The Speaker

Most events have a speaker. Not all of them have a moment.

There's a difference between someone who shows up with a deck and someone who shows up with a point of view — someone who can read a room, earn a laugh, and use that laugh to open a door the audience didn't know was there. One leaves people with notes. The other leaves people thinking differently about themselves.

Will Thomas is a keynote speaker, standup comedian, and the creator of Sunday Setup — a weekly newsletter that turns strange real-world stories into sharp workplace insight. He brings that same approach to the stage: unexpected entry points, disarming humor, and ideas that stick because they arrived sideways.

His talk, Stop That Dog, is built around one of the most universal professional blind spots — the expertise trap. The more fluent you become in your work, the harder it gets to see it clearly. Will helps audiences name that pattern, laugh at it a little, and walk away with the agency to do something about it. The message isn't prescriptive. It respects the audience enough to let them decide what changes.

If you want your attendees energized, challenged, and still talking about the session at dinner — Will Thomas is your guy.