Terrence Taylor

Psychological Safety Speaker.

I help organizations create psychologically safe workplaces through immersive keynote experiences, facilitated sessions & leadership implementation programs

Psychological Safety Is a Workplace Behavior.

Psychological safety lives in the everyday interactions that shape how teams work together.

It shows up when people speak honestly, ask better questions, share feedback, learn from mistakes, challenge ideas and trust each other enough to contribute.

I help organizations build the behaviours and conversations that create stronger teams, healthier cultures and workplaces where people can do their best work.

signature keynotes

The Sacred Locker Room

What Workplaces Can Learn From Great Teams

Great teams are built through trust, accountability, honest feedback and the confidence to challenge one another. Drawing from the culture of competitive sport, this keynote explores the behaviours that create strong locker rooms and strengthen communication, connection & performance in the workplace.

Themes:
Trust, Accountability, Feedback, Team culture, Speaking up

Grandmaster Failure

Turning Mistake-Making
Into a Superpower

Failure is one of the greatest teachers we'll ever have. This keynote explores how leaders and teams can build the confidence to learn from mistakes, respond with accountability and create cultures where experimentation, growth and resilience become everyday practice.

Themes:
Learning, Ego, Leadership, Accountability, Recovery

Talks Too Much

The Most Powerful Leadership Skill Is Knowing When to Shut Up

Listening is one of the most influential leadership skills we can develop. Through storytelling, curiosity and meaningful conversation, this keynote explores how better questions, deeper listening and intentional communication create stronger relationships, greater inclusion and psychologically safe workplaces.

Themes:
Curiosity, Inclusion, Questions, Communication, Connection

More Than a Keynote.

Every keynote is built using the NeuroNarrative™ methodology.

Experience

Participants enter a realistic workplace scenario through a Workplace Audio Story Simulation that allows them to experience the challenges of psychological safety firsthand.

Reflection

Through guided reflection and conversation, participants explore what they noticed, how they responded and what those moments reveal about their own workplace.

Perspective

Terrence brings the experience together through storytelling, research and practical frameworks that connect the moment to real workplace behaviours.

Action

Participants leave with a practical action they can apply immediately—turning a powerful moment on stage into a meaningful change back at work.

From Inspiration to Implementation

A keynote can create a moment. Real change comes from what happens next.

Organizations can continue the work through a structured implementation journey designed to turn psychological safety from an idea into everyday workplace behaviour.

DISCOVERY SESSION

A facilitated two-hour experience designed to help teams identify their current opportunities, challenges and behaviours around psychological safety.

IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM

A 12-week experience that helps leaders & executives build the habits and practices required to create psychologically safe teams.

organizational rollout

A scalable approach that supports organizations in embedding these behaviours across teams and creating lasting cultural change.

about Terrence:

Terrence Taylor is a psychological safety speaker, storyteller and the creator of NeuroNarrative.

A former athlete, educator, entrepreneur and filmmaker, Terrence has spent his career exploring one question: What actually changes human behaviour?

Through his work with organizations, leadership teams and audiences across Canada, he noticed a pattern. People often left inspired by a keynote or workshop, but inspiration alone never created lasting change. The conversation ended when the event ended…

That realization led Terrence to develop NeuroNarrative, a storytelling-based methodology that combines immersive experiences, guided reflection and practical action to help people turn meaningful conversations into everyday workplace behaviours.

Today, Terrence's work focuses on one mission: helping organizations build psychologically safe workplaces where people speak honestly, learn from mistakes, challenge ideas and do their best work together.

Aaron Fanning | EVENT PARTICIPANT

“Thank you for being such an engaging speaker and sharing your experiences.
By far the most beneficial part of the conference for me!”
Cierrah Sparks | EVENT PARTICIPANT

"Terrence was such an excellent speaker he made the whole room feel comfortable and included. He kept it real and still made us laugh while talking about serious stuff that matters within our communities.
I’d definitely recommend him to speak to other youth groups, schools, special events and other age groups like young adults!"
Kayley Dixon | COMMUNITY YOUTH WORKER

"Terrence was an excellent and compelling speaker. He was able to uplift the energy in the room and engage people of all ages in honest, heartfelt conversation, while maintaining humour and authenticity.
I 100% recommend!"
Sam Maclean | EVENT PARTICIPANT

“Terrence’s storytelling event offered a clear, engaging and insightful approach to transforming your life story into your true calling. It highlighted how the foundation of who you are is just as vital as what you do—and how to seamlessly connect the two.
I walked away with the powerful realization that my experiences are my expertise!”
Junior Moaku | SAVE ME, SAVE WE

“Yo, this is Black Excellence right here!”