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A Note from Eric
Hi there,
My name is Eric Edmeades. I’m a South African-born Canadian — a serial entrepreneur and the founder of WildFit, one of the world’s most successful health transformation programs, and Speaker Nation, a global community for professional speakers. My business history spans mobile computing, application development, medical simulation, and Hollywood film production, where I had the privilege of working on James Cameron’s Avatar, Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, and films in the Terminator, Iron Man, and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises.
I believe in change. Not the kind that fades by Friday — the kind that rewires how you think, lead, and live. I believe lasting transformation is not only possible, it is required. Now more than ever.
We are living through the most disruptive period in human history. Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries overnight. Economic certainties that held for decades are dissolving. Global events are arriving faster than most organizations can process them. In this environment, change is not a challenge to be managed — it is the only constant to be mastered. An executive, a team, or an organization will only ever be as successful as their capacity to adapt. Not occasionally. Continuously.
When I was finishing school, I thought I wanted to be a teacher. Business and life took me in a different direction for many years — but I’ve come full circle. One of my greatest passions is delivering perspectives and strategies that don’t just inspire people in the moment, but actually change the way they operate long after they leave the room.
I am not a traditional motivational speaker. Motivation fades. What I do is different — and if you spend a little time on this site, I think you’ll see exactly what I mean.
Welcome.
UNFORGETTABLE IMPACT
An international favorite, Eric is known for delivering talks that don't just inspire — they change the way people think, lead, communicate and behave.
Meet Eric Edmeades
BUILT FOR
THE STAGE
Most organizations don't struggle because their people lack intelligence or ambition. They struggle because knowing what to do and actually doing it are two different things. Eric Edmeades' work lives in that gap.
As a keynote speaker and transformation architect, he focuses on the mechanics of real behavioral change — how it happens, why it fails, and what it takes to create shifts that last long after the event ends. His work sits at the intersection of evolutionary biology, neuroscience, leadership psychology, and lived entrepreneurial experience.
Eric has spoken in more than 65 countries to audiences ranging from executive leadership teams to large-scale global conferences. He is trusted by organizations that want more than energy in the room — they want measurable shifts in clarity, execution, and accountability.
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TURNING BIG IDEAS INTO REAL-WORLD CHANGE
New Keynote
STOP IT
Understanding why willpower fails — and what works instead
Most organizations do not have a strategy problem. They have a pattern problem. The same behaviors quietly erode performance and culture: procrastination, avoidance, distraction loops, reactive emotion, and stress-based decision-making.
The Stop It keynote introduces a fundamentally different lens on habit cessation. Rather than trying to “fix” people, Eric focuses on the circuitry of behavior itself — its triggers, its neurological rewards, and the invisible loops that keep it alive. This is not about willpower. It's about design.
BRING STOP IT TO YOUR EVENT
Audiences leave with
- ✓A shared language around behavior and pattern interruption
- ✓The Stop Style Profile — how they uniquely interrupt behavior
- ✓Practical tools for eliminating friction at its source
- ✓Cleaner execution, calmer leadership, sustainable cultural reset
Talks On Leadership & Life
MEET ERIC ON STAGE
Each keynote is tailored to the organization's objectives while maintaining a consistent throughline: behavioral change is a design problem, not a motivation problem.
STAGE PRESENCE
Not just a talk — an experience. Eric commands rooms from intimate boardrooms to 10,000-seat arenas with equal intensity.
REAL-WORLD FRAMEWORKS
Every keynote delivers practical, immediately-usable tools — not just inspiration that fades by Monday.
SCIENCE-BACKED
15+ years studying evolutionary mismatch theory and human behavior with the Hadza — one of Earth's last hunter-gatherer communities.
ENTREPRENEUR CREDIBILITY
A seasoned founder and strategist who speaks from experience building and scaling real businesses.
MEASURABLE IMPACT
Audiences don't just feel inspired — they leave with shifts in thinking and behavior that stick.
VERSATILE RANGE
From leadership and performance to health transformation and influence — Eric adapts to your event's needs.
Deep Conversations: Eric's Podcasts
POWERFUL PERSPECTIVES AND FASCINATING INSIGHTS
Eric hosts two podcasts offering intimate access to conversations about behaviour, leadership, communication and evolutionary mismatch.
EXPLORE ERIC'S PODCASTS
Books By Eric
WRITING THAT MOVES FROM INSIGHT TO IMPLEMENTATION
Across each title runs a consistent theme: transformation does not occur at the level of information alone. It occurs when understanding becomes embodied and actionable.
Eric Edmeades is widely recognized as a leading voice in evolutionary mismatch theory—the hidden gap between the world we evolved for and the world we now live in. He's the author of The Evolution Gap: A Survival Guide for Modern Civilization, and his work is dedicated to one thing: identifying the real root causes behind performance breakdowns—then engineering practical, lasting solutions.
Eric is uniquely talented at seeing what others miss. He doesn't treat symptoms; he tracks patterns back to first principles—biology, behavior, environment, incentives—and then builds strategies that actually hold up in real life. This ability has made him a sought-after keynote speaker and transformation architect for audiences around the world.
Whether he's speaking to thousands or advising leaders behind the scenes, Eric brings rare clarity, high engagement, and a blueprint for change that's both inspiring and immediately usable.
The Research
15+ YEARS
WITH THE HADZA
RECOGNITION & AWARDS
Canadian Senate 150 Medal
In 2018, Eric was awarded the Canadian Senate 150 Medal by the Speaker of the Senate, on the Senate floor, in recognition of his commitment to improving the quality of people's lives.
Honorary Hadza
In 2018, after 15 years of visits and embedded stays with the Hadza people of Tanzania, Eric was inducted as an honorary member of the tribe in a fireside ceremony. He is known to the tribe as KuKuRu.
WildFit at Mindvalley
WildFit was twice chosen as the highest-rated program on the Mindvalley platform by audience vote — a program completed by hundreds of thousands of people across more than 100 countries.
Transformation Architect
In 2022, Eric was awarded the Transformational Architect Award in recognition of his contributions to the Mindvalley platform and his role in developing his own and other authors' programs.
READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR EVENT?
If you want your audience to think differently, there are many speakers. If you want them to operate differently, the design of the experience matters.
CONTACT USTrusted By
Over the past two decades, Eric and his companies have spoken for, consulted with, and built programs for organisations across industries — from global airlines and entertainment studios to military institutions, tech startups, and the world’s leading personal development platforms.
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