Julie Pham

Dr. Julie Pham empowers organizations to communicate across differences with curiosity-driven leadership and actionable insights.

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Julie delivered a phenomenal keynote talk at the 2024 Central Washington Conference! As one participant said: "[The keynote] felt like an eye opener for me which really made the rest of the day fun and learning." Overall, the talk received very high ratings from participants, and many people cited her keynote as the highlight of the day. Julie invited participants to practice vulnerability, curiosity, and respect. She guided them through exercises that sparked conversations and ideas to strengthen their teams. As one of the people implementing the Conference, I couldn't have imagined anyone easier to work with. Julie centered the interests and needs of our attendees and immersed herself in the day. Julie gets my highest recommendation as a speaker and thought leader.

Nancy Bacon

Central WA Nonprofit Network

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Why book Julie Pham for your next event

Turn workplace misunderstandings into connection with practical tools to foster respect and effective communication across diverse teams.
Empower your team to speak up and listen better by learning the 7 Forms of Respect and transforming how they engage at work.
Amazon #1 bestselling author of 7 Forms of Respect, Julie’s frameworks are used by companies worldwide to improve workplace culture.

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Transforming Culture Through Curiosity

Energize your organization with keynote speaker Dr. Julie Pham, a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and founder of CuriosityBased. With a powerful blend of real-world leadership and academic excellence, including a PhD from Cambridge as a Gates Scholar, Dr. Pham delivers transformative keynotes that help teams build cultures of trust, respect, and collaboration. Her practical frameworks, audience engagement, and compelling storytelling empower professionals to communicate more effectively and work across differences. Organizations across industries use her insights to spark meaningful conversations and unlock their team’s full potential.

Keynote Speaker Julie Pham is a transformational voice in organizational communication, culture, and leadership. As the bestselling author of 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work, she equips organizations with powerful tools to foster respect, trust, and collaboration across teams. With a dynamic blend of personal storytelling, academic rigor, and real-world leadership experience, Dr. Pham delivers keynotes that resonate deeply with professionals at every level.

Julie Pham is the founder of CuriosityBased, a consulting practice that helps companies build cultures of curiosity and inclusive dialogue. Her thought-provoking talks are known for sparking meaningful conversations, breaking down silos, and empowering employees to communicate with clarity and empathy. From navigating cultural differences to improving team dynamics, her practical frameworks enable real, lasting change in the workplace.

With a PhD from Cambridge University as a Gates Scholar, a TEDx stage presence, and experience leading a business through economic crisis, Julie brings both intellectual depth and practical insight to her keynotes. She has worked with organizations across industries such as technology, healthcare, education, and nonprofit, making her expertise widely applicable and impactful.

If you're looking to inspire better communication, deeper respect, and more connected leadership within your team, book Julie Pham for your event and discover how curiosity can become your organization’s greatest asset.

Customer Reviews

Nancy Bacon Central WA Nonprofit Network

Highly recommend Dr. Pham as a speaker for your group or event. She was so perfect for our health and well-being advocates, and tailored her presentation so precisely to our attendees, it felt like we had been working with her for years (and not months). In our post-event survey, her presentation received the most votes as the best part of the conference (with over 19 speakers). When asked what attendees’ biggest takeaway was, many sited practicing curiosity! With one attendee stating: "The importance of self curiosity as well as curiosity of others. Understanding your own motives and how other people define things (don't assume your seeing things the same)." Best decision ever to have her speak at our event - recommend with zero hesitation.

Anne Alkema Providence Swedish North Puget Sound

Keynotes

Keynote by Julie Pham:

Curiosity as a Practice

What if curiosity was the secret ingredient to stronger teams, deeper connections, and better communication? In this highly interactive and thought-provoking keynote, Dr. Julie Pham invites audiences to reframe curiosity not as a personality trait, but as a strategic workplace practice. Drawing on her real-world leadership experience and unique academic perspective, she guides participants through powerful exercises that challenge biases, invite vulnerability, and build bridges across cultural and professional divides.

Rather than passive listening, audiences will actively participate in guided conversations that uncover blind spots and encourage deeper understanding. Dr. Pham demonstrates how curiosity can be operationalized to drive inclusive leadership, foster psychological safety, and unlock untapped team potential. The result is a culture that values asking over assuming, listening over reacting, and dialogue over division.

Audience takeaways:

Learn how to apply curiosity as a leadership tool to improve communication and decision-making.
Discover techniques to foster trust and engagement through open-ended inquiry and active listening.
Walk away with structured frameworks to facilitate inclusive, curiosity-driven conversations in teams.

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Keynote by Julie Pham:

Rubber Band Rule of Respect

Ever feel like you're not getting the respect you deserve? Maybe you’ve been told to "just demand it," but that never felt quite right. In this insightful and practical keynote, Dr. Julie Pham introduces the Rubber Band Rule of Respect and her acclaimed framework, the 7 Forms of Respect, to challenge the myth that respect is universal. She shows how respect is elastic—stretching and adapting depending on culture, context, and individual values.

Through engaging storytelling and relatable workplace examples, Dr. Pham helps audiences understand how mismatched expectations around respect can create tension, conflict, and disengagement. More importantly, she equips attendees with tangible tools to redefine respect for themselves and their teams. Whether navigating generational divides, managing hybrid teams, or initiating tough conversations, this keynote empowers professionals to communicate with clarity and confidence.

Audience takeaways:

Understand the 7 Forms of Respect and how to apply them in everyday workplace scenarios.
Gain practical strategies for addressing mismatched respect expectations across diverse teams.
Learn how to initiate and navigate respectful, honest conversations without escalating conflict.