LUX Talks 2026 / Dai Manuel
Fuel the Driver.
The 2% Leader. A 35-minute session about looking after the person your team depends on, with a little movement, honest conversation and a practical Monday plan.
Your speaker
Dai Manuel. Coach Moose.
Dai is a Vancouver keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, coach and author of The 2% Solution. Nearly thirty years in fitness have taken him from one-to-one coaching to the boardroom and the stage.
He runs MERGE Fitness Inc. and co-owns CrossFit BC with his wife, Christie. A former Chief Operating Officer, he knows the decisions, pressures and people behind a leadership role. He still coaches on the gym floor.
His talks are plain-spoken and interactive. The point is not another perfect routine. It is one useful practice you can carry back to your team.
Read Dai’s full bioThe session
The 2% Leader.
Check your tank
Compare the leader you are on a difficult Monday with the one your team needs. Notice the gap without turning it into a judgement.
Move. Still. Grow.
Explore the 15/5/10 practice: fifteen minutes of movement, five minutes of stillness and ten minutes of learning. Thirty minutes, about two percent of a day.
Make Monday easier
Choose one team ritual, decide who leads it and name how you will know it has stuck. Miss a day? Make the next one smaller.
LUX Talks 2026
Event details.
- Speaker
- Dai Manuel (Coach Moose)
- Session
- Fuel the Driver: The 2% Leader
- Talk length
- 35 minutes within a 45-minute speaking slot
- Conference dates
- 16 and 17 October 2026
- Dai’s session
- Friday, 16 October, 1:45 to 2:30 pm (Vancouver time)
- Friday schedule
- 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Saturday schedule
- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Venue
- SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
- Official event
- LUX Talks 2026: DRIVE, Built to Lead
Take the useful bits with you.
Speaking schedule
Dai’s speaking availability.
The calendar shows booking availability, not a public list of private events. A date request is a hold, not a confirmed booking. Dai confirms the brief and details personally.