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

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

Areas of Expertise

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

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

Managing Director

http://www.sigroupplc.com/

Surgical Innovations Plc

“A genuinely staggering session”

Chief Procurement Officer

http://www.abf.co.uk/

Associated British Foods

“Caspar skilfully delivered a fast paced, humorous yet insightful presentation on people’s attitude and approach to risk taking. This became one of the talking points at many tables over dinner, after which he ran a hugely entertaining participative team competition, picking up on many of the themes covered in the earlier presentation and rounding off the evening extremely well. Caspar adopts a very professional approach to what he does and was flexible and accommodating on the day in response to some changing requirements."

HR Director General

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Home Office


“Risk is a really important issue for the Home Office and it was refreshing and I think very effective to have a discussion of how we increase our appetite for, and effectiveness in managing risk with such good humour. Your mixture of personal anecdotes, real life examples created an excellent learning opportunity. The feedback we received has been uniformly excellent. Learning can be fun!”

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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

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.

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.

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
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