Keynotes that move people — and move ideas
Keynote speaker, facilitator, and cultural strategist — Jet Swain
Jet speaks on stages, in boardrooms, and around community tables, anywhere people gather to lead with more heart.
Her talks explore how empathy, values, and human connection aren’t just feel-good concepts, but powerful tools for cultural and business transformation.
Whether it’s a global conference or an internal team retreat, her style is conversational, bold, and deeply human.
Topics Jet speaks on:
Uplifting Women Through Connection
Matriarchal Wisdom: Uplifting Women Through Connection
This keynote examines the implications of drawing on matriarchal wisdom as a guide for modern leadership. Beyond ‘empowerment,’ Jet speaks to true agency — grounded in mentorship, storytelling, and connection. Drawing on lived experience and systems thinking, she demonstrates how women leading visibly, in relation to one another, can rewrite the story of leadership itself.
Living the Affection Economy
What happens when values lead — and businesses follow?
This keynote introduces The Affection Economy as a practical, culture-shifting response to burnout, disconnection, and “business as usual.” Drawing on matriarchal wisdom and lived experience, Jet shows how organisations flourish when they centre people — not just profit — by leading with integrity, inclusion, kindness, and courage.
A one-minute pitch to TED — a spark of the bigger idea I’m sharing with the world.
The Power of Story in a Values-Driven World
Narrative is the most underused tool in leadership — and the most powerful. Story is strategy. In this session, Jet shows how values-aligned storytelling can transform culture, belonging, and behaviour change. Drawing on matriarchal wisdom and lived experience, she invites teams and leaders to rehumanise the way they connect, lead, and grow.
Beyond EQ: Affection in Action
Beyond EQ: Affection in Action
IQ took us far. EQ deepened our awareness. But it’s matriarchal wisdom that shows us what comes next: LQ — the Love Quotient. In this keynote, Jet invites leaders to move beyond intelligence and empathy into affection as strategy. This is leadership as agency, clarity as compassion, and courage in motion — affection not as softness, but as the radical force that reshapes how we work and live.
Highlights from my NovaNext keynote — a taste of how the Affection Economy comes alive on stage.
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