Jamie Clarke

Speaking

I have to tell you that Jamie Clarke is the most amazing speaker!! My executives already want to book him for next year. Our event producer told me that Jamie is the best speaker he has heard.

Heather Brooks

Events Manager, Synergy Worldwide

Leading in the Hard Times

Speaks About

Keynotes

Two Talks, Built For Your Room

Each one is customised to the audience in front of him — the stories stay, the lessons evolve to the business you are in.

Signature Keynote

Above All Else: The Power Of Passion

With humour, captivating storytelling and undeniable passion, Jamie Clarke challenges audiences to rethink success, failure, hard work, leadership and fear. Drawing on his extraordinary experiences scaling the world's highest mountains, navigating some of its most dangerous terrain and building his own successful retail business, Jamie brings powerful lessons to life that resonate across industries.

Ideal for audiences focused on leadership, sales performance, team building and extraordinary results, his customised presentations offer unique perspectives on learning from failure, embracing hard work, conquering fear through focus and, above all, living and leading with passion.

Audience Takeaways

  • Conquer fear through focus, discipline and preparation.
  • Build resilience and turn setbacks into growth opportunities.
  • Perform at your best when it matters most to drive sales growth and achieve breakthrough results.
  • Strengthen leadership, teamwork and personal accountability.
  • Reignite your passion and drive to achieve extraordinary results.

New Keynote

Courage In The Desert: The Choices That Make Great Leaders

What happens when everything you have planned for suddenly changes?

Jamie Clarke is the only person to have summited Mount Everest and crossed the world's largest sand desert, the Empty Quarter. After years of preparation and assembling what he believed was the perfect team, the world's leading desert expert warned him not to go. What followed became a powerful lesson in courage, leadership and navigating the unknown.

Through riveting storytelling, unexpected humour and lessons forged in one of Earth's harshest environments, Jamie explores what it takes to lead when the map no longer matches the terrain. He reveals why courage is not the absence of fear, how decisive leadership builds trust, and why the strongest teams are not necessarily the most talented, but the ones willing to adapt, take ownership and move forward together. Audiences leave with a fresh perspective on uncertainty — and the courage to make the choices that define exceptional leaders.

Audience Takeaways

  • Make critical decisions when the path forward is unclear.
  • Lead through uncertainty even when fear is present.
  • Build adaptable teams that thrive when conditions change.
  • Trust your preparation when the future is uncertain.
  • Create a culture of courage and shared responsibility.

Running Themes

Three Threads Through Every Talk

Inspiration

Inspiration literally means ‘breath’ — and Jamie Clarke knows how precious it is to have enough air in his lungs at 29,000 feet. But he also knows that without inspiration, you won’t even get to basecamp. What is this mysterious substance? Where does motivation come from and where does it go?

By cherishing life as an adventure — outcome unknown — Jamie helps us to embrace the abundance of our imagination and the overlooked sources of inspiration around every corner.

Grit

Modern life is all about pressure: at home and at work. Those feelings of stress are real — just like standing on the edge of a crevasse on a high mountain. Jamie Clarke takes you to the edge of human experience — so that you can look deep down into your own anxieties.

Together, you’ll climb to higher ground with a renewed appreciation for your own reserves of grit — and for the support of those around you.

Leadership

How do you lead a team to the top when you’re not always winning? Jamie Clarke draws on his life of adventure to explore the most difficult terrain of all: our hearts and minds. Being a leader is recognizing the space between bravery and courage, the path from kindness to empathy — and the power of optimism.

Jamie helps his audience to recognize that we don’t need the title of leader to lead. Together, we explore how developing character allows us all to perform under pressure.

Let’s Talk

Contact Jamie

Tell Jamie about your event — the room, the date, and what you need the audience to walk out with.