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Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie

Keynote Speaker | Certified Lego Serious Play Facilitator | Recognised for work on play and games for Human Connection, Innovation and Creativity

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  • Fearlessly Curious: The Antidote to Fear in the Innovation Journey
  • How to Thrive as a Different Leader
  • Fearlessly Curious: The Antidote to Fear in the Innovation Journey - an Interactive Session - Powered by SUPERCONNECT® Lego Serious Play®
  • Igniting Curiosity - an Interactive Session - Powered by SUPERCONNECT® Lego Serious Play®
  • Building Creativity: The Better-Than-a-Keynote Keynote - an Interactive Session - Powered by SUPERCONNECT® Lego Serious Play®
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  • Location: Perth
  • Social media followers: 5k
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Biography

Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie empowers leaders and teams to thrive through curiosity, human connection, and purposeful play… all while celebrating the power of being and doing things differently. An internationally acclaimed human connection designer and PhD-trained business anthropologist, Kate is the Chief Connection Officer at The Up Next Company and a long running tech and innovation columnist with the Business News.

A Certified Facilitator of LEGO® Serious Play®, Kate is also the creator of SUPERCONNECT®, an innovative add-on to the LEGO® Serious Play® method. SUPERCONNECT® enhances the methodology by fostering deeper human connection, psychological safety, and inclusion, and is used by global brands like Virgin, Ikea, and Samsung.

As a frequent media commentator, Kate’s insights have appeared in the Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, ELLE, Triple J’s Hack, The Globe and Mail (Canada), NPR (US), and MTV. She currently teaches at the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Murdoch University and has previously taught at the Curtin School of Business and the Canadian Film Centre’s New Media Lab in Toronto. Kate has also served as a judge for the NASA Space Apps Challenge and Startup Weekend.

A former TEDx speaker coach, Kate brings over 20 years of international speaking experience, having presented in more than 10 countries and every Australian capital city at events such as SXSW (in both hemispheres), TheWebConf, REMIX Summit, TEDxPerth, PAX AUS, NXNE (Toronto) and the International LEGO Serious Play Conference at LEGOLAND in Denmark.

Recognised as one of WA’s 40 Under 40 and the Australian Computer Society’s Digital Disruptor Professional of the Year, Kate’s work has been showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival, the National Theatre in London, the new Western Australian Museum, and play festivals across the United States and Europe.

She holds a PhD in Internet Studies and Anthropology from Curtin University, where she also served as a Senior Adjunct Research Fellow. Kate is an accredited Mental Health First Aider and a Professional Member of Professional Speakers Australia.

Testimonials

Thank you to Dr Kate for your dynamic presentation on igniting curiosity through play. The innovative approach highlighted the transformative power of incorporating playful elements into our work culture, emphasising how it can ignite creativity and problem solving. The session really sparked a passion for innovation in our people and will drive positive change within our organisation

Steve Nichols, CIO, Youi Insurance

“Kate was kind enough to share her time and insights at a recent WAMA (Western Australian Marketing Association) event, where we dissected the topic of AI. Her keynote and fireside chat garnered some of the best feedback we have received.”

Rene LeMerle, Chair WA Marketing Association

“Her engaging and energetic talk discussed leveraging games as a culture to help prepare for the future of work and education, and what a response it had on our audience! We broke Twitter, yes, we broke Twitter! OK, we trended second nationally with our hashtag #WAES19 while Kate was talking; not bad at all! Twitter aside, the feedback on her talk was incredible. Her message about the Power of Play was thought provoking and powerful, and the delegates embraced it. Thanks again Kate for helping to make our event such a success!”

SARAH FEARNE, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, SOLUTIONS IT, AUSTRALIA

Kate moderated our Q&A session with acclaimed game designer Navid Khonsari… I was thoroughly impressed with Kate’s work, especially about the quality of the conversation and rapport between her and Navid. We also had an unprecedented level of positive feedback at this year’s event, and Kate played an important part of that

Alice Burgin, Conference Director, Australian Documentary Conference (AIDC)

“Kate is a remarkably capable, inspiring and thoughtful person… There is no question that she is one of our best and brightest.”

SCOTT LUDLAM, AUTHOR, TEDX SPEAKER AND FORMER SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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