The 2% Leader
Fuel the Driver. Premiered at LUX Talks 2026, Vancouver, October 2026. Your team can only go as far as the person driving it.
Speaking profile
The person behind the microphone.
Dai Manuel is a Vancouver keynote speaker, TEDx speaker and event emcee. This page gathers his bio, his talks and a speaking package you can download and forward to your committee. They will want the short version; this is it.
At fourteen, Dai weighed more than 250 pounds. There was no dramatic fix and no shortcut. There was work, repeated for years, and he has never stopped doing it.
That work became thirty years in fitness. He coached people, built teams, wrote a book and stood on stages. He became a partner and Chief Operating Officer in a multi-million dollar fitness retail business.
Today he runs MERGE Fitness and co-owns CrossFit BC with his wife, Christie. He keeps a small private practice and works with businesses, leadership teams and event audiences.
On stage he is plain-spoken and over-prepared. The goal never changes: leave the room with something people can use on Monday.
On stage
Talks and appearances
TEDx
The Transformative Power of Vulnerability in Men's Mental Health. Dai's TEDx talk on the script that tells men strength means silence.
How to Be a Champion of Change
First delivered in 2024. For leaders and teams carrying a change nobody asked for.
The 2% Solution
Taught on stages and in workshops since 2015. The framework sits at the centre of Dai's book and podcast.
The 2% Solution podcast
149 episodes of conversations on health, mindset and doing the next useful thing.
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Watch
The TEDx talk, in full.
Fourteen minutes on why vulnerability is a human thing, not a weakness. The talk planners ask about most.
Speaking package
Take it to your committee.
A short PDF with Dai's bio, credentials, the eight signature talks, formats and booking details. Made to be forwarded.
Dai Manuel, speaking package (PDF)
Three pages. Bio, talks, formats, cities and how booking works.
Download the speaking packageReady when you are
See the talks, check the calendar, hold a date.
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