Passion Struck
Invisibility Is Expensive for Companies and People
How We Create Change
Through behavioral science, keynotes, media, and leadership development, we translate the science of mattering into practical tools that help people, teams, and organizations flourish.
Keynote Speaking
Passion Struck Speakers Bureau represents a hand-selected roster of keynote speakers available for corporate conferences, association events, and leadership summits worldwide. Every speaker is a practitioner first, including behavioral scientists, NASA astronauts, and fighter pilots who translate real-world experience into frameworks audiences can apply immediately.
Explore the Bureau →Podcast Network
Explore the Passion Struck Podcast and the broader network of shows, featuring solo masterclasses, expert guest interviews, and research-backed conversations on human performance and intentional living. Winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Best Independent Podcast at both the American Business Awards and the International Business Awards
Explore the Network →Coaching & Training
Structured curriculum, behavioral change modules, and corporate training architecture built on the science of human performance. Passion Struck University is launching soon. Join the waitlist to be first in.
Join the Waitlist → Coming SoonLive Events
Immersive masterclasses, multi-city workshops, and live community experiences designed to accelerate deep connection and lasting behavioral transformation in the room, together.
Coming SoonBooks & Frameworks
Three books built for leaders, families, and anyone ready to close the gap between who they are and who they are capable of becoming. Passion Struck by John R. Miles is a Gold Stevie Award winner recognized as Best Business Book at the American Business Awards and the International Business Awards, and a Next Big Idea Club selection. You Matter Luma and The Mattering Effect extend the framework across children, parents, and adult readers.
Explore the Books →Community & The Matteringverse
An interactive educational and emotional wellness ecosystem built on the SAID framework, cultivating belonging, emotional intelligence, and self-worth for children and adults who deserve to feel like they matter.
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Ending the Crisis of Replaceability
Founded by John R. Miles, Passion Struck is dedicated to advancing the science and practice of mattering. Driven by the fundamental human need to feel seen, valued, and significant, the organization explores how this need shapes our lives, relationships, leadership, organizations, and communities.
At our core is a simple belief: when people know they matter, everything changes. Individuals thrive, teams innovate, organizations strengthen, and communities flourish. When people experience a genuine sense of mattering, they unlock their fullest potential, make their greatest contribution, and create ripples that extend far beyond themselves.
Trusted by the World's Leading Organizations
From Fortune 500 boardrooms to federal agencies — Passion Struck has delivered measurable transformation across industries, sectors, and continents.
The Right Voice for the Right Stage
Passion Struck Speakers is a keynote speakers bureau representing a hand-selected roster of leaders, NASA astronauts, fighter pilots, behavioral scientists, and executives available for corporate conferences, professional association events, leadership summits, and executive retreats worldwide. Every speaker on our roster is a practitioner first — they built their credibility before they ever took a stage.
Build Cultures People Do Not Want to Leave
Psychological safety, belonging, and human connection are the most underleveraged performance drivers in any organization. Speakers in this lane — including Erin Diehl, Jennifer Edwards, Billy Ray Taylor, and John R. Miles — give corporate and association audiences the behavioral frameworks to build high-trust cultures where people bring their full potential to work.
Perform at the Highest Level Under Real Pressure
The mental tools that sustain performance under extreme pressure are learnable and transferable to any team. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and F-16 fighter pilot Michelle "Mace" Curran translate real-world high-stakes experience into frameworks that corporate and association audiences can apply immediately.
Think and Lead Differently
The organizations that define the next decade will be the ones that learn to think beyond conventional patterns. Nir Bashan and the speakers in this lane help corporate audiences, association members, and leadership teams unlock creativity, challenge assumptions, and make better decisions under uncertainty.
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.
The #1 Health and Wellness Show on Apple. Now a Network.
Passion Struck has been ranked #1 in health and wellness on Apple Podcasts across multiple countries, honored with Gold Stevie Awards from the American and International Business Awards, and recognized with a Gold Davey Award for Social Impact. What started as one show is now a curated network of voices built around a single conviction: that every person deserves to feel like they matter.
Solo MasterclassBehavioral 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.
Browse Episodes → Guest InterviewsConversations 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.
Browse 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.
Explore the Network →The Matteringverse: A Multimedia Movement with Purpose
Weaving the emotional depth of cinematic storytelling with advanced behavioral science to resolve a quiet global belonging crisis hidden in plain sight. Powered by the unifying M.A.T.T.E.R. framework, this cradle-to-career-to-community ecosystem provides the structural scaffolding families, schools, and organizations require to turn human worth into an active, measurable operating system.
The Storytelling Universe
A Pixar-inspired multimedia storytelling universe built on developmental psychology and behavioral science. Beginning with You Matter, Luma, The Matteringverse spans books, animation, school programs, and the Pass the Ripple Challenge — giving children and families a shared language for worth, belonging, and emotional courage.
Explore the Universe →Realms of Significance
An inward journey expanding across distinct emotional landscapes, including the Passion Struck Forest, Echo Canyons, Cloud Steps, and Rising Tide Islands. Each realm serves as a narrative vehicle where characters face challenges, cultivate deep empathy, and map actions onto the interactive Pass the Ripple kindness map.
Track the Ripples →MatteringOS™ Platform
The bridge linking early childhood worth with adult organizational transformation. Launching with two guided tracks, this digital environment provides a life track for emotional clarity alongside a premium career track engineered for leadership mastery, team execution, and income acceleration.
Request Early Access →Validated Institutional Excellence
Verified across global creative benchmarks:
Most Innovative Creative Project — Pass the Ripple: Scaling Kindness through CASEL-Aligned Innovation
Excellence in Collaborative Creativity — The Matteringverse: A Story-Driven AI Ecosystem for Global Student Belonging
The Mattering Effect
Why the World's Highest Performers Stop Feeling Invisible and What to Do About It
Releasing October 6, 2026, The Mattering Effect is John R. Miles's definitive framework for the psychology of significance. Drawing on conversations with Angela Duckworth, Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth, and other leading minds, the book explains why high-performing individuals and organizations quietly collapse when mattering is absent and delivers a precise, science-backed path to reclaim it.
Part Lost Connections, part Man's Search for Meaning, this is the book already shaping how Fortune 100 leaders, keynote audiences, and organizational teams think about performance, culture, and lasting purpose. It is not a self-help book. It is a leadership operating manual for the most overlooked driver of human performance.
"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."
Start Your Mattering Journey
One ecosystem. Many ways to join.
The Passion Struck ecosystem spans keynote speaking, live events, education, and a global creator network, all built on the behavioral science of mattering and the psychology of significance. Whether you lead an organization, build a team, or are navigating your own path, every platform in this ecosystem is designed to help you stop being replaceable and start being essential.
Passion Struck Speakers
Bring mattering to the stage and beyond it. Invite world-class thought leaders who inspire intentional growth in your team, school, or community. From keynotes to hands-on workshops and immersive training formats, select speakers are available now to deliver transformative experiences at every level of your organization.
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Passion Struck Live
Experience mattering at scale. Passion Struck Live is a branded series of summits and immersive events produced and owned by Passion Struck, where thousands gather to turn inspiration into transformation and connection into belonging.
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Passion Struck University
Build your blueprint for intentional living. Access science-backed courses, coaching, and programs designed to help you master meaning, resilience, and growth, grounded in the SAID framework and the behavioral science of human performance.
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Passion Struck Network
Become a voice in the Mattering Revolution. The Passion Struck Network is a multi-format creator platform built for podcasters today and expanding into video and beyond. Collaborate with mission-driven creators, amplify ideas that matter, and help build communities that create lasting impact across 170 countries.
Explore the Network →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
Take the Next Step
Bring the Science of Mattering to Your Stage
Transform your next corporate event or annual summit with high-performance keynotes built on rigorous behavioral science, human potential, and actionable leadership frameworks.
Build a Culture Where People Know They Matter
Align your executive leadership, resolve systemic workplace disengagement, and build resilient operational cultures where every team member recognizes their unique impact.
Join the Mattering Movement
Join a global community exploring the science of mattering, human performance, and meaningful contribution.