Louka Parry | Speaker Profile
Louka Parry is the CEO and Founder of The Learning Future. A former teacher, he became a school principal at 27 years old and was named Inspirational Public Secondary Teacher of the Year and a top 40 leader under 40 for South Australia. He has since trained thousands of educators and leaders globally to increase their positive impact.
Featured keynote topics
The Learning Future Keynote
What does the future of learning look like, and how are we enabling success in a rapidly changing world?
Our capacity to learn, unlearn and relearn is already our greatest asset. In this keynote, Louka explores the changing landscape of work, learning, and society, outlining global shifts and what they mean for our learning ecosystems in an ever more interconnected and uncertain world.
To thrive, we all need skill sets and mindsets that take advantage of emerging opportunities, adapting in ways that integrate and apply new knowledge to promote engagement across cultures, domains, and languages.
In the learning future, we must embrace concepts around change, curiosity, wholeness, questioning, and weaving key insights from across the globe with the real-world context of organizations, schools, and teams.
Wellbeing by Design
How do we create experiences and environments in which people learn and work effectively that also maximize well-being?
Understanding and regulating emotions is one of the key aspects of living a good life, and in fact, it’s never been more important at this moment for our schools, workplaces, and societies.
In this keynote, Louka shares insights from his work at Stanford’s d.school and organizations at the forefront of learning systems.
He brings depth and clarity from the fields of psychology, business, design, and organizational culture to assist your team to create powerful experiences and environments that maximize innovation and well-being.
Innovation Imperative
How do we ensure our organization is maximizing our potential to innovate?
In this keynote, Louka shares insights from his work at the forefront of learning systems bringing depth and clarity from the fields of psychology, business, design, and organizational culture that assist us to create powerful ideas.
Cultures that have an innovation imperative are more creative, with a greater level of connectedness and psychological safety. Combining thinking from a disciplined approach to creativity and design thinking, this session will enable participants to reflect on the experiences and environments that they create.
The Leading Future
What kind of leadership practices enables us to take advantage of the opportunities to change our organizations and the world?
It’s the 2020s. Old school authority is over. Routine jobs are going, and so is the leadership style. Creating an environment that is innovative and positive has never been more important.
It’s not easy for us to lead well in today’s complex world, yet we know we need to create positive and abundant workplaces where people can bring their unique creativity, collaborate to solve problems, and contribute to a vision they helped create.
This talk is a ‘how-to’ session for motivating your team, building commitment, and doing work that matters to get consistent results.
Career overview
Louka Parry holds two Masters degrees, speaks five languages, has completed studies at Harvard, has been a resident at Stanford’s d.school, and is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar. He has worked on every continent, including in high-level policy fora with the OECD, the European Commission, and education systems as diverse as Romania to the Dominican Republic. He has worked in all Australian States and Territories across all education sectors, but also with not-for-profits and large corporates like Apple and Microsoft. He is a Founding Executive of Karanga: the Global Alliance for SEL and Life Skills and an expert at equipping individuals, schools, and organizations at the convergence of social, emotional, and academic learning.
Organizations and event organizers can confidently hire this speaker to conduct keynotes and workshops about future trends across a diverse range of topics and in the following formats:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Advisory calls | Discussion with your executives to answer specific questions on a topic, project or subject of choice. |
| Executive coaching | One-to-one coaching and mentoring session between an executive and the selected speaker. Topics are mutually agreed upon. |
| Topic presentation (Internal) | A presentation for your internal team based on a mutually agreed topic with content supplied by the speaker. This format is designed specifically for internal team meetings. Maximum 25 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (Internal) | Webinar presentation for your team members on a mutually agreed topic, including question time. Internal replay rights included. Maximum 100 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (External) | Webinar presentation for your team and external attendees on a mutually agreed topic. Question time and external replay rights included. Maximum 500 participants. |
| Event keynote presentation | Keynote or speaking engagement for your corporate event. Topic and content can be customized to event themes. Includes one-on-one question time and participation in other event sessions if required. |
Book this speaker
Contact us to inquire about booking this speaker for a keynote, panel, or workshop, or contact Kaelah Shimonov at kaelah.s@quantumrun.com
