Post-Keynote Breakouts

Fireside Chat with Senior Leadership

After the keynote, keep the energy and focus alive with a powerful 30-minute fireside chat featuring Lisa Bodell and a senior leader from your organization. This session creates a platform for leadership to engage in real talk about what holds the organization back and what must change—culturally, behaviorally, or structurally. Lisa facilitates a provocative, no-fluff discussion that bridges keynote insights with your company’s real challenges. The second half of the session opens up to the audience for live Q&A—giving people the opportunity to ask bold questions, surface concerns, and hear candid reflections from the top. It’s equal parts inspirational and actionable—and a dynamic way to model change from the top down.

Simplification Tactics Workshop

Ready to make simplification stick? This highly engaging 45–60 minute workshop is the perfect way to activate Lisa Bodell’s keynote content with immediate, tangible next steps. Each participant receives a personal deck of 50+ simplification tactics—proven approaches that remove daily friction, streamline work, and accelerate decision-making. Lisa facilitates a rapid-fire “tactic swap” across tables, encouraging people to share favorites, discover new ideas, and commit to the first action they’ll take. After the exchange, Lisa guides a high-energy, full-room discussion to uncover the most frequently chosen tactics and clusters them into key themes—whether it’s killing unnecessary meetings, shifting approval processes, or cutting low-value reports. From there, she dives deep with real examples and activation strategies tailored to your audience. Participants leave with new ideas, a customized plan, and a renewed commitment to doing work that actually matters.

Kill a Stupid Rule Workshop

If you want to spark bold thinking and real results fast, this session delivers. Based on one of Lisa’s most iconic tools, Kill a Stupid Rule is a fast-paced, interactive workshop where teams identify and challenge the outdated rules, bloated processes, and unnecessary work holding them back. In small groups, participants brainstorm all the “stupid rules” they’d love to eliminate—then plot them by ease of elimination and potential impact. With Lisa’s expert facilitation, groups vote on the top candidates, share insights across teams, and leave with a clear path to act. The session can be customized from 45 to 75 minutes depending on group size and time available. Whether used as a breakout or full-room experience, this session generates immediate ideas, energy, and action—and gives leaders a replicable tool to drive change long after the event ends.