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Radical Adaptability for Consulting Teams

A full-day experience with Shawn Ellis to help BNP Paribas consultants think clearly, decide confidently, and execute strategically in a world that won't slow down.

Keynote + interactive strategy simulation, designed specifically for your internal consulting team day in Paris.

Why Radical Adaptability, Why Now?

Your internal consulting team sits at the intersection of:

  • Constant regulatory and market change
  • Increasing expectations from internal stakeholders
  • Ambitious transformation agendas across the bank

Every project demands:

  • Clear thinking in the middle of complexity
  • Fast, confident decisions with incomplete information
  • Seamless collaboration across functions, cultures, and time zones

This team day in Paris is a rare chance to:

  • Step back from execution
  • Recharge, reconnect, and refocus
  • Strengthen the human skills that make every strategy more effective

That's what a day with Shawn is designed to do.

Meet Shawn Ellis

Speaker • Strategist • Intentional Endings & Radical Adaptability Expert

Shawn Ellis is a keynote speaker and advisor who helps leaders and teams master change through what he calls Radical Adaptability—the ability to stay calm, clear, and decisive when everything around you is shifting.

For over 20 years, Shawn has helped organizations navigate disruption, uncertainty, and high-pressure environments. His work blends:

  • Real-world leadership experience
  • Neuroscience and human performance
  • Powerful storytelling and practical tools

Shawn isn't a fighter pilot or arctic explorer. He's the guide who helps your people operate with that same level of focus and resilience in the real-world complexity of consulting, banking, and transformation.

Your Full-Day Experience in Paris

Inspire in the morning. Activate in the afternoon.

Morning Keynote: Radical Adaptability for Consultants

How to lead, decide, and deliver under pressure.

  • 60–90-minute keynote + Q&A
  • High-energy, story-driven, grounded in consulting realities
  • Introduces the 5 C's of Radical Adaptability:

Calm – Regulate your state before you react

Clarity – Define the real problem, not just the loudest one

Courage – Make the call when the data will never be perfect

Confidence – Execute with commitment, adjust without ego

Community – Build trust so teams can move fast together

Afternoon Simulation: Radical Adaptability Strategy Simulationâ„¢

A team-based challenge where your consultants put the 5 C's into action.

  • 2–3 hour interactive experience
  • Small, cross-functional teams
  • A realistic consulting-style scenario featuring:

• Ambiguous requirements
• Shifting constraints
• Time pressure
• Incomplete information

Designed to feel like a mission with real stakes—only now, the mission mirrors the world your consultants live in every day.

Morning Keynote: Radical Adaptability for Consulting Teams

From information overload to precise action.

Key themes:

  • Why adaptability—not just expertise—is the differentiator
  • How the brain reacts under pressure (and how to override fight/flight)
  • The Comfort Loop: why people cling to outdated patterns
  • The 5 C's Framework for effectiveness when stakes are high
  • How to Choose Your Endingâ„¢ in a behavior or pattern that's slowing you down

Participants will leave with:

  • A shared language for operating under pressure
  • Tools to calm their nervous system before making key decisions
  • A framework for ending unproductive habits
  • A direct line between personal adaptability and the bank's strategic outcomes

Afternoon Strategy Simulation: From Framework to Practice

A high-energy, small-team challenge that mirrors the realities of consulting.

Participants move through a multi-phase challenge that unfolds in real time—each phase aligned with the 5 C's:

1

Calm – Stabilize Under Pressure

  • Limited information + tight timelines
  • Quick regulation exercise (e.g., box breathing) to shift from reaction to intention
2

Clarity – Define the Real Problem

  • Separate signal from noise
  • Identify what is known, unknown, and what assumptions must end
3

Courage – Choose a Path

  • Several viable options with trade-offs
  • Teams must commit, knowing the scenario may change
4

Confidence – Execute and Adapt

  • Teams present a concise "strategy brief"
  • Midway scenario shift triggers real-time pivoting
5

Community – Align and Debrief

  • Reflect on communication, decision-making, and behaviors under pressure
  • Extract principles to apply on real client engagements

What it feels like:

  • Engaging, energizing, mission-driven
  • Fast-paced yet psychologically safe
  • Deeply relevant to day-to-day consulting

What it delivers:

  • Stronger team cohesion and trust
  • Clarity around how individuals show up under pressure
  • Concrete actions to improve performance back on the job

How Shawn Builds on Your Past Speakers

In the past, you've invited:

  • A fighter pilot
  • A Navy SEAL
  • An arctic explorer

They brought inspiring metaphors from extreme environments.

Shawn takes the next step:

  • He translates elite-performance principles into the realities of consulting: complex stakeholders, shifting priorities, limited time, high expectations.
  • He focuses on the human operating system—state, clarity, courage, communication—so people can bring their best selves to every engagement.
  • He doesn't just inspire; he equips your team with a framework and shared language they can use long after the day in Paris.

This isn't about motivation. It's about becoming more adaptable, aligned, and effective when it matters most.

What Other Leaders Are Saying

"Many of our team members thought Shawn was talking directly to their hearts… the message was thought-provoking and delivered with humor, sincerity, and humility."

— SVP, Dismas Charities

"I received real clarity on how to let go, level up, and lead to what's next. I no longer feel stuck."

— Director, Unum

"Never thought what could be holding me back was holding onto something that needed to end."

— District Manager, TBHC Delivers

"Shawn's keynote on Radical Adaptability was a highlight of our Leadership Summit. Not only were we inspired, but his practical tools continue to guide me daily. His authenticity and impact left us better equipped to lead with calm, clarity, and courage through our transformation."

— Senior Manager, Lockheed Martin

See Shawn in Action

A quick look at Shawn's stage presence, storytelling, and the energetic clarity he brings to every audience—from corporate leaders to front-line teams navigating transformation.

Next Step: Let's Design Your Day

If this full-day experience aligns with your vision for the team, the next step is simple:

Schedule a call with Shawn

Confirm objectives for morning keynote and afternoon workshop/simulation

Issue agreement and move into planning phase

Shawn is standing by to discuss your program and objectives at your earliest opportunity.