Trillion Small, PhD, MBA

Because I sit at an intersection most speakers can't claim: clinical depth, business fluency, and real-world performance experience. I don't speak about human behavior in theory alone. I've spent over 12 years inside the psychology of high-stakes decision-making, elite athletic performance, and organizational leadership where the margin between success and breakdown is entirely human. My frameworks are built from the field - shaped by work with Olympians, professional athletes, ETA searchers, and executive teams navigating pressure that doesn't show up on a balance sheet but absolutely shows up in results. I hold a PhD in clinical counseling and a Global Executive MBA from Duke, and I translate that across disciplines in a way that is rigorous, accessible, and immediately applicable. Audiences don't leave with inspiration. They leave with a framework, a shift in how they see performance, and language for problems they've been carrying without a name.