Keynote for founder and CEO audiences
The 7-Year-Old CEO
The executive who runs your company was hired before you could read.
The reel
See Mark on stage
The session
The vow you don't remember making is running your company.
Everyone in the room runs something. Every one of them has a name on the org chart they have never seen: a seven-year-old who took the job decades ago, has never been reviewed, and still holds veto power over decisions that matter.
Mark shows how that executive got hired, names the business decisions it has been making without permission, and explains what actually moves a program written below conscious memory.
This is a session about capacity. The room leaves able to recognize the executive it never hired and see one decision that executive has been making for them.
What the room leaves with
Recognition, experience, and one usable practice
01
The recognition
See the survival vow written before age seven and the authority it still holds over adult decisions.
02
One place it is operating
Recognize one business decision where the old program has been driving while appearing rational.
03
A moment outside it
Experience the program in real time through a short partner exercise carrying no personal risk.
04
The One-Minute Breath
Learn a portable practice that can be used quietly in the middle of a negotiation or difficult conversation.
From learning chairs
What chapters say
“He's like a straight shot of joy and happiness right to the heart of the audience! You'd be crazy not to have him in front of your group!!!”
“Mark came in and gave us a great overview on psychedelic medicine but the hour long breathwork was the thing that really blew everyone away! We never saw it coming and had no idea how powerful an experience it would be.”
“Seeing everyone's eyes lit up after the experience made all the planning worth it for me. Thank you Mark for your masterful facilitation that changes lives.”
Formats
Choose the shape that serves the room
Keynote | 60 minutes
A 45-minute cut is also available. Built for chapter meetings, conferences, and regional events.
The Full Experience | 2 hours
The keynote followed by a live guided conscious connected breathwork session. Recommended for retreats and deeper chapter experiences.
Executive Roundtable | 3 hours
The keynote, a personal vow audit, and a facilitated roundtable for leadership teams and family offices.
For intact forums, The Catalyst offers a two-hour virtual session, one-day retreat, or two-day immersion. Explore The Catalyst.
Production
What the host provides
- Wireless headset or lavalier microphone and HDMI for slides
- Dimmable house lights and a confidence monitor for the keynote
- For breathwork: a room that can go near-dark and a sound system with real bass depth
- Yoga mats, blankets, eye masks, tissues, and water for breathwork participants
- A 15-minute quiet integration buffer after breathwork
Keynote recording is negotiable. The breathwork session is not recorded.
The speaker
He has lived every seat in the room.
Former U.S. Marine. Thirty-year technology CEO. Psychiatric and hospice nurse. Speaker to more than 23 founder and CEO chapters across four countries.
Mark brings founder psychology, nervous system practice, and the lived experience of rebuilding after success stopped working. He is the author of Light Enough to Fly.
Previously delivered under the title The Red Pill.
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