Business Storyteller · Speaker · PSA Educator Of The Year 2025

I help leaders make their ideas land - every single time.

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Hi, I’m Yamini, the world’s only economist-turned-business storyteller.

Yes, really. I’m also an award-winning keynote speaker and over the past 15 years I’ve delivered more than 2,500 keynotes and masterclasses around the world.
I help leaders communicate big ideas with clarity, conviction and heart. Whether it’s a strategy rollout or a change initiative, I help your message land so people understand, remember and act on it.
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Yamini has worked with...

Coles GroupFordOracleWesfarmersLionANZTiffany & CoSA Power NetworksGoldman SachsAtlassianAccentureAMPArnottsIBMNielsenTelstraGoogleAdidasMicrosoftColes GroupFordOracleWesfarmersLionANZTiffany & CoSA Power NetworksGoldman SachsAtlassianAccentureAMPArnottsIBMNielsenTelstraGoogleAdidasMicrosoft

Make Your Ideas Land - Every Time

Do you want to…

Turn complexity into clarity — fast?
Bring stakeholders with you, not just along for the ride?
Make data feel human, persuasive and memorable?
Align your team around strategy and direction?
Spark real action - not just applause?

If you said yes to any of those, you're in exactly the right place.

Business storytelling is your unfair advantage. I help leaders turn complex strategy and data into stories that create genuine buy-in - and drive action. If you need people to understand quickly, care deeply, and act with confidence, I can help.

I work with executives, senior leaders, technical experts and high-performing teams - whether it's a strategy rollout, a change initiative, a transformation program, or a conference keynote.

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Business Storytelling For Leaders

Keynote Speaking

I don't just deliver a talk - I create an experience. My keynotes blend sharp insight, warm humour and practical tools your audience can use straight away. Every session is tailored to your people, your moment, and your message.
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Masterclasses

Immersive, Experiential and Participatory. We immerse you in the world of storytelling and then we get you to actually do it!
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Bespoke Projects

Bespoke storytelling programs designed to help your leaders influence, connect and drive results, tailored specifically to your organisation’s context, challenges and ambitions.
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Yamini is to storytelling as apple is to pie.
Peter Baines OAM, Founder, Hands Across Water
Yamini's ability to help leaders unlock the power of storytelling in a fun and authentic way is inspiring, insightful and transformative.
Edweena Stratton, Chief People Officer, Culture Amp
I have been privileged to have a long association with Yamini. She brings a positive spirit and infectious energy to her work and always leaves behind a lasting impression. More than 10 years on, people from my old team still comment on Yamini’s engaging educational sessions, with great content and challenging fun exercises that have made a real difference to their ability to connect with people in their lives.
John Burgin, Chairman ICT Committee, ANZ India Business Chamber
We brought in Yamini Naidu into AHI because we thought we could build storytelling skill... although for many of us, to be truthful, we didn’t quite believe we had the ability. In less than 2.5 hours, Yamini convinced us otherwise. She helped us take a nar rative of nearly nothingness and help us make it extraordinary. She showed us the beauty of a good story and the science that drives it. It is a skill that will now sit with all of our participants forever... it will help us in our work, it will help us commu- nicate with our colleagues...and it will help me get my teenage children to clean their room. With great thanks, Yamini.
Mark Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, AHI (Australasian Housing Institute)
Yamini took our team through a high energy set that had everyone fully engaged from start to finish. Through practical examples and workshopping, we experienced the power of business storytelling, with a combination of both tears and belly laughs as staff shared their stories across the team. An incredible learning experience and one we would highly recommend for capability development and commercial impact.
Bridie Swatton Née Cowell, Innovation Director at Bega Cheese Limited.
Yamini is a wonderful storyteller, mentor and human being. Her wisdom and charisma are infectious and she is guaranteed to bring light into any gathering.
Tania de Jong AM, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Soprano at Creative Universe, Creativity Australia, MindMedicine Australia & Creative Innovation

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