Peter Katz was recently inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame, an honor achieved by less than 1% of professional speakers. He's built his career as an expert in helping teams recognize, value, and celebrate their individual and collective impacts. His interactive keynote concerts feature songs and stories of resiliency, authenticity, and unexpected joy that ignite connection, foster belonging, and create momentum that endures.
Katz's approach sets an industry standard for care and customization. With each event tailored to meet his clients' needs, including customized stories created from actual attendees, he helps leaders and employees at every level create new opportunities for connection and elevation. Audiences leave feeling recognized, empowered and energized by a values-driven vision.
His unique perspective on service has been cultivated from nearly two decades as a JUNO-nominated (Canadian Grammy Awards) internationally-touring singer-songwriter. After a serious injury interrupted his life on the road, he discovered that the skills he had honed on tour — like creating space for deep connection and communal joy — were applicable to people from any industry and any walk of life.
Katz has delivered his highly customized keynote concerts and facilitations to organizations and associations from nearly every industry, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, Keller Williams, American Express, Sick Kids Hospital, the US Dept of Energy, and the Royal Bank. His in-person events have been praised as "transformational," and he is recognized as a pioneer in creating highly engaging virtual experiences as well. Katz has performed for over 150,000 people virtually from his state-of-the-art broadcast studio, including an invitation to address the House of Commons of Canada.
As an acclaimed musician, Katz is beloved in his home country of Canada and has inspired many with his songs. Renowned CBC radio host Tom Power has praised his music as "one of the most heartfelt, beautiful, and vulnerable records of the year, an astonishing record." Katz's music has been streamed over 35 million times, and his music videos have over 38 million views on YouTube. His music is regularly featured in films and on television, including the 2016 Rio Olympics/ Paralympics coverage.
Katz is also the founder of Heartstrings Songwriting Retreats that allows aspiring songwriters of all experience levels to realize their lifelong dream of writing and recording their own song, as well as the co-founder of The Conscious Leaders Quest, an immersive five-day retreat in Costa Rica that invites a holistic approach to mind, body, and business, challenging and equipping leaders to do the vital inner work that transforms the way they lead – and transforms their business for the better.