Banish Burnout

Dr. Andre
• is a reliable, professional speaker who is easy to work with and understands event goals, audience dynamics, and time constraints
• delivers a keynote or session that is tailored to the audience, industry, and theme, with content grounded in neuroscience and real-world experience
• engages the room with warmth, humor, and clarity - keeping audiences attentive and involved
• supports the reputation of the event by delivering substance, relevance, value and practical application

What Audiences Get
• A clear understanding of why burnout occurs and innovation stalls, not as personal failures, but as neurological and systemic issues
• A new and important way of thinking about creativity, performance, and resilience that feels validating and empowering
• Practical frameworks and language they can use immediately in their work and in their lives
• Insight into how pressure-based cultures undermine both wellbeing and innovative thinking; and what to do instead!
• A talk that respects their intelligence, avoids clichés, and will be remembered long after the event is finished

The Result
Event planners get a session that lands well, reflects well on the event, and delivers real value. Audiences leave not just inspired, but better equipped to think, work, and lead differently—with less burnout and more sustainable innovation.

Dr. André Walton is a successful entrepreneur having taken two of his inventions to become global leaders in their field. He is also a social psychologist and life and business coach with a PhD focused on organizational creativity. He has spent over two decades researching how individuals and communities can harness creativity and resilience to overcome burnout and lead to positive change through creating environments conducive to creative thinking.
Andre is a TEDx Speaker, International Best-Selling author (of Creative Thinking: A coach’s perspective) and televised speaker with extensive multicultural experience, having lived and worked in 7 different countries.
André’s concept of Spherical Thinking™ relates to the imbalance between the creative thinking that we all had as young children and the more analytical cognitive style that we developed as adults (explained in greater detail in his TEDx talk). This imbalance exacerbates conditions such as anxiety and burnout, for which creative thinking provides a swift resolution. By reframing stress as a catalyst for growth by rewiring neural pathways also increases resilience, emotional intelligence and happiness!
Another of Andre’s contributions to this field is the Group Affiliation Model of Creativity which focuses on the conflict between being creative and our innate desire for group membership. It explains why brainstorming doesn’t work and why team building is not aligned with the goal of innovation.
As Visiting Professor of Creativity and Entrepreneurship at Newport Business School, he created executive programs and workshops for leading organizations including The Smithsonian, Virgin Group, Lloyds Bank, and the Welsh Government.
His unconventional journey includes building concrete boats in Greece, teaching scuba diving, and developing a boutique resort and Michelin-star-nominated restaurant in Portugal.
Through keynotes, workshops, podcasts and mentoring, Dr. Andre empowers audiences to embrace creative thinking, guard against burnout, and cultivate environments that foster both innovation and emotional resilience.

Andre's talks stand alone, although professional videography is a plus, enabling attendees to reflect on what they have learned, and as material to promote future events.