Your Audience Deserves More Than a Pep Talk
Keynote speaking and workshops on Change Intelligence for professional associations and conferences.
Dr. Diana Sturm
Most speakers on change and mindset come from a business or coaching background. Dr. Diana Sturm brings something rarer — a scientist's rigor, a clinician's depth, and a marketer's ability to communicate. With an undergraduate degree in business marketing, eleven years in the corporate world, a PhD in environmental geology, and advanced degrees in clinical mental health counseling, Diana doesn't just inspire audiences to embrace change. She gives them a framework for understanding why change feels hard — and evidence-based tools for moving through it with confidence and intention.
What is Change Intelligence?
Change Intelligence is Diana's proprietary framework for understanding how people read situations, recognize their own decision patterns, and learn to respond wisely rather than react automatically. It draws on neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and real-world business experience to give audiences practical tools they can apply immediately — in their organizations, their careers, and their lives.
Change is not going away. The question is whether your audience will be equipped to navigate it — or overwhelmed by it.
Signature Talks
Navigate Change with Confidence Mindset and action strategies for professionals navigating uncertainty, transition, and organizational change.
The Growth Mindset Advantage How to shift thinking to see opportunity in uncertainty, build resilience, and maintain momentum through change.
All talks are available as keynotes or breakout sessions and can be customized for your audience and event theme. Workshops with interactive exercises are also available for teams and leadership groups.
Why Diana?
Event planners look for speakers who are credible, engaging, and deliver real value to their audiences. Diana brings all three.
Her academic and clinical background means she can speak authoritatively on how the brain processes change — not as theory but as science your audience can trust. Her years in the corporate world mean she understands the pressures professionals face. And her background in teaching — from university classrooms to international conferences — means she knows how to make complex ideas accessible, memorable, and immediately useful.
Diana has spoken at venues ranging from local community events to the American Geophysical Union international conference in San Francisco — one of the largest scientific gatherings in the world. She brings that same depth of knowledge and genuine love of teaching to every event she speaks at.
Ready To Book Diana For Your Next Event?
Reach out to discuss availability, talk topics, and how Diana can be tailored to your audience and event goals.
