Your strongest people are the last to send a signal.

I was a paramedic for nine years, then a patient for almost a decade. I teach organisations to hear what their numbers don't.

I'm Roi Shternin, keynote speaker and author in Vienna. On stage in 27 countries, in front of 100,000+ people.

Roi Shternin smiling on a stool in a purple sweater

What I speak about

What gets missed when a system only counts what it can measure.

Thirty-three doctors each saw a fragment of me. None saw the shape. I tell that story from three seats: paramedic, patient, and the person who now works with AI. Then I show what a person in the room can hear that a machine can't.

  • What Only You Can Feel
    For leaders, HR, wellbeing and DEI teams. What managers miss, and what to say and change on Monday.
  • What AI Can't Hear
    For healthcare and AI audiences: digital health, pharma, hospital leadership, data science. What your systems measure, what your people need, and what it costs when leaders miss the person.
  • The Room
    A four-hour workshop with no slides, for teams of up to about 30. Every team leaves with a written agreement and a two-minute practice.
  • Event moderation
    I host conferences, panels and summits in English, Hebrew or German. Briefed on your speakers and your audience, and willing to ask the second question.
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  • 27 countries
  • 100,000+ people in the room
  • 200+ keynotes
  • Faculty, IMC Krems
  • HIMSS advisory board

As seen in

  • Haaretz
  • Maariv
  • KAN 11
  • Channel 13
  • Cyprus Mail
  • Der Standard
  • The Jerusalem Post
  • Kronen Zeitung
  • Ynet
  • Yedioth Ahronoth
  • Vatican Media
  • TEDx
  • The Marker
  • Dataconomy

Rooms and clients include

  • Novartis
  • Takeda
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Migdal
  • IMC Krems
  • EIT Health
  • DSC Data Science Conference
  • FFG
  • Health Hub Vienna
  • AOP Health
  • IBM
  • Dell
  • HIMSS
  • Sheba Medical Center

My personal highlight was Roi Shternin and his keynote on 'Why Disabled and Chronically Ill People Might Be Our Best Employees'.

B. R.Sr. Partner · PwC Austria

You absolutely rocked the stage. The colleagues highly appreciated your clear and meaningful speech and your contributions to the panel discussion.

B.Team Lead · Takeda

I have never seen a speaker like you before.

D. H.Sr. Patient Engagement Officer · Boehringer Ingelheim

Roi's captivating and impactful presentation at the INAT Summit in Belgrade resonated deeply with hundreds, leaving a lasting impression and prompting extended engagement. His ability to deliver valuable content across various formats makes him a highly recommended speaker.

M.CEO · INAT, Serbia

Why I say it

My last ambulance shift, the call came in for me. I was 22. The doctors who met me at the door were friends. Twenty minutes later I was a patient.

Since then: over 200+ keynotes, tens of thousands trained live and 25,000+ more online, and several ventures that make me a recovering startup founder. These days I write, and I speak.

More about me

The book I'm writing

I Did Get a Pizza, Though.

Before the biopsy, they promised me pizza. After the biopsy, I did get a pizza. Everything in between is the book. Chapters appear as notes first.

Read the notesMy 7 published books

The notes

A note every week.

No tips. No sermon. What happened, and sometimes what I think about it. Free to read.

One email a week. Leave whenever you like.

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