What I think about what matters

What I think
about what matters

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Curt Steinhorst

Curt Steinhorst

Head of People, Venus Aerospace

Keynote Speaker · Bestselling Author

Even when it’s rocket science, the hard part is human.

Keynotes on leadership, attention, and doing hard things without being hard on each other.

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500+ KeynotesFour Continents

500+ Keynotes Four Continents

500+ Keynotes Four Continents

Keynotes

What I
speak about:

I’ve spent thousands of hours studying the assumptions, expectations, and stories that shape how we work. And just as long learning how to communicate challenging ideas so skeptics lean in and entrenched people reconsider beliefs they’ve held for years.

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Born fromOver a decade of writing, researching, speaking, and advising companies on attention and workplace dynamics

Can I Have Your Attention?

Focus · Communication · Sales & MarketingAI can clear routine work from your day—or fill it with more noise. Protect attention for work that needs your judgment, and communicate so people hear your message and act.

Born fromThree years running People at Venus Aerospace

It’s Not Rocket Science

Culture · Leadership · High-performing teamsBuild a culture that keeps people engaged through disruption and rapid change, without burning them out. Rethink what people need from their leaders as AI changes the work.

About Curt

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Curt at Venus Aerospace

Ten years on stages.

Then I left to run People at Venus Aerospace.

It was the hardest thing I have ever done.

For three years, I helped build the teams behind the world’s first flight of a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine. We raised millions during a sharp downturn in venture funding.

Before Venus, I wrote a bestselling book on attention, coached NFL Hall of Famers, Olympic gold medalists, Fortune 500 CEOs, and viral TED speakers through the biggest presentations of their careers, and gave more than 500 keynotes.

I returned to speaking with firsthand experience leading inside the challenges I talk about.

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What clients say

“Curt delivers an ideal message for now... It has helped to enable a fresh start for many in the team.”

“I was immediately struck by his ability to think differently. I immediately booked him.”

“Curt’s presentation at our leadership retreat was exactly what we needed.”

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Beyond the keynote.

Curt Steinhorst speaking to a leadership audience seated at round tables

Keynote + Executive Session

Open with the full audience, then take the leadership team behind closed doors to work through the things only they can change.

Curt Steinhorst on the Venus Flight Plan, the values he wrote for Venus Aerospace

Values & Operating Principles

Mission, values, and operating principles written specifically enough to shape behavior, settle arguments, and kill bad ideas early.

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Executive Communication Coaching

Private preparation for the moments where the words have to work: board presentations, investor pitches, company resets. Hall of Famers, Olympians, a UN address, and the investor meetings where Venus raised its money.

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The ideas underneath the work.

What do we notice, and what do we miss? How do we respond when someone challenges a story we’ve believed for years? What makes it possible for people who see the world differently to do good work together?

These are questions I keep coming back to in my writing and conversations. Explore the essays, talks, and videos behind the work.

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