risk, judgement, intuition and insight. These in turn apply to a huge range of business areas – and conference themes – such as change, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship uncertainty (VUCA), differentiation, courage, resilience, interpreting data, investing and motivation.
Speaking topics include:
- Risk and Decision Making
- Calculated Risk in order to Achieve Success
- Luck
- Innovation
- Leadership Uncertainty
- Judgement
- Rationality
- Persuasion
Each speech can be delivered as a 30 minute “after dinner”, a 90 minute “keynote” or anything in between.
Each speech is perfectly complemented by Caspar’s range of seminars and training sessions for groups who want something more interactive and practical for their offsite or training day.
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