Testimonials

“We had the pleasure of having Dr Kate as our keynote speaker at our recent Business and Finance Symposium and I can't recommend her highly enough. She held our audience of 200 captivated as she shared her passion for igniting curiosity in both your personal and professional life. This was all capped off with her interactive LEGO session as our guests explored the concept of curiosity and what it means to them. Feedback from our guests was overwhelmingly positive. Thanks for sharing your story and helping to make us all a bit more curious Kate”

KELLEE HANCOCK, RSM AUSTRALIA 

“Kate is a great speaker who mixes informative and evidence-based research with an engaging and thought-provoking presentation. Her research and understanding of the future of the classroom, and the future of work, makes her a great speaker to hear. She directly influenced the direction of one of my articles.”

ANTON CRACE, EDITOR AND PROGRAM DESIGNER AT QUARELLI SYMONDS SINGAPORE

“We recently invited Kate to be our opening speaker on the second day of our annual flagship event, the Women in Focus Conference, Big Thinkers and Change Makers. To say she was outstanding is an understatement. Knowledgeable, professional, engaging, on point, and captivating. Her keynote was exactly what we were looking for, completely fitted our brief, and theme, the audience was enthralled. I would highly recommend Kate for pretty much anything.”

RUTH LYONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST (WOMEN IN FOCUS), COMMONWEALTH BANK AUSTRALIA

“Kate introduced us to Lego Serious Play brilliantly, focusing us on ourselves with amazing energy and enthusiasm. We each took something personal away from the experience and quickly learnt something new about each of the participants. The group took away various impressions from the experience, describing Lego Serious Play as a mindfulness tool and Johari window. A great approach to running visioning workshops, quickly getting on the same page or gelling as a team.”

MICHAEL WHITTAKER, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie lives in the intersection of creative curiosity and credible contribution. As a speaker and business influencer, Kate lives on the edge of the future, translating the vast, expansive and ever-evolving world of emerging technology. She has a sharp focus on amplifying curiosity as the number one skill for leaders and organisations seeking to navigate an unknown world with clarity and forward momentum. I highly recommend booking Dr. Kate as a speaker.”

REBECCA TAPP, CEO, FUTURE CRUNCH AUSTRALIA

“Kate is an exceptionally genuine person who is generous with her time and expertise. Kate spoke at our recent Connect Expo and was a joy to work with in the lead up and execution of the event. I am happy to say that I will keep Kate top of mind for further opportunities to collaborate and suggest others do the same.”

BEN TURNER, GENERAL MANAGER DISRUPTION, FST MEDIA AUSTRALIA

“We were very fortunate to secure Kate as a Keynote Speaker at the 2019 WA Education Summit that was held at Optus Stadium earlier this year. Her engaging and energetic talk discussed leveraging games as a culture to help prepare for the future of work and education, and what a response it had on our audience! We broke Twitter, yes, we broke Twitter! OK, we trended second nationally with our hashtag #WAES19 while Kate was talking; not bad at all! Twitter aside, the feedback on her talk was incredible. Her message about the Power of Play was thought provoking and powerful, and the delegates embraced it. Thanks again Kate for helping to make our event such a success!”

SARAH FEARNE, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, SOLUTIONS IT AUSTRALIA 

 “Experiencing a LEGO Serious Play session with Kate was eye opening to say the least.... With Kate’s guidance, we got really curious on the way to best frame the questions I had at that moment. Cue the playlist and set the timer – a recipe for us overthinkers to channel that energy into feeling the shapes, the colors, and the music. You are brought into the present moment to see the metaphors arise from the scenes you create.

Kate’s session brought awareness on many levels that are still unfolding to this day. I am so grateful for her guidance and would recommend this for anyone who feels stumped by an issue and wants to explore possible solutions – you’ll be surprised by what you learn.”

ADRIANA DOUGLAS, AIG RETAIL PROPERTY MULTINATIONAL LEADER ATLANTA,UNITED STATES

“I recently worked with Kate to deliver RAC's tech demo day. She is extremely knowledgeable in all things game development and tech and was a pleasure to work with. If you are looking to introduce new concepts such as VR/AR/MR to your people, I would definitely recommend Kate.”

CETTINA RACCUIA, HEAD OF CoLAB, RAC WA AUSTRALIA

“Kate moderated our Q&A session with acclaimed game designer Navid Khonsari at AIDC 2017. I was thoroughly impressed with Kate’s work, especially about the quality of the conversation and rapport between her and Navid. We also had an unprecedented level of positive feedback at this year’s event, and Kate played an important part of that.”

ALICE BURGIN, CEO AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CONFERENCE (AIDC)

“I laughed a lot, and loudly... I had such a fascinating conversation...I feel energised... for LEGO to bring something that deep is really gorgeous, but also doing it in such a fun and engaging way... I felt like there were no barriers... and I feel like [my speed networking partner] is someone I’ve known for a while, and you don’t get that very often!”

CINDY KENNEDY, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND TEDX SPEAKER COACH AUSTRALIA

“I wanted to work out some things for myself around clarity. Kate asked some incredibly succinct questions, and then stood by and held space while I built [with Lego] what it felt clear to have focus and clarity... Every time I built I didn't have a clue what I was building, but I suddenly feel like I have a real sense of what the feeling is going to be. And that's given me a sense of clarity I never dreamed I come from such a thing. So, I'm blown away by how learning to play under the quiet insightful guidance from Kate has given me the way forward.”

SUE FULLER-GOOD, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, KEYNOTE SPEAKER & COACH SOUTH AFRICA

“I’m always holding space for my CEOs and business owners and senior executives. [I was] feeling strangely disconnected from myself, and the usual things that I would do to reconnect, just weren't making a difference... We created some beautiful questions to go through and she had me building things and playing... I woke up the next morning I was reconnected. And that for me was just priceless...I’m now feeling centred grounded and connected. I can't wait for what I'm going to provide for my clients when I'm back in Cape Town.”

MANDY RUSSELL, PERFORMANCE COACH & EXECUTIVE FRIEND SOUTH AFRICA