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KIA IS NOT YOUR LEADER’S LEADER.
AND THAT’S THE POINT.
Kia Weatherspoon is redefining leadership, creativity, and space—with radical honesty and embodied truth.
Creative professionals deserve leaders who get it. Kia helps you embrace your whole humanity and dismantle performative leadership, so you can design futures where everyone feels seen, valued, and empowered.
From boardrooms to classrooms, she challenges outdated norms, centers humanity, and creates space for people to show up fully as themselves. Her voice is unfiltered. Her story is lived. Her impact is generational.
ways to partner: Offerings rooted in purpose
Whether you need to spark truth in a keynote, shift culture in a workshop, or confront what's been left unsaid—these offerings are designed to meet your moment. Every engagement is grounded in purpose, built on honesty, and made to move people from performance to presence.
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Dismantle Performance. Reclaim Presence.
I don't deliver typical corporate keynotes. I challenge audiences to lead with their whole humanity, stop code-switching through leadership, and create spaces where everyone belongs. You'll leave with practical tools, permission to show up authentically, and frameworks that actually create change.
Common Topics Include:Leading with Your Whole Self: Authenticity in Creative Careers
Truth-Tellers, Not Title-Holders: Redefining Leadership
Designing Spaces Where Everyone Belongs
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Mental Health in Creative Leadership
The Courage to Create Change: Advocacy in Professional Spaces
Investment: Starting at $15,000
What’s Included:45-60 minute keynote presentation
Pre-event consultation to customize content
Post-event Q&A session
Digital resources for attendees
Optional follow-up workshop session
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Let’s Get Uncomfortable.
These aren't surface-level team-building sessions. We tackle what everyone's thinking but no one's saying. Through uncomfortable conversations and honest reflection, teams learn to lead authentically, create inclusive cultures, and build frameworks that actually work.Workshop Formats:
Half-day intensives (4 hours)
Full-day transformations (8 hours)
Multi-day retreats
Popular Themes:Dismantling performative culture in creative spaces
Leading while marginalized: strategies that actually work
Design thinking for organizational change
Building teams where authenticity isn't a risk
Investment: Starting at $10,000
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Don’t See a Fit? Let’s Build One.
Some organizations need a keynote. Others want deep facilitation. Many need both. I design experiences that meet your team exactly where you are—whether that's sharing design methodology, facilitating strategic conversations, or creating space for the discussions you keep avoiding.
Examples Include:Design Process Workshops for Creative Teams
Strategic Facilitation for Difficult Organizational Conversations
Leadership Intensives Combining Speaking + Hands-On Work
Culture Assessments with Actionable Change Plans
Investment: Starting at $10,000
“Kia’s keynote didn’t just inspire—it shifted the room.
She spoke to us as humans first, designers second, and left every single person rethinking how they lead and show up. Her words were bold, honest, and exactly what our community needed. If you want someone who sparks real change, Kia is it.”
— Casey Kee, ASID, NCIDQ