Speaker kit 2026
Daniela Landherr. Everything you need to announce the keynote.
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Short bio · 50 words
Daniela Landherr is a keynote speaker, author and leadership advisor on psychological safety and high-performing teams. After 15 years at Google, last as Head of Talent Engagement EMEA, she founded The Human Space in 2022 and works with boards and executive teams across Europe and the US. Her book: "Everything Is Working. Nothing Is Moving." (2026).
Long bio · 120 words
Daniela Landherr helps leaders see why capable organizations stall when everything looks like it's working, and how to get them moving again. She spent 15 years at Google, last as Head of Talent Engagement EMEA, where she also coached leaders of large Google organizations on psychological safety and applied it in her own organization of 120 people. In 2022 she founded The Human Space, a Swiss firm that works with boards, executive teams and senior leaders on psychological safety and high-performing teams. She holds an Executive Master in Change from INSEAD, completed Stanford's Executive Leadership Program and is certified in the Fearless Organization, Leadership Circle Profile and Co-Active coaching. She coaches and teaches in executive programs at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and HWZ, is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and a TEDx speaker. Her book "Everything Is Working. Nothing Is Moving." was published in 2026.
Kurzbio auf Deutsch
Daniela Landherr ist Keynote-Speakerin für psychologische Sicherheit und Beraterin von CEOs, Verwaltungsräten und Führungsteams. Fünfzehn Jahre war sie bei Google, zuletzt als Head of Talent Engagement EMEA. 2022 gründete sie The Human Space und arbeitet seither mit Verwaltungsräten und Geschäftsleitungen in Europa und den USA. Ihr Buch "Everything Is Working. Nothing Is Moving." ist 2026 erschienen.
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English
Think about your own organization for a second. The numbers are holding. The meetings are happening. Everyone is busy. And still, nothing really moves. Our next speaker has spent her career on why that happens. She spent fifteen years at Google, where she watched Project Aristotle land and coached Google leaders on putting its findings to work. The answer surprised everyone. It was not talent, and it was not strategy. It was whether people felt safe enough to take the risk of saying what they really thought. Telling people to speak up doesn't create that. Leaders do, by changing what makes it risky. Today she is going to talk about [the topic of your keynote]. She will name what most rooms quietly avoid, and show us where the movement starts. Please welcome, Daniela Landherr.
Deutsch
Denken Sie an Ihre eigene Organisation. Die Zahlen stimmen. Die Meetings finden statt. Alle sind beschäftigt. Und trotzdem bewegt sich nichts wirklich. Genau damit beschäftigt sich unsere nächste Rednerin. Fünfzehn Jahre war sie bei Google, als Project Aristotle zeigte, was Teams wirklich erfolgreich macht: nicht Talent, nicht Strategie, sondern ob Menschen sich sicher genug fühlen, das Risiko einzugehen und zu sagen, was sie wirklich denken. Ein Appell, offen zu sprechen, schafft das nicht. Das schaffen Führungskräfte, indem sie verändern, was es riskant macht. Bei Google hat sie Führungskräfte darin gecoacht, diese Erkenntnis umzusetzen. Heute spricht sie über [das Thema Ihrer Keynote]. Sie benennt, worum die meisten lieber einen Bogen machen, und zeigt, wo Bewegung entsteht. Bitte begrüssen Sie mit mir Daniela Landherr.
On the day
Small things that make a big difference.
Linda confirms the details with you in the briefing call. Here is what helps most.
- Do plan a 15 to 20 minute tech check before the session.
- Do keep the agreed slot, or tell us early if the program shifts.
- Do build Q&A into the slot if you want questions from the room.
- Do ask before recording or livestreaming internal sessions.
- Do let us know in advance if you would like a book table or signing.
- Don't introduce Daniela as working at Google today. She now leads The Human Space.
- Don't shorten the slot on the day without a heads-up. The keynote is built to land in its time.
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Keynotes
Three ways into the same idea.
Everything Is Working. Nothing Is Moving.
Why your busiest teams are often your most stuck.
The patterns that quietly stall capable organizations: the agreements no one means, the decisions that dissolve into alignment, the risks no one takes. And how leaders interrupt them.
Best for executive teams, leadership offsites, transformation programs and strategy resets.
The Power of Psychological Safety
It isn't talent that makes teams win. It's safety.
What Google's published research found about effective teams, what it takes to put it into practice, and why capable people go quiet, told through Daniela's penguin story.*
Best for conferences and summits, leadership and culture programs and organization-wide events.
Leadership Under Pressure
Pressure doesn't build a team. It reveals it.
What happens to trust, candor and decisions when the stakes spike, drawing on a leadership simulation run with the Swiss Armed Forces.
Best for executive retreats, boards at high stakes, transformation and post-crisis teams.
* Project Aristotle is Google research. Daniela Landherr is not affiliated with Google.
Formats and logistics
What to plan for.
- Keynote: usually 30 to 45 minutes, up to 90 with interaction or Q&A
- Keynote and workshop, leadership offsite, leadership simulation with the Swiss Armed Forces
- Delivery: on stage, online, hybrid or livestreamed
- Languages: English, German and Swiss German
- Preparation: a briefing call to tailor the keynote to your audience and goals
- Based in Switzerland, speaking worldwide. Fee on request.
Stage requirements
Standard setup.
- Microphone: wireless headset (preferred) or lavalier
- Screen: projector or LED wall, 16:9, with HDMI connection at the stage
- Presentation: from Daniela's laptop (USB-C) or the venue's laptop with PowerPoint
- Clicker and, where possible, a confidence monitor facing the stage
- Audio for short video clips played from the presentation
- Tech check: 15 to 20 minutes before the session; water on stage
- Online: your preferred video platform; a short test call a few days before
Track record
The conversation continues after the keynote ends.
"You helped us see what we had been missing."
Head of Operations · Mercedes-Benz
"The audience was still discussing the ideas long afterwards."
CHRO · Sonova HR Summit
"The Penguin Story was my biggest takeaway from everything I heard."
Executive panel · UBS
Stages include TEDx, The Mind Gym (5,400 people), the Quality Austria Forum (850), Business Schmiede, the Alpensymposium and the Balkan Business Forum, plus livestreams for Siemens (about 13,000) and Google (about 8,000).
The book behind the keynote
Everything Is Working. Nothing Is Moving.
Published June 29, 2026. Copies for your audience or as a speaker gift: contact@thehuman.space.
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Write to contact@thehuman.space with your date, audience and goal. Linda Hansen Stavast, Head of Operations, replies and coordinates availability, briefing and logistics.