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Changing how organisations see their most familiar systems.
Changing how organisations see their most familiar systems.
Conferences rarely need more topics. They need a new angle on what’s already moving them. I deliver actionable, forward-looking sessions that bridge research, real-world data, and strategic human purpose.
Business travel is the quiet root system of the global economy—load-bearing, indispensable, but so often unseen.
When conversations about travel, mobility, and organizational strategy are dominated strictly by what we prevent—spend, risk, leakage—we miss the deeper contribution.
Whether speaking to industry specialists or corporate decision-makers in Finance, Procurement, and HR, I help audiences zoom out. Together, we translate complex, daily execution into the high-level strategic language of trust, relationships, decisions, and progress.
Signature Topics
Choose from these three core topics, each customisable for your specific audience: Signature Topics
Topic 1: Hiding in Plain Sight — Shifting Business Travel from Expense to Strategic Driver
Topic 1: Hiding in Plain Sight — Shifting Business Travel from Expense to Strategic Driver
Perfect for: Corporate Finance, Procurement, and Business Leaders seeking to maximise organisational value.
Most organisations treat business travel as a noiseless cost-center—something to be cut, controlled, and managed through strict policies. But travel is not a cost to be minimised; it is an active investment in growth, trust, and market progress. In this session, I challenge traditional procurement and financial frameworks, showing leaders how to evaluate corporate mobility through a lens of strategic return.
Key Takeaways:
How to transition from transaction-focused cost-cutting to strategic value-mapping.
The "invisible" economic and cultural returns of corporate travel.
Tools to help finance and procurement teams align travel policy with corporate growth objectives.
Topic 2: Strategy Excavation — Recovering Your Purpose Beneath Growth and Complexity
Topic 2: Strategy Excavation — Recovering Your Purpose Beneath Growth and Complexity
Perfect for: Leadership teams, Associations, and General Business Conferences.
Every organisation begins with a clear, powerful idea. But as they scale, that original purpose is slowly buried under layers of reporting, governance, and daily processes. This session introduces the discipline of "Strategy Excavation"—the process of digging beneath operational noise to find what was true at the start, and reconnecting it with today's direction to drive meaningful success.
Key Takeaways:
Recognising when financial or operational success has disconnected from original purpose.
The methodology of "excavation": how to peel back corporate complexity safely.
Practical ways to use organisational heritage to guide future strategic decisions.
Topic 3: The "Noiseless" Expert — Building Visibility and Influence for Quiet Leaders
Topic 3: The "Noiseless" Expert — Building Visibility and Influence for Quiet Leaders
Perfect for: HR & People Operations, Professional Development, and Women in Leadership forums.
In a corporate culture that celebrates loud self-promotion, the quiet, analytical, and highly specialized experts are often passed over—even though they keep the entire operation running. This session is designed for HR leaders wanting to retain top technical talent, and quiet professionals looking for the confidence and vocabulary to make their strategic value seen without pretending to be someone they are not.
Key Takeaways:
Why traditional "personal branding" fails quiet experts and how to replace it with "strategic positioning."
A framework for translating daily execution into high-level strategic language.
How HR and business leaders can build environments where "noiseless" value is recognized and rewarded.
Tailored to Your Audience
Tailored to Your Audience
Keynote Presentations: Warm, authoritative, and perspective-shifting talks designed to set the tone for your conference or event.
Panel Moderation & Facilitation: Guided, high-level industry dialogues that move past surface-level answers to uncover genuine strategic insights.
Interactive Workshops: Actionable, hands-on sessions where participants apply the principles of Strategy Excavation to their own challenges.
Invite Claudia to Speak
Invite Claudia to Speak
Looking for a fresh, authoritative, and deeply engaging perspective for your next event or internal leadership meeting?
Let’s design a session that speaks directly to your audience’s challenges.
Book a Discovery Call | Get in Touch (info@claudia-unger.com)
About Claudia
About Claudia
Claudia Unger is an industry strategist, ILM Level 7 executive coach, and author of Corporate Travel: Hiding in Plain Sight (2016). With twenty years of specialised industry experience across Phocuswright, BT4Europe, and VDR, she turns complex research and industry data into meaningful, human-centered conversations that change how industries and organisations see themselves.
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