Keynotes

Barjis Chohan; a Fashionable Keynote Speaker

Barjis Chohan is a multi-talented woman and will deliver a keynote speech on many topics, from her work as a designer to diversity and inclusion issues. She is also known for her stance on women’s rights and the arts, wanting to ensure that they are accessible to all.

As a keynote speaker, she is able to captivate her audience, telling them all about her successes without leaving out any failures or challenges that she encountered. She wants her audience to dream big and does not fail to get that message across.

Use creativity as the fuel for growth

Investing in creativity and innovation is the only way to grow businesses that last. Barjis will show you how to use cost effective-tools and methods to bring results.

This keynote will explore:

  • Strategies to stand out from the crowd
  • Aborting what does not align with your values
  • Helping teams to work interdependently with a common purpose
  • How to work against the status quo to deliver results

Be true to your ethos

Why do brands die over time? Why do brands lose their competitive edge? This keynote will highlight the danger of following the crowd and losing your ethos and values of the organisation.

This keynote will explore:

  • How to remain relevant yet maintain your core ethos
  • Re-visit your ‘whys’ and mission statement and how to apply them in your day-to-day business
  • Think like a small business yet grow exponentially
  • Stop being everything for everyone and go back to move forward

Understand Cultural Diversity to create an inclusive and productive workplace

Many times employees leave not because of the work but because of the culture. Post-Covid is an employees market and with the ‘great resignation’ we are seeing employers fighting to keep talent.

This keynote will explore:

  • Understanding culture nuances and sensibilities to retain talent
  • How to create an inclusive culture where everyone is valued
  • Learn practical tools on creating an empathetic culture
  • Creating a culturally diverse team to bring exponential growth
  • Build staff morale through adding value and making everyone feel part of a bigger and purposeful goal

Gender Equity and Empowerment

We tend to think that empowering women is the only way to tackle gender inequality. What about empowering both men and women to understand each other without causing division?

This keynote will explore:

  • A better understanding of the challenges faced by BOTH women and men at the workplace
  • How we can create a culture where everyone is valued and we work together to build each other instead of breaking each other
  • Learn tools and better listening skills to create empathy
  • Using mentors as a way to create leaders within leaders

Fashion & Sustainability

How can businesses become ethical and sustainable? Is it possible to be 100% Sustainable? Why is sustainability easier to talk about and harder to implement? Barjis has spent 7 years understanding and testing sustainability and has successfully introduced sustainable products to the market.

This keynote will explore:

  • What damage the fashion industry has done to the climate
  • How to create a sustainable plan for your company
  • What are the barriers to success?
  • Why it’s important to re-set and re-evaluate your current sustainability goals?
  • What cost-effective tools can we use immediately to make positive change
  • How to take accountability and build a network that will support you in achieving your goals