FRICTION IS YOUR FOE™
My signature keynote for events and teams whose success depends on stakeholder buy-in, cooperation, and trust. Built from thirty years on the security front line, from the British Army, to protecting a global software company.
Stuart Wedge
Keynote speaker | Coach | Creator of The Congredior Method™
FRICTION IS YOUR FOE™
Watch the SPEAKERx keynote👇
Your audience will leave with a way to spot friction in how they decide, communicate, engage, and execute, and remove it before it stalls them.
Stuart graduated in the top bracket of David JP Phillips’ Presenter Mastery programme in Sweden, February 2026 with his SPEAKERx keynote FRICTION IS YOUR FOE™.
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Is friction slowing your momentum?
“What blocks the way, becomes the way.”
Marcus Aurelius
The Congredior Method™ is a coaching programme of 12 sessions 1:1 with Stuart Wedge, where you will discover his methodology for Solving Friction within business processes and stakeholder relationships.Crafted from lessons learned over a 30-year career full of conflict and resistance, his work centres on breaking down silos and building alliances.If your success relies on the approval, compliance, or cooperation of others, you need to remove friction from your message, engagement, decisions, and processes.
The 16 Core Skills are selected as those which will help you to engage and connect with the people you work with, to open doors and build relationships where previously there was resistance to collaborating with you or helping you succeed in your tasks and objectives.They are chosen as skills that will help you to build confidence, step forward when previously you might have stood still, and become the strong, confident communicator who doesn’t shy away from a little conflict or tension.
Book an application call here👇.
Alignment and Facilitation Workshops are for when your security team needs help engaging and connecting with the people they work with, opening doors and building relationships where there's resistance to collaborating, to help them succeed in their tasks and objectives.We'll cover The Congredior Method™ before we work through the 16 Core Skills together. Your team gets open discussion, practical tasks, and hands-on time building the stakeholder engagement skills they're missing.
These skills aren't taught on any security certification course, but they're the foundation your security initiatives need. Without them, your team will struggle to get projects funded and secure the buy-in to implement them.
About
Stuart Wedge is a neurospicy 🌶️coach and keynote speaker specialising in Solving Friction for security teams, with domain expertise in data protection, governance, insider threat management, policy, and stakeholder engagement.He’s a military veteran who spent five years as a bouncer, where he learned how to manage conflict, read people quickly, and build trust in high‑pressure situations.He knows what it takes to handle friction and move security initiatives forward. He is building Stuart Wedge Coaching to help CISOs, Heads of Security, and Cyber Directors remove roadblocks and deliver their programmes with clarity and momentum.Stuart is Autistic, and in addition to helping security leaders, is delighted to work with other Neurodiverse Cyber Security and Information Security Practitioners.Your gifts are special, and there is no better industry to let them shine. If you’re ND and want to improve your communication, stakeholder engagement, or ability to Solve Friction, book a call, and let’s see what it would look like if we were to work together.
Why Choose Me?
Practical experience in conflict management and engagement from five years on the front line as a bouncer
Five years in security governance and stakeholder engagement, translating technical risk into business alignment
Proven ability to remove friction and secure stakeholder support quickly
A people‑first approach grounded in real‑world experience
Veteran of the British Army, having served in Kosovo, Northern Ireland, and the 2003 Iraq War
Stuart joined the Coaches from SPEAKERx to talk about the experience and his methodology on the Public Speaking Podcast. You can watch the episode here 👆.
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