
A polar bear tried to get into Mark Agnew's tent. Now, he builds resilient teams for organisations navigating change.
If you can reframe change as an exciting challenge you'll enjoy it. And if you enjoy it, you'll outperform everyone else who only sees an obstacle to endure.
The moment a polar bear tried to get into Mark's tent changed everything. If your staff can find their polar bear, they'll be energised to take on change.
The Find Your Polar Bear keynote is perfect for conferences and offsite, if you want resilient staff who embrace change, and don't fear it.














When teams face constant disruption, from restructuring to adopting AI, resilience isn't a mood, it's a trainable skill.
The Find Your Polar Bear keynote gives teams a practical framework rooted in psychology, not abstract encouragement, so people know what to do differently on a hard week rather than just feeling inspired for an afternoon.
That's what a good resilience keynote should leave behind: not a burst of energy, but a way of thinking teams can return to months later.


Your staff don't have to fear change. They can view it as an exciting challenge.
That's the specific gap the Find Your Polar Bear keynote is built to fill: a change management talk grounded in a real expedition rather than a management theory, delivered by someone trusted with exactly this brief by organisations including Google, the NHS and John Lewis. Google's own description after booking Mark: "the best talk we've heard."
For company off-sites and conferences, storytelling does something a slide deck can't: it puts people inside a the mindset, not just a lesson
A speaker who has made real split-second calls in genuinely hostile conditions can use that experience as a live case study in judgement.
The keynote is practical: what did the team do when the plan fell apart, and what does that mean for the team in the room today.
It really was one of the best, most inspiring talks I’ve ever heard,"
Ricco Zuschlag, Country Manager, Google