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What does Friska Wirya's change management consulting involve?
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Friska Wirya partners with organisations as a strategic transformation advisor, offering services ranging from operating model redesigns to large-scale culture change. As a PCI, PROSCI, and ECD certified practitioner, she also serves as a Fractional Chief Change Officer for companies navigating complex transitions. Her consulting draws on a career spanning six continents and programs impacting over 65,000 people, including a transformation at one of the world's largest gold mining companies that delivered US$170 million in cost savings. Clients include University of Melbourne, Salesforce, Asana and Pertamina.
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What topics does Friska Wirya speak about?
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What are Friska Wirya’s team based workshops about and how are they structured?
How does Friska Wirya help organisations improve their transformation success rate?
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What industries and types of organisations does Friska work with?
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Can Friska Wirya tailor a keynote or workshop to our specific organisation or event theme?
What books has Friska Wirya written and how do they relate to her consulting work?
Friska delivers keynotes on future-fit leadership, change management in the age of AI, and organisational transformation. Her signature keynote, "Secrets of the Future Fit Leader," explores why most organisations fail at transformation despite heavy investment, and provides a three-step blueprint for identifying and clearing the "legacy debt" that holds leaders back. She has spoken at TEDx, the European Change and Transformation Conference in London, the CXO Forum, and UN Women events, among others.
Who is Friska Wirya and what makes her different from other consultants?
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Friska Wirya is a Top 25 Global Change Management Thought Leader recognised by Thinkers360, a 2x #1 best-selling author of The Future Fit Organisation series, and a TEDx speaker. She’s not just an author - she’s actually done the things she rights about. She speaks from experience, not theory. What sets her apart is the combination of deep corporate credibility — she was formerly Head of Change for the largest gold miner in the Southern Hemisphere — with a creator's sensibility. She developed FUTURE TALK, a leadership conversation game, and Ask Friska, an AI-powered digital sparring partner for CxOs. Honoured by over 24 awards in innovation, business and leadership, she brings a third-culture perspective shaped by roots in Indonesia, Australia, and the US.
Friska runs team workshops and masterclasses focused on leading change, communicating through transformation, and building change management fundamentals. Programs are modular, ranging from 60-minute sessions to six-week courses, and can be delivered in person, fully remote, or hybrid. Past workshop clients include LVMH Asia (Communicating Change), Pertamina (Leading Change), and the English Schools Foundation (Change Management Fundamentals). Every workshop is designed to upskill teams so they can lead and embed change with confidence.
Friska's approach starts from a stark reality: transformation success rates hover between 3% and 18%, and the challenge is rarely the technology — it's getting people to buy in, engage, and adopt new ways of working. Drawing on her experience delivering a US$170 million saving through digital transformation in mining, Friska focuses on what she calls the "human ROI" — the leadership behaviours, cultural levers, and adoption roadmaps that shift hearts and minds even in resistant environments. Her frameworks help organisations rebrand change from a bolt-on initiative to a core part of how the business operates.
Friska has led transformation programs across mining, engineering, oil and gas, education, luxury retail, and technology. Her corporate client list includes LVMH Asia, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Asana, Google, and Pertamina. She works with organisations of all sizes — from ASX-listed multinationals to founder-led family businesses — and is especially effective in conservative, complex, or highly regulated industries where change faces the greatest resistance.
Yes, of course! Friska customises every engagement to the client's context, industry, and audience. Her keynote portfolio includes two core options — "Secrets of the Future Fit Leader" (focused on leadership in the age of AI) and "AI Transformation: From Expense to Impact" (focused on embedding technology through human-centred change) — and both are adapted to reflect the challenges specific to your sector. Workshops are built on modular frameworks that flex to your team's maturity level and strategic priorities. She collaborates closely with organisers to ensure content lands with precision.
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Friska is the author of The Future Fit Organisation series, both of which achieved #1 best-seller status. The books lay out practical frameworks for leading transformation — covering everything from building an "evergreen mindset" to assembling the right mix of character, capability, and credibility within a team. These frameworks aren't theoretical; they're drawn directly from her experience leading change at Newcrest Mining and across six continents. Her consulting, keynotes, and workshops all build on the intellectual property and methodology established in the books. For bulk orders of the Future Fit books, please send an enquiry via our website.
What kind of leadership offsites does Friska design and facilitate?
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Friska designs immersive leadership offsites for executive teams who need to align on transformation strategy, build change capability, or future-proof their leadership approach. Her offsites blend strategic frameworks from her best-selling books with experiential tools like FUTURE TALK, a leadership game that sparks candid, high-stakes conversation. Offsite formats are fully customisable — from half-day intensives to multi-day retreats — and are designed so senior leaders leave with a clear adoption roadmap and the relational intelligence to execute it.