Dr. Rod Berger
Global storytelling expert Dr. Rod Berger empowers organizations to craft narratives that shape culture, brand identity, and leadership impact.
Why book Dr. Rod Berger for your next event
- With over 4,000 interviews conducted around the world, featuring everyone from Pope Francis and Magic Johnson to refugees and global executives, Dr. Rod Berger brings a uniquely human lens to the stage. His vast storytelling experience offers your audience powerful insights into empathy-driven leadership, cross-cultural communication, and brand authenticity.
- Dr. Rod Berger has been invited by the United Nations, global NGOs, and top-tier organizations to deliver insights on strategic communication, narrative leadership, and cultural influence. Booking his keynote brings institutional-level expertise directly to your event, offering tools your leaders can immediately apply to inspire, align, and activate their teams.
- As a guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and a former Forbes contributor, Rod bridges academia and real-world business. His keynotes are packed with research-backed communication frameworks tailored to the needs of modern organizations, providing clear, actionable takeaways that improve performance and impact.
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The Strategic Power of Storytelling in Modern Leadership
Unlock the power of storytelling with world-renowned communication architect Dr. Rod Berger. With over 4,000 interviews across the globe, including conversations with Pope Francis, Magic Johnson, and top UN officials, he delivers unmatched insight into human connection, leadership, and brand communication
Keynote Speaker Dr. Rod Berger is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in strategic communication, leadership storytelling, and narrative-driven brand development. With a unique background in clinical psychology and more than 4,000 global interviews, featuring voices from Pope Francis to Fortune 500 executives, Dr. Berger has become a sought-after authority on how storytelling can shape organizational culture, influence, and impact.
Dr. Berger’s experience spans sectors and continents. From engaging with United Nations officials in Rome to uncovering human stories in Uganda’s refugee camps, he has developed a deep understanding of how authentic narratives drive empathy, performance, and alignment. His role as a guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and as editor-at-large for the international publication Fair Observer further underscores his thought leadership across business, academia, and media.
As a keynote speaker, Dr. Rod Berger delivers powerful, actionable keynotes that help organizations harness the art of storytelling to lead with clarity, build trust, and communicate with strategic intent. His sessions provide leaders with frameworks to improve internal communication, brand positioning, and executive presence.
If you're looking to inspire transformational thinking and equip your teams with the tools to communicate with purpose and authority, book Dr. Rod Berger for your event. His insights leave a lasting impression, making him the ideal partner for organizations ready to lead through narrative intelligence.
Keynotes
Keynote by Dr. Rod Berger:
How to lead with impact and influence through storytelling
What do employees and their respective leaders share? A desire to be heard. A desire for their contributions to be respected. The current and future workplace across the globe demands a heightened awareness of context, to connect and influence, and ultimately persuade – stories underscore the power of narrative to advance professional goals and personal aspirations.
Keynote by Dr. Rod Berger:
What businesses and organizations can learn from stories to improve their brand
Stories are change agents that fundamentally invert the power differential from outdated narratives of hierarchies to flat org charts driven by individual value chains linked together to construct professional communities of impact. Leaders need to recognize the current and present opportunity to impact company culture and strategy through active and engaging storytelling, whereby the leader(s) is also a part of the story.
Berger drives home the point that businesses and organizations can learn a lot from saying nothing and questioning everything.
Keynote by Dr. Rod Berger:
Networking, influencing, persuading, and communicating via stories.
The historical notion of power is naturally connected to status within a given environment. What if the professional and positional power you were previously granted at your place of employment evaporated? You’d be left with stories, not the tick boxes brandished by your LinkedIn profile, leaving you and countless others scouring for alternative answers.
Rod explores the landscape in search of a narrative that rewrites our professional power into an opportunity for professional community and connection.
Rod Berger - Speaking Highlight
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