Dr Gill Hicks Travels from Adelaide, SA
Topics
- Achievements
- Disability
- Female Speaker
- Inspirational
- Issues
- Mental Health
- Motivational
- Resilience
Dr Gill Hicks is a powerful, life-affirming, and memorable speaker whose life symbolizes transformative possibilities, impacting and inspiring audiences worldwide. Despite enduring permanent injury and losing both legs in the 2005 London terrorist bombings, she vowed to Do More than Survive and devote her efforts to communicating the wonder and awe of the Human spirit.
Through her groundbreaking work, The Fragile Project, Gill explores a position that transcends traditional concepts of resilience, encouraging a fundamental shift in how we approach change. Rather than merely surviving adversity, she advocates for becoming Agile within a Fragile existence – accepting change as an omnipresent part of life’s journey.
Drawing from 20 years of lived experience, Gill has developed a transformative methodology, which goes beyond conventional resilience, offering a practical approach to finding opportunity within adversity and flexibility within change.
The Fragile Project represents a deeper exploration of our collective ability to embrace change in all forms, fostering an agile mindset that helps us navigate life’s complexities with greater stability and positivity.
Awarded and recognised with doctorates from London Metropolitan, Kingston and the University of South Australia, an MBE and AM, Gill brings her experience from a respected and expansive UK career within Design and the Arts to champion critical thinking, particularly within the areas of violent extremism.
Combining lived experience and design thinking, her unique methodology for navigating and enveloping change is at the core of each presentation. Exploring the fragility of our existence and highlighting our strength and ability to live and grow within uncertainty is where Gill cuts through and encourages a new way of thinking, of being and flourishing in all areas of life.
Keynote Titles
- The Fragile Project: Beyond Resilience
- Beyond Resilience: A New Paradigm
- The Triple A Methodology
- Why it Matters
Testimonials
Gill was the perfect speaker for the end of day - she had the audience enthralled and the evaluation feedback was 100% positive. I would have absolutely NO hesitation in recommending Gill to any event.
Aged & Community Services AustraliaWhat can I say, it was absolutely insanely amazing; theatrical, moving and beautiful!
Wired For Wonder
Gill held the audience spellbound for well over an hour. The presentation was both confronting and inspirational. It gave our members a new perspective on prioritising their lives and what is truly important as well as the sheer determination in beating the odds... truly a unique experience.
YPO Education Chair