Caspar Berry

Motivational and Keynote Speaker and Trainer Caspar Berry Ltd

  • London

Keynote and Motivational Speaker and Trainer on the subject of Risk Taking and Decision Making

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Biography

Are the decisions that I am taking the right decisions to get me to where I want to go?

Your answer to this question will have a direct impact on the success that you are experiencing in life. Caspar Berry, a professional motivational and keynote speaker, is passionate about helping audiences to answer this question, and teaching them how to use the discovery to propel themselves to higher levels of success. Each of Caspar's presentations are uplifting, funny, thought-provoking and stimulating. Audiences love the entertainment, and walk away with new ideas that they can use to improve their lives. His key messages revolve around the need to embrace uncertainty and take calculated risks in order to get the edge and achieve success. These messages are timeless and can be applied to any industry, making them perfect for any training day or conference. He is a catalyst for change and his famously upbeat, energetic style is always inspirational.

Caspar, 40, started his career while still a teenager as the lead in one of BBC1's flagship television programs of the 1990s. He went on to be a prolific theatre director at Cambridge University and by the time he was 23, Caspar was writing for Miramax and Columbia Tri Star. Then at 25, he took the decision that would dramatically change his life: he moved to Las Vegas and became a professional poker player! Caspar played poker professionally for most of the next 3 years of his life in Las Vegas, during which time he made a good living pitting his wits against some of the game's best known players. It was in this period that he also learned many of the key messages that he now imparts to businesses around the world today.
In 2002, Caspar returned to the U.K., co-founding Twenty First Century Media and 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. It was while still at the helm of Twenty First Century Media that he began his career as a speaker and catalyst for new thinking within business about risk-taking and decision-making using his experience as a poker player to explain how we all make decisions in our personal and professional lives.

For the last 10 years, Caspar has been a professional motivational and keynote speaker during which time he has delivered over 1,500 speeches for over 300 great companies in Europe, America and Asia including KPMG, Google, FCm, BT, Deutsche Bank, AON, BA and HP.

Industry Expertise

Insurance
Investment Management
Business Services
Energy
Banking
Telecommunications
Training and Development
Retail
Utilities
Manufacturing

Areas of Expertise

Uncertainty
Change
Motivation
Strategy
Motivational Speaking
Keynote Speaking
Training and Development
Risk
Decision Making

Accomplishments

Fellow of the British-American Project

Awarded a highly competetive Fellowship of BAP, an organization that brings together leaders in a wide range of fields for free exchange of ideas.

Poker Advisor on Casino Royale

2006-01-01

I was the poker advisor, along with Tom Sambrook, for the James Bond film Casino Royale

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

2013-12-12

Awarded prestigious Fellowship of the RSA by invitation, in recognition of my entrepreneurship and contribution to positive social change by encouraging leadership and innovation.

Education

Cambridge University

Economics

1996

I went up to Cambridge in 1992 to study economics but changed to Anthropology before graduating, thus giving me a great understanding of two very different disciplines and academic approaches.

Testimonials

Director of Indirect Sales

http://www.orange.co.uk

Orange UK

“Just wanted to drop you a note to tell you what a great job Caspar did yesterday at the Orange retailer meeting at the Science Museum. His professionalism, attention to detail and thoroughly cheerful personality was fabulous and extremely refreshing. He really did make a most valuable contribution to the day and certainly gave the event a big lift. The audiences were absolutely engaged throughout - in short, he is on the best speakers I have seen and I would definitely look to using him again at a future event.”

Head of Sales & Marketing

http://www.rankhovis.co.uk

Rank Hovis

“I believe that you make people think, and that is a brilliant skill.”

Chairman

http://www.goodmanmasson.com/

Goodman Masson

“We used Caspar Berry as the main act of our annual conference. The day needed to be fun, worthwhile and have a clear business relevance – not an easy mix. Caspar made the day a complete success, his talk was thoughtful, fun, relevant to what we do and from feedback I received clearly the event was superbly organized and ensured that the day’s events ended on high.”

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Event Appearances

Innovation and Adaptation

North American Marketing Conference, Castrol  New Jersey, USA

Innovation and Adapatation

Google Marketing Team  London, England

Risk Taking and Decision Making

Association of University Technology Managers Annual Conference  Las Vegas, USA

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Sample Talks

Innovation and Adaptation

What does it take to innovate successfully? Literally hundreds of failures along the way. Using the metaphor of Darwinian evolution, I show that most brilliant systems of innovation and adaptability fail millions of times in order to survive and how, in a world of continual change, the companies who embrace this philosophy will be best placed to come through the uncertainty ahead.

Dealing with Uncertainty in Poker, Business and Life

This speech identifies the source of uncertainty in the universe before looking at its effect on us all - economically, psychologically and culturally. It takes the audience on a journey through Black Swans and fractal mathematics before concluding that a certain world would be a boring one! It is the way in which we rise to the challenge of the unknown and embrace risk that defines who we are. The perfect speech for anyone who wants to feel more confident in these apparently uncertain times.

Judgement, Intuition and Expertise

The interesting thing about decision making is simply that we all do it, every day - experts and novices alike. Everyone is exercising judgement all the time; good and bad! I use this speech to demonstrate just how powerful & important our intuition is in the moment of judgement before applying that concept to all other areas of life. It references Malcolm Gladwell’s "Blink" but takes the principles further by placing “judgement” into the context of the decision making process as a whole.

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Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$6000 to $17500