Keynote Speaker · Future of Work Architect

I help organizations tackle the real roots of burnout so they can retain their best talent.

Recorded at TED Democracy in Philadelphia, June 2026. This talk is owned by TED Conferences, LLC. TED.com →

the Anti-Career Coach®

Work shouldn't cost you your well-being or your life.

Here’s what leaders keep telling me: Engagement scores are flat, or plummeting. Exit interviews all say some version of the same thing. Wellness budgets have been spent and nothing changed. Workers still feel burnt out.

That’s not a failure of effort. It’s a failure of diagnosis.

Burnout, disengagement, and turnover aren’t a mindset problem inside your people.

They’re a design problem inside the way modern work is built. The good news is that design problems have design solutions. That’s where I come in!

As Seen In:

On the Stage

Speeches & keynotes on burnout, employee disengagement, and workplace well-being.

Grounded in psychological research, Danielle skips the fluff and shares what humans actually need to do good work. She introduces the 3Cs — Choice, Craftsmanship, and Community — a framework built on Self-Determination Theory that tackles the root causes of disengagement and bridges the gap between leadership strategy and individual agency.

There’s a better way forward: one that proves that prioritizing humanity at work isn’t just good for people—it’s good for business.

Testimonials

On the Screen

I turn up on a lot of stages, podcasts, and in the occasional newsroom.

You can also find me on social media @imdanielleroberts, where I reach 3M eyeballs every month.

recovering overachiever

Hey! I'm Danielle (or Dani)

I spent the first half of my life being "good." Now I'm learning what's true.

I’ve always been the high-achiever. The dependable one. The woman who said YES! to everything and called my burnout ambition. It took my mom dying to realize my drive was a mask, and I was hiding from a version of myself I wasn’t ready to meet yet. I’ve since met her,

I spent years telling students their hard work would pay off. Then I got laid off and started asking different questions — the ones I now bring to organizations trying to keep good people and build a more human-first future of work.

Let's Partner

Available for Collaborations

I’m available for brand partnerships, podcasts, and collabs that align with my values.

subscribe

Sign up for my newsletter.

Work shouldn't cost you your life. Let's talk about it. Occasional emails. Unsubscribe whenever.
Thank you for subscribing!

Let's Get Social

Ruffling some feathers & building community