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Matthew Syed is a renowned author and highly sought-after speaker specializing in high performance.
He has written six best-selling books on mindset and high achievement, including Bounce, Black Box Thinking, Rebel Ideas, The Greatest, and his popular children’s books, You Are Awesome and The You Are Awesome Journal. He has collaborated with leading organizations to cultivate a mindset of continuous improvement. In addition, Matthew is a multi-award-winning journalist for The Times and a regular contributor to television and radio. Prior to his writing and speaking career, Matthew was England’s top table tennis player for almost a decade.
In his latest best-seller, Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking, Matthew argues that solving today’s complex problems requires more than individual intelligence; it demands the power of ‘cognitive diversity.’ The book reveals the hidden secrets behind the world’s most successful teams, drawing on insights from psychology, anthropology, and data science, while featuring an array of fascinating case studies.
Matthew’s work offers a thought-provoking approach to high performance in a rapidly evolving world. By recognizing the deep link between mindset and performance, organizations can unlock untapped potential in individuals and teams, driving innovation and adaptability to create a future-ready environment. A TEDx video of Matthew discussing growth mindset is available on YouTube.
Matthew is also the co-founder of Matthew Syed Consulting (MSC), which partners with an impressive range of clients to foster growth mindset cultures and elevate performance at individual, team, and organizational levels. MSC’s pioneering thought leadership and digital learning tools are helping drive meaningful, lasting change in both business and public sectors.
In addition, Matthew is deeply involved in the education sector, working to enhance mindsets among young people and within schools. He is a founding member of the charity Greenhouse Sports and an ambassador for the PiXL Educational Foundation
Matthew Syed, best-selling author and Sunday Times columnist, provides a fast-paced analysis of how the best organisations innovate and sustain change, even in a world that is being disrupted faster than ever before. Building upon examples in business, sport and beyond, Syed explains why and how growth mindset and diversity matter, and why learning from mistakes is more important than ever.
Develop self-awareness around growth mindset, unconscious bias and openness to diverse thinking.
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Matthew Syed has focused our minds on the importance of re-evaluating our approach to development and progress, which has given us an insight and understanding as to how we can better succeed as a business. His time with us was a genuinely enlightening, entertaining and informative experience – Matthew is thought-provoking, challenging, insightful, fun and relevant to the most and the least experienced team member. The fact that “Black Box Thinking” and Matthew Syed anecdotes have become part of the everyday vocabulary of our team is a testament to the impact he has made.
It forced me to reflect on how I approach development within my team. I have continued to think on this after the event which I think shows how impactful it was.
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