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Certified Speaking Professional. Bestselling Author. Journalist.
Mark Jones is the creator of The Story Code™ — a framework using narrative intelligence to build cultures of clarity, courage and connection by rewriting the stories leaders tell themselves. Leadership from the inside out.
Over three decades as a technology journalist, keynote speaker and blue-chip brand advisor — from the Australian Financial Review and Silicon Valley to the global stage — Mark has interviewed and advised thousands of leaders, including executives at Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe and ServiceNow.
His Amazon business bestseller, The Story Code for Leaders, reveals the CODE framework — Challenge, Overwrite, Decide, Encode — drawn from his own burnout experience and decades of research into belief, identity and leadership and how they shape behaviour.
A Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), Mark speaks across Australia, the US and Asia Pacific on leadership, workplace wellbeing, and AI adoption. He lives in Sydney’s northern beaches with his wife, four children and an angelic dog.
Large-scale Conference, Event or Summit MC | Keynote Speaker | Panel Host | Executive Roundtable Host | Corporate Workshop Facilitator | Company Retreat & Offsite Facilitator
KEYNOTE SIGNATURE TOPICS
1. FIRED UP OR BURNT OUT?
Why half your workforce isn’t OK — and the leadership conversation that changes everything
Signature workplace wellbeing and leadership resilience keynote. Addresses the narrative gap driving burnout, disengagement and attrition. Grounded in The Story Code™ framework (Challenge, Overwrite, Decide, Encode) and neuroscience research. Available as keynote, half-day or full-day workshop.
2. THE NARRATIVE GAP in CORPORATE CULTURE
Why enterprise AI stalls — and the human model that moves it forward
Enterprise AI adoption keynote for CXOs and senior leadership teams. Names the 97% pilot purgatory problem, diagnoses the narrative gap between leadership vision and team belief, and delivers the Sovereign AI Model (READ / WRITE / SHARE). Anchored in the JPMorgan Chase case study and MIT research. Available as keynote or workshop.
3. HUMAN SKILLS FOR THE AGE OF AI
How to fast-track AI adoption without losing the plot
Workforce confidence and AI wellbeing keynote for broader organisational audiences. Reframes human skills as the decisive advantage in an AI-driven world. Uses The Story Code™ framework to help individuals rewrite the fear narrative around AI. Available as keynote, half-day or full-day workshop.
COMPANY RETREATS & LEADERSHIP OFFSITES
Full-day and multi-day facilitated experiences
Mark designs and leads immersive retreat experiences that transform how teams understand themselves — individually and collectively — and their shared story as an organisation.
Using The Story Code™ framework and HUMAINWARE™ AI tools, participants surface and rewrite the self-limiting beliefs holding them back, before co-authoring a shared team narrative aligned to company direction. The result is a retreat that feels human and deeply personal, while delivering clear strategic outcomes around engagement, alignment and culture.
Structured across up to three thematic arcs: your story (individual), our story (collective), and the next chapter (future vision). Includes interactive storytelling workshops, AI-powered reflection capture, layered participant reports, and optional bulk book supply for all attendees.
Suitable for leadership offsites, company-wide retreats, sales kick-offs and culture days. Available domestically and internationally.
1. FIRED UP OR BURNT OUT?
Why half your workforce isn’t OK — and the leadership conversation that changes everything
Signature workplace wellbeing and leadership resilience keynote. Addresses the narrative gap driving burnout, disengagement and attrition. Grounded in The Story Code™ framework (Challenge, Overwrite, Decide, Encode) and neuroscience research. Available as keynote, half-day or full-day workshop.
2. THE NARRATIVE GAP in CORPORATE CULTURE
Why enterprise AI stalls — and the human model that moves it forward
Enterprise AI adoption keynote for CXOs and senior leadership teams. Names the 97% pilot purgatory problem, diagnoses the narrative gap between leadership vision and team belief, and delivers the Sovereign AI Model (READ / WRITE / SHARE). Anchored in the JPMorgan Chase case study and MIT research. Available as keynote or workshop.
3. HUMAN SKILLS FOR THE AGE OF AI
How to fast-track AI adoption without losing the plot
Workforce confidence and AI wellbeing keynote for broader organisational audiences. Reframes human skills as the decisive advantage in an AI-driven world. Uses The Story Code™ framework to help individuals rewrite the fear narrative around AI. Available as keynote, half-day or full-day workshop.
