Dr Yemi Penn
Global Thought Leader, Entrepreneur & Engineer
Dr Yemi Penn is a global thought leader, entrepreneur, and engineer who inspires individuals and organisations to unlock their rebellious curiosity. A passionate advocate for equity in STEM, she empowers people to turn challenges into actionable strategies for personal and professional growth and breakthrough performance.
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Yemi Penn is a global thought leader, entrepreneur, and engineer who inspires individuals, teams, and organisations to unlock their rebellious curiosity—the mindset that drives innovation, challenges the status quo, and transforms possibilities into extraordinary outcomes.
With a foundation in engineering and a passion for entrepreneurship, Yemi blends analytical rigour with creativity to tackle complex challenges and deliver breakthrough solutions. She is widely recognised for disrupting industries and fostering innovative, sometimes radical, change across organisational landscapes.
A committed advocate for equality and equity in STEM, Yemi empowers people to harness their resilience and self-empowerment through her bespoke ‘Pain to Power’ mapping technique, transforming challenges into actionable strategies for personal and professional growth.
Yemi’s influence is truly global. She has delivered transformative talks and workshops across Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, and the United States, including a TEDx talk in Ocala, Florida. Audiences consistently cite her ability to meet people where they are, inspiring curiosity, courage, and meaningful action.
Driven, insightful, and uncompromising in her pursuit of positive change, Yemi Penn helps individuals and organisations rethink what’s possible and achieve outcomes beyond expectation.
Topics
Igniting your Rebellious Curiosity
Yemi Penn will not only inspire attendees but move them to action by sharing tools and challenging attendees to start with themselves by being curious about their belief systems and challenging the status quo in the process.
Liminal Thinking
Yemi Penn will share her formula for bending reality, sharing how the boundaries that usually cage us can be used as props to bring about superior outcomes.
Shame and Trauma Resilience
Yemi Penn is a leading thought leader on Trauma in Australia, currently undertaking a PhD researching the transformative nature of trauma. She leads individuals and organisations through their pain points using her bespoke ‘pain to power’ mapping tool to empower people through their transformation. Paving the way for greater connection within teams and kinder organisations.
How to be an Ally
Through keynotes and deep dives, Yemi holds the space for uncomfortable yet necessary conversations that are typically avoided because it is just too hard.
