Carl Honoré

To achieve peak performance in a fast world, you have to slow down - Carl Honoré

Described by the
Wall Street Journal
 as “an in-demand spokesman on slowness,” Carl travels the world to deliver keynotes that put time and tempo in a whole new light. His talks are dynamic, inspiring, informative and full of humour, and his audiences range from business leaders, entrepreneurs and sales professionals to teachers, academics and medical practitioners.

In his global bestseller,
In Praise of Slow
, Carl chronicles the global trend toward putting on the brakes in everything from work to parenting. The
Financial Times
said it was “to the Slow Movement what
Das Kapital
is to communism.” His second book,
Under Pressure
, explores how to raise children in a fast world and was hailed by
Time
as a “gospel of the Slow Parenting movement.” Carl’s latest book,
The Slow Fix
, shows how to tackle complex problems in every walk of life. Translated into more than 35 languages, his books have landed on bestseller lists in many countries.

Carl starred in BBC Radio 4’s
The Slow Coach,
in which he helped frazzled, over-scheduled people slow down. He also presented a television show called
Frantic Family Rescue
on Australia’s ABC 1.

Carl is an advisor to Jack Media, which makes messaging apps, and sits on the Board of Trustees of Hewitt School in New York City.

Huffington Post
called Carl “the godfather of the Slow movement.”
Newsweek
described him as “an international spokesman for the concept of leisure.” ABC TV News called him “the unofficial godfather of a growing cultural shift toward slowing down.” CBC
Sunday Edition
said Carl is ”inarguably the world's leading evangelist for what has become known as the Slow Movement."

Carl’s first language is English, but he also presents in French, Spanish and Portuguese (and sometimes Italian).