Amy Kean

Amy Charlotte Kean is a psychosociologist and CEO of the learning and development company Good Shout, whose clients include Channel 4, LEGO and CNN. She’s the author of Amazon bestseller "The Little Girl Who Gave Zero F*cks" and the poetry collection "House of Weeds", whereas last year she wrote, produced and starred in "Group": a sold-out London play about the dark side of life coaching.

Named a trailblazer by Campaign magazine, Amy was one of just two individuals inducted into the British Interactive Media Association Hall of Fame in 2024 and was listed as the third most influential person in the marketing industry in 2025.

After 15 years in advertising, she moved into thought leadership full-time. Now, as Cultures Editor for shots magazine, Amy is dedicated to using her voice for good. Her work and commentary have appeared in The Guardian, Stylist, BBC, Grazia, Glamour, and on Woman’s Hour and Radio 5 Live, where she explores the complexities of modern social dynamics. As a LinkedIn Top Voice, she persistently nudges the business world to think and learn differently, which is the mission underpinning everything she does.

Presentation Title (19/1):
"Why are we so normal?"

How to question absolutely everything in a world - and industry - that will never be the same again. Amy Kean believes we’re in the midst of a normality crisis. Fuelled by formulas and social technologies, our behaviours are becoming templatised and our outputs homogenous. But what does this mean for leadership and creativity (spoiler alert: it’s not great).
Join Amy as she takes you on a journey through the history of normal and how it’s weaved its way into our everyday professional lives, and why we need a bit of weirdness to make the world a less boring, and more human, place.