Keynote presentation: Hooked! Connect, Engage and Inspire with Storytelling
| Monday, August 17, 2026 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM |
| Ballroom |
Overview
Yamini Naidu
Speaker
Yamini Naidu
Hooked! Connect, Engage and Inspire with Storytelling
Abstract
In mining, people often hear the same safety messages again and again. The challenge is making those messages stick.
Facts and procedures matter. But stories help people understand what is at stake, remember the lesson and act differently.
In this practical, inspiring and interactive session, Yamini Naidu will help delegates:
• Discover why stories are such a powerful tool for safety communication • Turn technical information, data and lessons learned into stories people remember • Identify practical opportunities to use stories in briefings and everyday conversations
Yamini Naidu, CSP is the world’s ONLY, economist turned storyteller. She works with leaders all over the world helping them shift from spreadsheets to stories. Her clients include Google, Tiffany & Co, and Ford Motor company. www.yamininaidu.com.au
Facts and procedures matter. But stories help people understand what is at stake, remember the lesson and act differently.
In this practical, inspiring and interactive session, Yamini Naidu will help delegates:
• Discover why stories are such a powerful tool for safety communication • Turn technical information, data and lessons learned into stories people remember • Identify practical opportunities to use stories in briefings and everyday conversations
Yamini Naidu, CSP is the world’s ONLY, economist turned storyteller. She works with leaders all over the world helping them shift from spreadsheets to stories. Her clients include Google, Tiffany & Co, and Ford Motor company. www.yamininaidu.com.au
Biography
Yamini Naidu is a global thought leader in storytelling and leadership whose passion is helping business people reach their full potential through mastering the art of storytelling, presenting, personal branding
and thought leadership.
Through storytelling, Yamini helps clients to engage, excite and inspire their own people to act and change.
Previously a Director at One Thousand & One, a company she co-founded in 2005 and Australia's first storytelling company.
Yamini Naidu is a seasoned speaker and a much sought-after presenter, combining authenticity and humour with rich insights. Her presentations are both practical and inspiring.
