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Steve Fredlund
Steve Fredlund helps organizations embrace uncertainty and build high-trust teams. A leadership keynote speaker and two-time TEDx presenter, Steve draws on his experience as an actuary and executive leader as well as his global humanitarian work to deliver practical, field-tested frameworks for the leaders of today.
Steve Fredlund spent almost two decades as an actuary and executive before going on to lead humanitarian efforts across East Africa. It was here he discovered a new meaning to leadership under pressure.
Steve is a two-time TEDx presenter and author of The Peeps in Your Jeep: A Reflection Journal for Leaders. His work has taken him across Fortune 500 companies, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and global leadership conferences, where he translates hard-won experience into practical tools for real-world leaders.
Working in East Africa with limited resources and high stakes reshaped how Steve thinks about leadership. He learned that progress rarely comes from having all the answers. It comes from how people show up, how they make decisions, and how they move together when the path is unclear. That insight now sits at the center of every talk he delivers.
Audiences leave Steve's sessions with a concrete framework for moving forward through uncertainty without waiting for perfect information, practical behaviors that build trust and team engagement in everyday moments, and a sharper decision-making process drawn from his actuary experience and from championship-level poker strategy.
Steve brings humor, honesty, and field-tested insight to his story-driven keynotes. Book him when your audience needs the confidence to take bold action and move forward decisively.
Topics, sessions and talks
Change is relentless, and waiting for clarity before acting is a strategy that rarely works. Steve "Safari Dude" Fredlund draws on powerful stories to show why uncertainty is not an obstacle to progress but a natural part of any meaningful journey. He introduces practical steps for moving forward with intention, building the right circle of people, and taking bold action that generates momentum even when the path isn't clear.
Engagement and performance are not manufactured through programs or pressure, they are built through the way leaders show up day to day. Steve Fredlund breaks down the specific behaviors that create trust, deepen connection, and generate ownership across a team. Grounded in real-world leadership experience, this session translates into immediate, practical shifts that any leader can make. This session will also resonate with anyone who influences others at work and is ready to make greater impact.
Speed, ambiguity, and high stakes have become the default conditions for decision-making. Steve Fredlund draws on lessons from championship-level poker to reveal how top performers cut through noise, weigh competing signals, and commit to decisions without waiting for certainty. The result is a practical, highly relatable session that shifts how people think under pressure, whether they are navigating a boardroom call, a complex negotiation, or a career-defining moment.
Steve Fredlund's actuarial background, combined with his humanitarian work in East Africa, gives him a rare dual lens on high-stakes decision-making that resonates particularly well with leaders navigating uncertainty with incomplete data. If your team is wrestling with trust, engagement, or decision-making under pressure, Steve is precisely the right fit.
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Steve Fredlund delivers story-driven keynotes that draw on field experience from humanitarian work in East Africa and championship-level poker strategy to present frameworks for decision-making under uncertainty.
Steve Fredlund speaks on navigating uncertainty, building trust and team engagement, and high-pressure decision-making with limited information. He is a two-time TEDx presenter and author of The Peeps in Your Jeep, with experience spanning Fortune 500 companies, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and global leadership conferences, informed by nearly two decades as an actuary and executive and subsequent humanitarian work across East Africa.
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