For leadership conferences · Executive teams · CHROs addressing burnout and succession
The leadership crisis is not a skills gap. It is a developmental gap.
Leaders have the capabilities. They are missing the inner architecture to use them well under pressure.
philip draws on neuroscience, somatic practice, and thirty years of working with leaders at the edge of their capacity.
The talk reframes self-mastery not as a personal virtue but as an organizational imperative.
Outcome: Audiences leave with a practical framework for developing the inner capacities that make outer effectiveness sustainable.
For executive teams · People and culture leaders · Organizations navigating AI-driven change
The trust deficit in organizations is not a communication problem. It is a relational intelligence problem. And it is solvable.
As AI handles more of the analytical work, the quality of human relationships becomes the primary competitive differentiator.
This talk gives leaders a concrete understanding of what relational intelligence is, why it matters more than ever, and how to build it systematically inside transformation work.
Outcome: Concrete strategies for building the relational fabric that makes transformation actually hold.
For innovation conferences · Digital transformation leaders · Strategy teams
AI will not replace human intelligence. It will render operational intelligence obsolete. The question is whether organizations are developing the kind of human intelligence AI cannot replicate.
philip has worked at the intersection of human development and technology for three decades.
This talk cuts through the noise to deliver a clear-eyed view of what the AI era actually demands from leaders, and what they need to develop to meet it.
Outcome: A strategic roadmap for developing the human capacities that become more valuable as AI expands.
For Chief Transformation Officers · CHROs · Change management conferences · Boards sponsoring transformation work
70% of transformation initiatives fail. The number has been remarkably stable for thirty years, despite billions invested in change management methodology.
This is not a methodology problem. It is a diagnosis problem.
Most transformation programs address the system but not the human, the behavior but not the identity. That is half the map.
This talk shows what the complete map looks like, why the human-capacity layer is the actual lever, and how to build transformation that holds beyond the program’s end date.
Outcome: A defensible diagnosis of why current transformation work is underperforming, and a clear sequence for closing the gap.
For Heads of L&D · OD leads · Heads of Leadership Development · Transformation readiness audiences
Most transformation programs address a narrow slice of human capacity: Execution, planning, communication, alignment.
They rarely address the somatic, emotional, semantic, visionary, and deeply relational capacities that determine whether the work actually holds.
The 21 Intelligences is a developmental framework that maps human capacity across three domains: Individual, Interpersonal, and Innovative.
This talk introduces the architecture, surfaces the most commonly missing intelligences in transformation work, and offers a practical lens for diagnosing capacity gaps in the room.
Outcome: A working map of the human capacities required for transformation, and language for naming what current programs systematically leave out.
philip has spoken at leadership conferences, corporate summits, and executive programs across Europe, North America, and Asia.
He co-designed and co-led the Siemens Intrapreneur Bootcamp for a decade, training nearly 1,000 intrapreneurs across more than 40 countries. It is one of the most successful intrapreneurship programs ever built inside a DAX 40 organization.
“Philip is one of those rare gems in a sea of transformation specialists that can help leaders vision what’s around the corner and cultivate the critical human skills to get there“
Mary Gilbert
CEO and Founder, Future Ready CMO
“Philip is a leading big picture thinker who knows what it takes to make change happen, and persist. His approach brings a powerful insight into behavior and culture change, supported by a solid understanding of business effectiveness. Having Philip around makes things better.”
Stephen Terry
Practice Director, Navint Consulting
philip horváth is a transformation advisor, keynote speaker, and human-development practitioner. His central argument is that most transformation initiatives fail (roughly 70%, per McKinsey’s long-running research) because they address the system but not the human, the behavior but not the identity. He calls this half the map. His work delivers the complete map.
His approach integrates two decades of California-metabolized vertical development, somatic practice, and conscious leadership with DACH cultural and corporate fluency developed over 30 years of practice with global organizations. The result is a practitioner who moves between DAX 40 boardrooms and advanced leadership development circles without code-switching, bringing both rigor and depth to the same room.
He is co-founder of LUMAN, creator of the 21 Intelligences framework, and author of the forthcoming book The Relational Age. His client work has spanned Siemens, Siemens Energy, Airbus, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Infineon, Meta, Berliner Sparkassen and Bundesagentur für Arbeit, among others.
He is based in Berlin and Los Angeles. He speaks English and German.