This talk is about the answer. And it doesn’t lie out there. Drawing on my own story – fleeing to Australia only to discover you always take yourself with you – I explore what it actually means to arrive.
We live in an era of permanent expansion. More speed. More tools. More optimization. And a growing inner emptiness. The CEO of Anthropic recently said: „A AI tsunami is coming – and society is dangerously unprepared.“ Elon Musk asks the harder question: „If AI takes every job – what gives life its purpose?” This talk is about the answer. And it doesn’t lie out there. Drawing on my own story – fleeing to Australia only to discover you always take yourself with you – I explore what it actually means to arrive. Not in a new city. In your own body. LOCAL is not a geographic concept. It is a decision. Perhaps the most courageous one we can make right now. What will be the main takeaways? * LOCAL is a choice – not a place. In a world of permanent transformation, arriving in yourself is an act of courage * You don’t learn this – you remember it – resilience, empathy, and self-awareness are not new skills to acquire. They are already in you, buried under the noise * The body comes first – a dysregulated nervous system repeats old patterns. A regulated one creates new connections. Creativity needs landing, not more focus * Presence is the rarest resource – not your opinion, not your solution. Your full attention. That is what moves people * One practice, one question – breath, movement, stillness. And: Am I here right now?
About the speaker
Hi, I am Heiko! I spent 15 years in business consulting – working with NielsenIQ/GfK, Bertelsmann and NTT Data. I moved between projects, cities and systems, always chasing the next thing. Performance first. Humanity later. At some point I realized the rules of the game weren’t just broken – they were costing us our connection to ourselves. You can be physically everywhere and internally nowhere.
Today I work with leaders who refuse to choose between high performance and being human. I combine neuroscience, somatic practice and systemic coaching – not as a feel-good method, but as serious work for people who want to lead without losing themselves in the noise.
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