Friska Wirya is a globally recognized expert in change management and leadership, known for her work as an Organizational Change Advisor and Change Leadership Coach to MNCs.
She is Emeritus Faculty in Change Management for IMD and Emeritus, a TEDx speaker, and the author of two #1 best-selling books, The Future Fit Organization and The Future Fit Asian Organization. She also created FUTURE TALK, a team-based conversation card game to encourage more real, honest conversations about transformation.
Over the past decade, Friska has led change programs impacting up to 65,000 people across six continents. Her debut book became a bestseller within 36 hours and achieved three additional category best-seller rankings in just a few days. Her work is available globally and stocked at Harvard University, Kinokuniya, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Periplus, Booktopia, and Tokopedia.
Friska Wirya speaks on:
The perfect persuasion – how to get people to do what you want using the words you say
Communication can make or break a relationship, a marriage, a career, a change – in the workplace we are constantly trying to influence people’s thoughts, decisions and actions. Friska shares best practices working around the world with some challenging personalities.
Key takeaways:
- The 5Cs of effective communication
- 5 strategies to power up your persuasion
- 6 influencing principles and how to leverage them
Digital or die – Driving a digital culture to support your transformation
There is much talk about digital transformation, but the reality is most organisations are going through a glacial evolution, at best.
Friska walks through the change framework she created and applied at the largest gold miner in the Southern hemisphere to achieve $170m cost saving.
Key takeaways:
- The elements of true transformation
- Driving adoption through positive psychology
- Shifting from expense to value creation
No change, no progress: 8 life lessons to drive change faster
A story of triumph over adversity, an only child who lost both parents at two weeks old, enduring a tumultuous nomadic childhood, intense racism and bullying, to overcoming homelessness and addiction to become the woman she is today.
Key takeaways:
- Mindset is king, mastery is queen
- Defining holistic wellbeing
- The danger of assumptions
With a client roster boasting LVMH, Salesforce, Asana, Appsflyer, Microsoft, F5, Pertamina and Worley to name a few, Friska is among the Top 25 Global Change Management Thought Leaders, Top 50 Asia Pacific Business Consultants You Should Know, and Top 10 Women Change Makers in Indonesia. She is also recognized as a Top Voice in Workplace Culture and Change.
Her insights have been featured in the Australian Institute of Company Directors, The Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, Smart Company and The CEO Magazine and Tatler. Based in Indonesia, she continues to advise and facilitate custom change management programs for major players in energy, engineering, higher ed and technology.