As a personal injury attorney, I always loved crafting compelling stories for my clients’ cases for opening and closing arguments. When people connect emotionally, lives change.
As a keynote speaker, I inspire individuals and organizations to connect meaningfully with others—cultivating collaboration, trust, and empathy. My compelling talks provide actionable insights and relatable stories. I aim to create a more authentic world built for real connection and success.
Book Judd to SpeakCreating a Thriving Workplace:
The power of
Emotional Resilience
Judd Shaw takes audiences on a journey through the darkest corners of his professional and personal life, where shame once ruled his world. He shares how his shame nearly destroyed everything he built, including his successful law firm and almost his life. Shame prevented him from being himself and feeling worthy of the abundance he’d worked so hard for. For organizations and businesses, it is also the ultimate killer. It stifles creativity, connection, belonging, safety, respect, and growth.
Judd’s journey to overcome shame and build emotional resilience sparked a radical shift in his leadership style, and his company reaped the benefits. Through vulnerability and connection, he built a thriving, shame-friendly workplace that fosters innovation, trust, teamwork, openness, and resilience.
Learn how to move from shame to empowerment — and create a thriving workplace where mistakes lead to growth and authenticity is the ultimate superpower. In this 50-minute keynote, Judd introduces his Workplace CURE Framework—Connection, Understanding, Respect, and Empower Growth. Through honest and funny storytelling, including real-life examples from his career and personal experiences, Judd demonstrates how creating a workplace that replaces shame with vulnerability and authenticity can lead to higher engagement, more vital teamwork, and breakthrough innovation.
Audience members will leave this session curious about shame’s role at work and ready to use the CURE framework to start a ripple effect of change. Judd challenges everyone to rethink how they give feedback, encourage growth, and respond to mistakes, showing that when we let go of shame, we unlock the power to build stronger, more connected teams.
Keynote Takeaways
- Learn the Workplace CURE for shame so that your organization can thrive
- Explore the role of shame in blocking innovation and connection in the workplace
- Discover how vulnerability can drive deeper trust and leadership
- Harness workplace fears and shame to unlock the greatest potential of your people and business
- Receive practical strategies for creating a shame-friendly environment that empowers growth
The Ripple Effect of a Culture of
Psychological Safety at Work
27% reduction in turnover
74% less stress
76% more engagement
50% more productivity
Unleashing Authenticity:
The power of genuine
human connection
Where do you climb when you’ve reached the top and have stepped on everyone else on your way up? When the fame and wealth you’ve created for yourself leave you feeling hollow and empty? When Judd reached rock bottom (or more like the lonely peak of Mount Success), he realized the guiding stars in his life up until this moment had been wrong. In desperation, he did what he thought he could never do: he asked for help.
The love and connection that flowed out of this moment of vulnerability convinced him that the path toward a meaningful, fulfilling life starts with authenticity. It was time for Judd to shed his power-hungry shark persona, transform into his true self, and begin building a life filled with purpose and genuine connection.
In this 55-minute keynote, Judd Shaw gets vulnerable, inspiring audiences to take a hard look at the masks they hide behind to get by in a disconnected world. This keynote delves into the essence of the Connection CURE and its implications for our personal and professional journeys.
Through real-life stories, scientific insights, and heart-wrenching personal experiences, audiences get to know the real Judd. In the process, audiences uncover the transformative power of genuine human connections and the positive ripple effect they create. Together, we can be authentic and encourage others to do the same to cultivate a more connected, meaningful, and purposeful world.
Keynote Takeaways
- Learn the Connection CURE for living authentically wherever you are
- Uncover the risks of disconnection and the rewards of vulnerability and authenticity
- Believe it’s never too late to become a better version of yourself, personally and professionally
- Discover how authentic relationships can lead to increased empathy, compassion, and success in various aspects of life
- Explore the transformative power of genuine human connections and the positive ripple effect they create
“Judd inspires others to live an authentic life by choosing meaningful connection over surface relationships. He draws on his own experiences living a disconnected life to help others thrive by focusing on their deep, personal relationships with themselves and others.”
DR. MICHELLE JOHNSTON, Author of The Seismic Shift in Leadership
Your Speaker:
Judd Shaw
Judd Shaw brings two decades of experience in law, including running his successful law firm, Judd Shaw Injury Law, to the human connection space. Motivated for years by uninhibited ambition and a tendency to overachieve, Judd accomplished his professional goals at a young age—but at what cost?
As Judd became more successful, he also became more isolated. Through years of therapy and exploring human connection theory, Judd recentered himself around his values, connected with his vulnerability, and grew into his true self. Today, Judd Shaw is a leading speaker on authenticity and a best-selling author of the children’s book series Sterling the Knight. His mission is to help others tap into their genuine passions, forge lasting relationships, and harness the power of their vulnerability.
