Dr. Greg Wells

Dr. Greg Wells Speaking Topics

• The Art & Science of Peak Performance

  How Leaders Can Maintain Health & Performance in Challenging Times

  In today's world of constant change and unprecedented challenges, people are facing skyrocketing stress and burnout. The demand to deliver better outcomes, higher results, and more impact has never been greater. But what if the key to thriving isn't doing more, but understanding how to optimize your own human physiology?

  In this presentation, Dr. Wells shares the groundbreaking insights from his international bestseller, "Powerhouse: Protect Your Energy, Optimize Your Health, and Supercharge Your Performance," that bridge cutting-edge science with actionable strategies.

  Through engaging stories and cutting-edge science, Dr. Wells shows your audience HOW to elevate their energy, shift from tension to flow, and craft high performance in the face of challenge, uncertainty, and rapid change. They'll learn to tap into "The Zone" like elite performers, harness stress as a catalyst for growth, craft and elite mindset and use breathing techniques to achieve physical calm and mental clarity.

  In this session, you and your team will:

  • Unlock "The Zone": Learn how elite performers enter flow states and maintain peak performance under pressure.
  • Transform Stress into Growth: Understand how to harness stress as a powerful catalyst for positive mental and physical development.
  • Master the Power of Breath: Discover simple yet powerful breathing techniques to induce physical calm, mental clarity, and heightened energy.
  • Focus Amidst Chaos: Acquire tools to stay calm and centered in stressful situations, enabling creativity and innovation to flourish.
  • Build Your Dream Team: Recognize the critical role of community and learn how to cultivate your own support network and brain trust.

  This session is a roadmap to sustainable, healthy high performance. Dr. Greg Wells provides a scientific yet accessible path to amplify your abilities without succumbing to fatigue and burnout. Through engaging stories and relatable examples, you'll gain practical tactics that you can implement immediately to enhance both your personal and professional life.

• The Ripple Effect: Sleep, Eat, Move & Think for Exponential Health & Performance

  In a world where sleepless nights, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and mental health struggles have become the norm, how can we get healthy, improve our wellbeing and perform at our best?

  The challenges may seem overwhelming, but the solution lies in making small, consistent changes that create a ripple effect throughout every aspect of our lives.

  In this presentation or workshop based on his global bestseller, "The Ripple Effect," Dr. Greg Wells demystifies the science behind optimal health and peak performance. Discover how daily habits in sleep, nutrition, movement, and mindset can improve your well-being and unlock your true potential.

  He reveals the science behind how incremental improvements in sleep, nutrition, movement, and mindset can dramatically enhance well-being and performance. Your audience will learn HOW to implement these small changes to ignite a chain reaction of positive outcomes in their teams, families, and personal lives.

  In this session, you and your team will:

  • Master the Art of 1% Wins: Learn how tiny, incremental changes in your habits, routines, and rituals can lead to exponential results.
  • Sleep Your Way to Success: Uncover strategies to decompress from busy days, fall asleep faster, and stay asleep longer for optimal recovery.
  • Heal Your Brain and Body: Discover the foods that boost brain function, enhance mood, and help you recover from stress.
  • Move to Improve: Understand how physical activity enhances your health and sparks creativity, learning, and problem-solving.
  • Focus in a Distracted World: Gain tools to control your attention, overcome digital distractions, and increase productivity.

  This keynote offers a roadmap to living and working smarter, not harder, even in challenging times. Dr. Greg Wells translates scientific research into clear, actionable tactics that you can implement immediately. Through practical advice and real-world examples, you'll see how small daily decisions can create a ripple effect that improves every area of your life.

The Adaptation Advantage: How High Performers Thrive in an Era of Change

In an era of rapid disruption and uncertainty, the ability to adapt to change isn't just beneficial—it's essential. Global shifts, technological advancements, and unforeseen challenges are rapidly transforming the way we live and work. Amidst these changes, high performers are expected to deliver more impactful results than ever before.

The pressing question is: How can we not only navigate disruption but harness it to achieve growth and sustainable high performance?

Dr. Greg Wells, Human Physiologist and bestselling author, delves into the science of human adaptation to provide a clear path for navigating change. By leveraging insights from human physiology, he offers practical strategies to leverage stress, recover effectively, and achieve peak performance even in the most challenging environments by leveraging the body's natural ability to adapt.

This session is based on insights from his bestselling book, "Powerhouse: Protect Your Energy, Optimize Your Health, and Supercharge Your Performance," beginning with Dr. Greg showing audiences why and how to harness adaptation as a catalyst for growth, implement recovery strategies, and develop the mindset needed to excel in rapidly changing environments.

In this session, you and your team will learn:

• How the Brain Processes Change: Understand how we perceive and respond to change, and how to rewire your thinking for positive adaptation.
• Physiological Adaptation Mechanisms: Discover how the body adapts to stress in both the short and long term, and how to support this natural process.
• Managing Mental and Physical Impact: Learn tactics to mitigate the effects of a challenging environment on your well-being.
• Leadership in Disruptive Times: Explore strategies for maintaining peak performance and guiding your team through high stress and rapid change.
• The Scientific Shift for Positive Growth: Uncover the key physiological approach that enables leaders and teams to adapt positively and thrive.

Dr. Greg’s presentation provides a scientific foundation for understanding and embracing change and helps people transform challenges into opportunities for personal and professional growth.

The Performance Paradox: Why Slowing Down Helps You Speed Up

In a world filled with uncertainty and constant pressure to achieve more, the instinct is often to accelerate—to do more, faster. But science tells a different story: relentless activity without adequate rest leads to overwhelm, burnout, and diminished performance.

Leaders and their teams often overlook a critical component of high performance: strategic rest. The key isn't just doing more but achieving more by aligning with the natural physiology of the human body and mind.

In this presentation, Dr. Greg Wells, human physiologist and bestselling author, uncovers the paradox that slowing down can accelerate success. Based on his book "Rest, Refocus, Recharge," he shares how embracing cycles of work and rest unlocks abilities otherwise blocked by constant stress and pressure.

Dr. Wells reveals the five distinct brainwave states and how leaders can intentionally harness each one to improve focus, enhance learning, foster creativity, and achieve peak performance.

In this session, you and your team will learn:

• The Physiology of Rest: Why your brain isn't designed for constant "go mode" and how continuous work undermines performance.
• The Five Brain States: How to identify and leverage beta, alpha, theta, delta, and gamma brainwave states for focus, learning, creativity, and peak performance.
• Strategic Rest Techniques: Practical methods to incorporate rest and recovery into your daily routine to boost productivity and mental well-being.
• Enhancing Innovation: How slowing down unlocks your ability to think strategically, solve problems, and innovate.
• Preventing Burnout: Strategies to balance work and rest to sustain high performance without sacrificing health.

This session offers actionable insights into how slowing down can help you speed up through the science of rest and its profound impact on health and performance. Your audience will leave with actionable tools to incorporate strategic recovery and regeneration into their personal and professional lives, feeling recharged and equipped to achieve more by doing less.

STEM 2.0: The New Science of Learning (For Schools & Universities)

Elevate Learning by Sleeping, Thinking, Eating and Moving Better

Educators know that healthy students learn better and achieve more. Scientific research confirms that small improvements in physical and mental health can significantly boost academic performance and unlock human potential. Yet today, schools face substantial health challenges affecting students, teachers, and leaders alike.

With increasing rates of stress-related illnesses, mental health issues, and physical inactivity, the need for solutions in education is more critical than ever. How can schools create an environment that promotes well-being and enhances learning for everyone?

Drawing from his global bestseller, "The Ripple Effect," Dr. Wells offers practical, science-based strategies to improve sleep, nutrition, movement, and mindset within educational settings. Drawing from his research and work with elite performers, Dr. Wells provides actionable insights to help educators and students perform at their best while improving overall health and wellbeing.

He reveals why and how to implement science-backed strategies that help students and educators sleep soundly, eat smarter, move more, and think clearly, leading to improved well-being and academic performance.

In this session, participants will learn:

• The Impact of Small Changes: How 1% improvements in habits, routines, and rituals can lead to significant enhancements in health and learning outcomes.
• The Crucial Role of Sleep: Why quality sleep is essential for learning, memory formation, and mental health, and how to promote better sleep habits among students and staff.
• Nutrition for Optimal Brain Function: The foods that enhance cognitive performance, support mental clarity, and facilitate the creation of memories.
• Movement and Cognitive Development: How physical activity boosts problem-solving skills, creativity, and mood, and strategies to integrate movement into the day.
• Mastering Focus and Attention: Techniques to help students and educators control attention, manage distractions, and improve concentration in a digital world.

This keynote or workshop provides educators with tools to create a healthier, more effective learning environment. By implementing these strategies, schools can enhance well-being, improve academic results, and foster a community where everyone thrives.

Rest, Refocus, Recharge: Why Slowing Down Helps Us To Speed Up

With so much uncertainty in our world added to pressures to achieve goals and objectives, traditional thinking is that we have to do more, more often, and it has to be done faster.

Unfortunately, the physiology of our brain and body clearly shows that this leads to feeling overwhelmed and burned out. Organizations that use this approach see skyrocketing rates of mental health problems, absenteeism, and languishing teams.

However, elite performers in sports, academics, and business have adopted a different approach. They have discovered that calming the mind and body unlocks abilities that are blocked by stress and pressure.

Based on his ground-breaking book, "Rest Refocus Recharge," Dr. Wells will explain how our brains and bodies are designed to operate in cycles of work and rest and how we can harness the power of both to improve our health, well-being, and performance.

In this session, you will discover how you can leverage the “beta” brainwave state, where you can focus and execute while shifting into the “alpha” brainwave state to facilitate strategizing and learning to help potential clients see a new path forward. Innovators can enter “theta” brainwave states to be more creative and to solve problems. Ultimately, high performers can also develop their ability to enter the zone for peak performance via “gamma” states. 

You'll learn how to identify the five different brain states, each with a distinct function, and how to intentionally spark these states to achieve your potential.

Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and physiology, Dr. Wells will provide a step-by-step guide to optimizing your mental and physical health through strategic rest and recovery for you and your team.

Audiences will learn:

• Your brain wasn’t designed to be in constant ‘go mode’
• Constant work undermines your ability to perform at a high level
• Calming the mind unlocks learning and strategic thinking
• Innovation and problem solving only happens when we slow down • a lot
• Shifting between brain performance states elevates mental health.

This keynote or workshop is based on Dr. Wells’ best-selling book "Rest, Refocus Recharge."