FINDING FLOW
DR JON BEALE
Researcher, keynote speaker and high performance coach, sharing practical, research-led steps for reaching your best focus and performance.
Book a call
THE SCIENCE OF BEING AT YOUR BEST
Jon's work focuses on flow states and human flourishing. Drawing on his research at Oxford and Harvard and his years as a professional guitarist, he gives teams practical, research-led steps for reaching their best focus and performance, then lets them feel flow for themselves through music.
WHAT FLOW INVOLVES
Complete concentration
Full attention on the task in hand.
Engaged action
Higher awareness of what you're doing.
Merging with the action
Doing and thinking become one.
Altered sense of time
Time seems to speed up or slow down.
Higher sense of control
Confidence in your ability to handle what comes.
Rewarding in itself
The activity becomes its own reward.
WAYS TO WORK WITH JON
Finding Flow add-on
Add Jon's Finding Flow session to Ignite or Elevate. Price on request.
Half-day Summit keynote
Jon can be the keynote at the heart of a bespoke half-day Summit.
WHAT YOUR TEAM TAKES AWAY
Practical, research-led steps for better focus
A shared language for peak performance
The experience of flow, felt for yourself
Ideas your team can use every day
ABOUT JON
Jon is a Teaching and Research Fellow at the Oxford Character Project, University of Oxford, and a Research Affiliate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. He was previously a Fellow in Philosophy at Harvard and Researcher in Residence at Eton College. He holds a PhD in philosophy, has written for The New York Times, and is co-editor of three books, most recently The Future of Education (Oxford University Press, 2025). He has given more than 70 keynotes worldwide, including for McKinsey & Company, Bain Capital, the Royal Society of Arts, and the universities of Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Yale, and has coached more than 1,000 clients. A former professional guitarist who performed at Glastonbury, he is co-founder of Flow Prone and co-host of the Flourish FM podcast.
HIGHLIGHTS
Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Research Affiliate, Harvard's Human Flourishing Program
More than 70 keynotes worldwide
Keynotes for McKinsey & Company, Bain Capital and the Royal Society of Arts
Co-editor of The Future of Education (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Former professional guitarist who performed at Glastonbury
