Passion Struck
Invisibility Is Expensive for Companies and People
WHY WE EXIST
We make the invisible visible.
We help organizations build cultures where people matter and perform at their best.
Because when leaders unlock human flourishing,
performance doesn’t drop. It compounds exponentially.
Keynote Speaking
Passion Struck Speakers Bureau represents a hand-selected roster of keynote speakers who bring real-world expertise to corporate conferences, leadership summits, and association events worldwide. From behavioral scientists and NASA astronauts to military leaders and elite pilots, our speakers translate experience and research into ideas audiences can put into action.
Podcast Network
Explore the Passion Struck Podcast and our growing network of shows featuring researchers, authors, leaders, and practitioners exploring the forces that shape how we think, work, connect, and live. From human performance and leadership to meaning, relationships, and mattering, every conversation is designed to make the invisible visible.
Leadership & Advisory
Leadership development, behavioral science, and organizational advisory built around the human forces that drive culture and performance. Passion Struck helps leaders make the invisible visible—turning trust, meaning, connection, and mattering into stronger cultures and more sustainable performance.
Live Events
Immersive keynotes, masterclasses, workshops, and live experiences designed to turn ideas into connection, insight, and meaningful change. We bring people together to explore the human forces that shape how we work, lead, connect, and flourish.
Books & Ideas
A growing body of books, research, and practical frameworks exploring what makes us human—and what helps us live, lead, and connect at our best.
Passion Struck, You Matter, Luma, and The Mattering Effect extend these ideas across personal growth, leadership, families, and human flourishing.
The Matteringverse
An expanding world of stories, education, and experiences designed to help people feel seen, valued, and significant. From children and families to adults and organizations, the Matteringverse brings the science of mattering to life through meaningful connection, belonging, and human flourishing.
The Human Side of Performance Is Often the Invisible One
Organizations invest heavily in strategy, technology, processes, and performance systems. But some of the forces that determine whether those investments succeed are harder to see: trust, meaning, connection, belonging, and whether people feel they matter.
When those conditions are strong, people are more able to contribute, collaborate, adapt, and perform at their best.
Passion Struck helps leaders make these invisible dynamics visible—and turn them into a source of stronger cultures, better leadership, and sustainable performance.
- Silver Stevie® Winner — Veteran-Owned Business of the Year
- Apple Podcasts #1 Health & Wellness — US and 20+ Countries · #1 Alternative Health — 50+ Countries
Ideas That Move People. Experience That Moves Organizations.
Passion Struck Speakers represents a hand-selected roster of leaders, NASA astronauts, fighter pilots, behavioral scientists, military veterans, and executives who bring real-world expertise to corporate conferences, leadership summits, association events, and executive retreats worldwide.
Every speaker is a practitioner first—people who built their credibility through what they’ve done, not simply what they’ve said.
Build Cultures People Do Not Want to Leave
Psychological safety, belonging, trust, and human connection are increasingly important to organizational performance. Our speakers—including Erin Diehl, David Nurse, Michelle Curran, Jennifer Edwards, Billy Ray Taylor, and John R. Miles—give leaders practical frameworks for building cultures where people feel valued, connected, and able to do their best work.
Perform at the Highest Level Under Real Pressure
What does it take to perform when the stakes are high? NASA astronauts, fighter pilots, military leaders, and other high-performance practitioners translate real-world experience into practical tools for decision-making, resilience, communication, and performance under pressure.
Chris Cassidy and Michelle “Mace” Curran bring firsthand experience from environments where preparation, trust, and execution matter most.
Think Differently. Lead What’s Next.
The organizations that thrive in a changing world are willing to challenge assumptions, rethink conventional approaches, and make better decisions amid uncertainty. Our speakers help leaders expand their thinking, navigate change, unlock creativity, and lead with greater clarity.
Nir Bashan, Dorie Clark, Scott Simon, David Nurse and the speakers in this lane bring ideas and experience designed to move leaders from conventional thinking toward meaningful action.
Find the Right Speaker for Your Conference or Event
Passion Struck Speakers works with Fortune 500 companies, professional associations, global conferences, and leadership summits across five continents. Tell us about your event and we will match you with the right voice for your stage.
Where the Ideas Behind Human Potential Come to Life.
Passion Struck began as a podcast and has grown into a network of conversations with leading researchers, authors, scientists, entrepreneurs, and practitioners exploring what shapes how we think, lead, connect, and live.
With 85M+ downloads, recognition including Gold Stevie Awards and a Davey Award for Social Impact, and conversations spanning psychology, neuroscience, leadership, relationships, and human flourishing, the network makes complex ideas practical—and makes the invisible visible.
Behavioral Change Masterclasses
Solo episodes grounded in clinical psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science. Built to help you break friction, close the intention-action gap, and design a more intentional life.
Conversations That Matter
In-depth conversations with behavioral scientists, Nobel Laureates, executives, and high performers on the ideas shaping better lives and better organizations. Organized by theme in our Starter Packs.
Multiple shows.
One mission.
Every show in the Passion Struck Network is selected for one reason: it advances the belief that mattering is the most powerful and most neglected driver of human performance. Explore the full network.
A World Built Around One Powerful Idea: You Matter.
The Matteringverse brings the science of mattering to life through stories, books, education, and experiences designed to help people feel seen, valued, and significant.
From children and families to schools and organizations, it creates practical ways to build belonging, strengthen connection, and help people understand that their presence makes a difference.
Stories That Make Mattering Visible
A multimedia storytelling universe built around developmental psychology and behavioral science. Beginning with You Matter, Luma, the Matteringverse expands through books, animation, educational content, and experiences that give children and families a shared language for worth, belonging, and connection.
A World Designed for Belonging
An expanding world of stories, characters, and experiences where people can explore the emotional forces that shape how we connect, care, and understand our own significance.
Through interactive journeys and the Pass the Ripple™ Challenge, the Matteringverse turns the science of mattering into something people can experience—not simply learn.
From Stories to Lasting Change
The Matteringverse extends beyond storytelling into educational experiences for families, schools, and communities—helping people turn the principles of mattering into everyday behaviors that strengthen belonging, connection, and care.
Validated Institutional Excellence
Verified across global creative benchmarks:
Gold Stevie® Winner
Most Innovative Creative Project — Pass the Ripple: Scaling Kindness through CASEL-Aligned Innovation
Gold Stevie® Winner
Excellence in Collaborative Creativity — The Matteringverse: A Story-Driven AI Ecosystem for Global Student Belonging
The Human Side of Performance Has an Operating System.
Organizations measure engagement, productivity, retention, and performance. But beneath those metrics are human conditions that determine how much of people’s judgment, initiative, creativity, and discretionary effort an organization can actually access.
The Mattering Effect introduces a deeper lens: mattering.
The M.A.T.T.E.R. Framework—Meaning, Autonomy, Trust, Time, Energy, and Reciprocity—helps leaders identify the conditions that allow people to contribute their best without feeling that their worth is constantly on trial.
When people know they matter, organizations unlock more of what makes performance sustainable.
“Millions feel adrift and purposeless, despite having outwardly successful lives. John R. Miles shows why this happens—but more importantly, how to fix it in your own life.”
Arthur C. Brooks
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Meaning of Your Life
Explore Passion Struck
From keynote stages and live experiences to education and the Passion Struck Podcast Network, explore the ways we help leaders, organizations, and individuals make the invisible visible.
Bring the Ideas to Your Stage
A hand-selected roster of practitioners, researchers, astronauts, military leaders, pilots, and executives who translate real-world experience and behavioral science into ideas audiences can apply.
Experience the Ideas Together
Keynotes, masterclasses, workshops, and immersive experiences designed to create meaningful connection, deepen insight, and turn ideas into action.
Turn Insight Into Capability
Research-backed education, practical frameworks, and learning experiences designed to help leaders and organizations strengthen human performance, culture, and leadership.
Explore the Ideas Behind Human Performance
The Passion Struck Podcast and growing network of shows bring together researchers, authors, scientists, leaders, and practitioners exploring how we think, lead, connect, and flourish.
Impact Verified by Modern Leaders
“Implementing these behavioral science strategies completely shifted our leadership paradigm. For the first time, our executive teams felt a profound sense of individual significance, which directly translated to a measurable spike in employee retention and operational performance.”
Chief Executive Officer
Global logistics enterprise
“An absolute powerhouse on the stage. This keynote did not just inspire our audience; it handed them a precise behavioral roadmap to overcome workplace isolation and execute at the highest level. The energy in the room was unforgettable.”
Vice President of Events
National technology summit
“As an executive, it is incredibly easy to get caught up in performance metrics while quietly burning out. Working through these mattering frameworks allowed me to strip away the achievement armor and rediscover genuine, lasting impact in my leadership style.”
Senior Vice President
Financial services group