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About the Keynote
We engage with what we find attractive. We block, fight and run from what we don't.
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We are motivated to invest energy into things that bring us experiences we desire. Like children playing or teenagers dating. The Good Times. Not Okay Times where we have just nothing to complain about.
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The more we understand the difference between Good Times and Okay Times, the clearer we can see why people behave the way they do. We begin to realize that many organizational struggles exist because companies optimize for Okay Times while pressuring people to compensate for a lack of intrinsic motivation. In these organizations, people tend to take low ownership, perform only as much as needed to avoid punishment, and leave as soon as slightly better opportunities arise.
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In stark contrast, people perform indefinitely when their organization and community are perceived as direct enablers for the life they genuinely love to live. In these organizations, people are aligned and see each other as comrades, while leaders are trusted with little to no resistance. Individuals take ownership of their role and build innovative, fulfilled teams others want to be part of.
While all organizations are inevitably in the business of Good Times, the ones whose leaders make them a priority connect directly to the source of human energy, while their competitors waste energy internally until collapse. Ultimately, the organizations that prioritize Good Times do not merely survive. They thrive.
Understand why incentives often fail to create lasting engagement — and which ones actually do
Understand the two fundamentally different types of motivation — and why confusing them destroys engagement
Discover how to find out what people really want (and what you can realistically do support them getting it)
Learn what it takes to systematically build workplaces people genuinely love being part of
Explore how to transform energy-draining workplaces into energy-generating ones
Learn what it takes to shift a culture of low trust into one of deep trust
Discover how to drastically reduce error rates while reducing supervision
Identify before hiring who will sustainably perform and who is only short-term motivated
Key Takeaways
Keynote Details
Length
Up to 90 minutes (incl. Q&A)
Format
In person, virtually, or hybrid
Recording
Internal recording available
Q&A
Optional Q&A
Audience
From leadership teams to large conferences
Preperation
Tailored alignment session included
PERSONAL GROWTH / LIFE DESIGN
The Good Time Journey
How to Grow While Feeling Good Along the Way
In our pursuit of a good life, growth is often framed as a trade-off: sacrifice now in the hope of experiencing better times one day. Yet more often than not, those trades come with doubts about whether they work out, making them feel more like a gamble than a strategy. This keynote explores how we can strategically design lives we genuinely love in the present while reasonably expecting them to fuel a future we love as well. Drawing from best practices and insights into human development toward a life of Maximized Good Times, it combines lessons gathered from hundreds of conversations across cultures and ages, one decade of practical high-performance life coaching, and the Science of Good Times as researched at Shanghai University.
Best for:
Personal growth conferences, retreats, wellness events
HUMAN BEHAVIOR / SOCIETY
The Science of Good Times
Understanding Human Life and the World We Build
Why do humans behave the way they do? What truly drives individual and collective behavior? Why do some people and societies prosper at certain times while others collapse? This keynote explores these questions by turning complex insights about human development and societal evolution into an easy-to-understand macro framework. It looks at human behavior across cultures and ages through the lens of the universal pursuit of Good Times and connects disciplines ranging from sociology and psychology to physics, physiology, and philosophy to close the gaps in our understanding of how we as individuals and collectives can move toward increasing prosperity and life quality over time.
Best for:
Universities, think tanks, policy events
Christian W. Schnepf is a sociological researcher, keynote speaker, and creator of the Good Time Philosophy and Framework — a practical model grounded in the universal drivers of human behavior, engagement, and development.
Over the last decade, his work has combined scientific research, systems thinking, leadership discussions, and coaching with dozens of high-performing individuals across industries and cultures, and has been further shaped by extensive travel and hundreds of conversations with people from diverse countries and walks of life.
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