Benjamin Drury

NEXT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT • 18th May 2026

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Benjamin delivers bold, challenging keynotes that spark real change — not momentary motivation. No recycled clichés. No passive inspiration. Frameworks leaders can actually use, delivered with depth, clarity and conviction.

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Benjamin Drury

RAW Leadership • Unstoppable Co.

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WHO IS BENJAMIN?

Two decades.
One obsession.

Benjamin Drury has spent two decades working at the intersection of human behaviour, organisational culture, and high performance. His clients are founders and senior leaders of companies between £5M and £50M who have achieved something significant and now find that what got them here will not get them where they are going.

He developed the RAW Leadership framework after studying what championship sports teams, classical philosophy, and failing businesses all have in common. The answer surprised him. It will probably surprise you too.

He has written seven books, three on leadership; appeared on BBC Dragons' Den; coached elite level rugby, and spoken to audiences that do not sit still for merely average. He is not an academic. He has run companies, lost money, rebuilt, and carries the marks to show for it.

  • Published author — three books on leadership and culture
  • Keynote speaker — FTSE-listed companies and SME leaders
  • BBC Dragon's Den — inventor of Lacemups
  • Deputy Director of Rugby - Northumberland County RFU
  • Qualified RFU coach — Women and Girls rugby development
  • Twenty years experience - web, mobile and enterprise technology

Why Benjamin

  • No recycled leadership clichés
  • No passive inspiration
  • Clear frameworks leaders can use immediately
  • Delivered with depth, clarity, and conviction
  • Entertaining, challenging and genuinely memorable

Ideal For

  • National leadership conferences
  • CEO and founder gatherings
  • Leadership off-sites
  • Company-wide culture moments
  • Sports and performance organisations

Signature KEYNOTES

Three talks
Zero filler.

Each keynote is built around Benjamin's frameworks and delivered with the directness that comes from twenty years inside companies that make real change happen. Every talk can be tailored to your audience and your moment.

01
Leadership · Culture · Purpose
Unstoppable
How fearless leaders create extraordinary companies that change everything.

What if your company could become unstoppable — not just commercially successful, but profoundly meaningful? Drawing on two decades of work with transformative organisations, this keynote reveals the framework that makes companies like Patagonia, LEGO and Interface immune to competition. The world doesn't need more ordinary companies. It needs organisations built to matter — where purpose and profit powerfully reinforce each other.

02
Teams · Performance · Culture
Four Times Four
The eight non-negotiable rules of champion teams.

What separates truly great teams from those that merely collect talented individuals? The answer lies not in tactics or talent but in eight non-negotiable rules — four for players, four for coaches — and how they interact to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts. Drawn from the All Blacks, Manchester United, and championship-winning organisations across sport and business.

03
Leadership · Identity · Rebellion
The Rebel Operating System
Four questions that separate world-changers from world-watchers.

Talk to the people actually making waves. They don't sound like your typical executives or LinkedIn gurus. They've discovered four deceptively simple questions that most leaders are too afraid to ask — the uncomfortable, 3am, soul-searching questions that separate world-changers from world-watchers. The revolutionaries already know them. This keynote gives everyone else permission to ask them.

WHAT YOU GET

"A man who can inspire passion and pride is worth his weight in gold. If you are offered the opportunity to book Ben to speak for your organisation, please do it - and thank me later."

Kieron Bailey

Founder, EXP101

Trusted by leaders across business, sport and higher education

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