Wellness keynote guide · October 2, 2026
Booking a burnout keynote speaker in Vancouver
By Dai Manuel · Updated October 5, 2026
Why Vancouver companies are booking burnout and resilience keynotes, what a good one covers, and what to expect from Dai's version.
Burnout is no longer a wellness-week topic. It is a retention problem, a performance problem and, in plenty of Vancouver companies, the thing nobody says out loud at the offsite.
Key takeaways
Brief a burnout talk responsibly
- Describe the pressures without identifying individual employees.
- Ask for a realistic practice, not a promise of a cure.
- Tell the speaker what support is available after the session.
- Pair the talk with a review of workload and expectations.
This post is for HR leads and planners weighing a burnout or resilience keynote for a Vancouver event.
Why this topic, why now
High performers do not burn out because they are weak. They burn out because the system they run on was never meant to run that long. A good burnout keynote names that plainly, without blaming the room or the company, and gives people something they can actually practise.
What a good burnout keynote covers
The useful ones share three traits:
- They are honest about the speaker's own experience. Theory alone does not land with a tired room.
- They give the room a practice, not just a story. Something small enough to keep.
- They respect the audience. No hype, no guilt, no before-and-after photos.
Dai's version
Dai's core idea is the 2% Solution: thirty minutes a day, fifteen moving, five still, ten reading. It is small on purpose, because small is what people keep. He has lived the topic: he has spoken openly about his own low points, including on the TEDx stage, and spent nearly thirty years coaching people back to health.
His resilience talks cover burnout in high performers, men's mental health, and habits that survive a bad week. The resilience speaker post goes deeper on what corporate teams should expect.
Booking local
Dai is based in Vancouver, so a Metro Vancouver event carries no travel costs. Current starting rates are in the media kit. The cost guide breaks down what moves the fee, and the Vancouver booking guide covers timeline and the brief.
The next step
Check open dates on the speaking calendar, or send the brief through the speaking page. Dai replies personally.
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