Speaker Spotlight
1 in 3 Employees Would Rather Scrub a Toilet Than Ask a Colleague for Help
Henna Pryor, CSP — Workplace Performance Expert · 2x TEDx Speaker · 18x Award-Winning Author of Good Awkward
That statistic is Henna Pryor’s starting point — alongside the finding that 44% of workers describe their workplace relationships as “superficial.” She speaks and writes about performance mindset, interpersonal dynamics, high-impact communication, and embracing bumps in a world that keeps optimizing for smoothness.
She is a regular expert columnist for Inc. Magazine and the 18x award-winning author of Good Awkward, named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of the Year, with The Signal Gap forthcoming.
Her playful personality and insightful talks blend two decades of working with corporate leaders and teams with a fresh, science-based approach to taking more strategic risks and boosting social and mental fitness for success at work.
The Case for Productive Awkwardness
Henna’s core keynotes include Dominating Disruption and Pushing Limits, on unlocking the mental and social skills of success in a fast-changing world of work, and Awkward and Upward!, positioning awkwardness as a surprising secret weapon for navigating uncertainty, rapid change, and the future of work.
She also delivers The Changing Psychology of Influence, on overcoming resistance to move ideas forward in the modern era — including the three specific reasons people resist change and the tool she argues everyone needs in a turbulent world: neutral thinking.
AI, Teams, and Staying Booked
Her newest keynote, The AI-Human Edge, is built on her pioneering national research study and covers how strengthening social muscles alongside AI creates high-performing teams.
Henna has spoken twice for TEDx, in NYC and Wilmington, DE, and brought her expertise to Google, Workday, Johnson & Johnson, and JPMorganChase. She is a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence, a LinkedIn Learning and CNBC instructor, a two-time SXSW Workplace track speaker, and founder of Pryority Group. Her insights are frequently sought by TIME Magazine, WSJ, INSIDER, NBC, The Washington Post, and Fast Company.
Book Henna Pryor
Available for keynotes on mindset, communication, influence, change management, team dynamics, sales, leadership, and women’s events.