Speaking to Leaders, Founders, and Professionals Navigating Moments of Change
I’m a grounded, story-driven speaker who blends practical leadership insight with depth and reflection. My style is thoughtful, precise, and engaging that’s rooted in lived experience rather than theory alone.
TEDx Duluth | February 6th, 2026
The Shove Move: How values – not appearances – define progress
Drawing from my experience building software in a legacy industry, I reframe failure, risk, and leadership through the lens of railroad wisdom. With vivid storytelling and sharp insight, I’ll show you how values – not fear – define true authority, and why the long game of trust is the only track worth laying.
Conscious Foundership
A Different Way to Build Business
Created by entrepreneur and founder Katie Mednick, Conscious Foundership is a framework that challenges conventional thinking about business success.
It begins with a simple premise: Building conscious businesses is an art form, not a zero-sum game.
Conscious Foundership helps founders and CEOs recognize the connection between their inner lives, the choices they make, and the businesses they create. By working with the principles of healthy systems, leaders can navigate uncertainty with greater clarity, have the courage to make decisions aligned with their values, and build businesses that are both profitable and meaningful.
At its heart are three questions:
What am I building?
How am I building it?
And who am I becoming as I build it?
Through her writing and speaking, Katie introduces Conscious Foundership as a new way to think about entrepreneurship, leadership, and the responsibility of creating something that matters.
My Talks Center on Leadership, Values-Based Decision-Making, and Deeper Forces that Shape Progress
TOPICS I SPEAK ON
How power, authority and trust actually function in organizations.
How power, authority and trust actually function in organizations.
The relationship between integrity, courage, and long-term impact
What it takes to lead authentically in systems built on fear, inertia, or outdated norms
These conversations are adapted to the room, the audience, and the moment. My approach blends real-world operating experience with insight into human behavior, decision-making, and meaning.
Spaces & Formats
Podcasts
I show up to these spaces with openness and curiosity, prioritizing thoughtful dialogue over rehearsed narratives.
Panels & Fireside Chats
I approach these formats as collaborative conversations, contributing clarity and depth while remaining responsive to the room and fellow speakers.
Leadership Sessions
These sessions are designed to support real-time insight, practical application, and meaningful conversation rather than surface-level participation.
Conferences & Keynotes
These talks combine lived experience with thoughtful insight that audiences can carry with them long after the event ends.
If you’re curating a conversation around leadership, change, or meaningful work, and you’re looking for a speaker who brings both operational experience and human insight, I’d love to connect.
“Having hosted over 1,000 speakers, panels, and events over the years, I know an engaging speaker with stage presence when I experience one. Katie is accessible, authentic and skilled at winning over an audience. She has been a repeat guest of mine and never disappoints, she delivers value-add knowledge wrapped in genuine warmth..”
— Rick Brimacomb, Founder and Managing Partner, Brimacomb Capital