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I speak about building companies without breaking the people who run them. The material comes from six companies across three continents, a collapse in February 2020, and the rebuild that followed, plus the work I now do with founders and CEOs across 13 countries. Every talk below is built on things I lived, not models I borrowed. If one fits your stage, I'd love to hear from you.
Six companies across three continents, with the failures included. Peter tells the stories straight: fired while sick, starting over, what helped and what got in the way. Attendees leave with concrete ways to turn a setback into the next move.
Peter has hired over 300 people and got plenty of those calls wrong before getting them right. This session covers how to spot high-potential hires, how to keep them, and the culture mistakes that quietly push them out. Practical methods, tested in his own companies.
In February 2020, running Europe's largest operator of autonomous vehicles, Peter's body stopped. Six weeks lying down, twelve weeks out of commission. This talk covers the early signs he ignored, the habits that rebuilt him, and how leaders can stay ambitious without paying with their health.
What separates startups that scale from those that stall? Peter walks through the mindset and methods he used to take businesses from zero to international operations. For founders and executives who want growth without losing the team along the way.
Self-driving cars will change cities, work, and whole industries. Peter ran one of Europe's largest autonomous vehicle operators and speaks from inside the machine, not from the sidelines. A grounded look at what is coming and what it asks of us.
Most corporations struggle to repeat startup success in-house. Peter has sat on both sides and explains why incubators stall, and which structures give internal ventures a real chance. For corporate leaders and innovation teams.
Managing teams across five countries during crises taught Peter what leadership looks like when the plan is gone. This talk covers leading through uncertainty, keeping morale alive, and making decisions with incomplete information.
How do you think freshly inside a market that has stopped moving? Peter shares stories from mobility and tech, including the norms he broke on purpose. Attendees leave ready to question the defaults in their own industry.
Emerging markets reward preparation and punish assumptions. Peter draws on his own operations across continents to lay out what works when you take a company into new regions. For leaders ready to go global.
The talk behind the book. Work, body, mind, and relationships run as one system, and a leak in one drains the others. Peter shows how leaders can grow the company and stay whole, drawing on his own collapse and rebuild.
Stepping up to board level asks for a different toolkit. Peter draws on his own boardroom years and on coaching CEOs through board conflict to show what earns trust at the top. Attendees learn to handle board politics, build the relationships, and use their seat well.
Teams do their best work when nobody has to check on them. Peter shows how to build trust and accountability that scale as the company grows, without micromanagement creeping back in. For leaders who want a team that runs without them.
What makes a startup worth backing? Peter has invested in and advised startups for years and breaks down the signals that matter and the ones that just look good in a deck. For angels, VCs, and founders reading their own company honestly.
Every CEO lives in the tension between the big picture and today's operations. Peter lays out how to hold both, based on his years running companies and coaching the people who do. For leaders at any stage.