After Dinner Speakers
Former Downing Street Communications Director, Author & Podcaster
Built on his book Winners, this talk draws out the habits shared by high performers across Downing Street, boardrooms and elite sport. Alastair looks at mindset, teamwork and leadership, and at how organisations turn ambition into results.
Strategy Under Pressure: Lessons From Downing Street
How to set a clear objective, build a strategy around it and keep tactics in their place when the pressure is on. Using examples from government and the 1997 campaign, Alastair covers planning, message discipline, reputation and handling a crisis in a 24-hour news cycle.
Mental Health at Work: Why Openness Matters
Drawing on his own experience of depression and his books The Happy Depressive and Living Better, Alastair talks frankly about stress and mental health in high-pressure jobs. He sets out what leaders can do to build openness, including Mental Health First Aid training.
What Has Gone Wrong With Politics, and How to Fix It
From his book But What Can I Do? and his conversations on The Rest Is Politics, Alastair explains the forces reshaping UK and global politics, and what they mean for business, public trust and the decisions leaders face in an uncertain world.
