the experiences people have every day. Those experiences don't just change how people feel about work. They change how people show up for it.
In this deeply human, highly engaging keynote experience, Matt combines compelling storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and moments of genuine reflection with a battle-tested framework for creating more meaningful human experiences at work. He acknowledges the very real weight people are carrying while challenging everyone to recognize the role they play in shaping the experience of those around them.
Audiences leave feeling seen, energized, and hopeful—with practical ways to strengthen connection, create greater meaning, and bring renewed intention to how they experience work and one another.
Audience Outcomes:
Understand the weight people are carrying
and how it shapes the way they show up and contribute.
Rethink culture, engagement, and well-being
as outcomes of everyday human experience.
Create greater meaning and connection
by recognizing the role everyone plays in shaping the workplace.
Restore hope and possibility
without ignoring the real demands people face.
Build greater momentum
by helping people reconnect to themselves, one another, and the work they do.
Make it Matter: For Workplace Experience
Turning the Weight of Work into Greater Meaning and Momentum
People aren't showing up to work carrying only the demands of their jobs. They're carrying the weight of work and the weight of the world—constant change, uncertainty, new technologies, and lives that don't stop when the workday begins. The challenge isn't removing that weight. It's creating a workplace where people can carry it without losing their sense of purpose, connection, and possibility.
Culture, engagement, and well-being aren't created through programs or perks alone. They're shaped by
Focus:
Driving Engagement & Retention
Improving Team Alignment & Collaboration
Building Resilient, High-Performance Teams
Turning Culture Into a Competitive Advantage
Why Mattering Matters in
Workplace Experience
Work isn't simply somewhere people go to make a living. It's one of the most significant human experiences that organizations have the opportunity to shape.
It's where people spend much of their lives, build relationships, discover their strengths, and search for meaning and purpose. Yet too often, the demands of work leave people feeling disconnected, depleted, and undervalued. Organizations have an extraordinary opportunity to change that by creating environments where people feel seen, valued, connected, and inspired to contribute.
Work will take something from all of us. The opportunity is to make sure it gives something back, too.
91%
Workers who find their work most meaningful are 91% more motivated than those who find the least meaning in what they do.
32%
Only 32% of U.S. employees strongly agree they feel connected to their organization's mission or purpose.
PwC, Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2025
Gallup, Employee Engagement Strategies for 2026
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KEYNOTE CLIENTS
Three unique keynote experiences designed to change the way you work.
Leadership
Creating the Human Conditions That Bring Out the Best in People
Performance
Transforming Human Potential into Organizational Performance
Workplace Experience
Turning the Weight of Work into Greater Meaning and Momentum
WHAT MATT BRINGS
PURPOSE. This work matters to everyone. It is not transactional.
EXPERIENCE. There is nothing experimental about this.
AUTHENTICITY. The real deal and one with your people.
EMPATHY. Deep care for people and organizations.
DELIVERY. Hit your goals & objectives.
HUMANNESS. Mattering is human-centric… and so are you.
TRANSFORMATION. It’s more than just inspiration.
CUSTOMIZATION. No two events or companies are the same.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP. A proven framework for mattering.
PARTNER. It’s never one and done. Real change happens together.
Workshops.
JACK IN THE BOX
Drive the Mattering Mindset™ Methodology deeper into the DNA of your culture through a variety of engaging, human-centered, and thought-provoking workshops. Workshops are designed as keynotes or breakout sessions, booked as a series or individually.
Experiences.
KIEHL’S
Matt and the Every Monday Matters™ Experience Design team create and curate experiences grounded in connection, belonging, and team building. Experiences are custom built to meet the specific needs of our clients, but they are all transformational.
Activations.
ZOOM
Bring creative, interactive, and transformational activations to your next event or campus to experience mattering firsthand. Each activation results in a meaningful artifact (video, physical installation, etc.) to keep and share internally and externally.