I'm Roi.
This is my sick note.
Writer and keynote speaker in Vienna. Seven years in bed, twenty-something diagnoses, one pizza.
- 20,000+ professionals trained
- 200+ keynotes
- Faculty, IMC Krems
- HIMSS advisory board
The book
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.
The notes
A note every two weeks.
No tips. No sermon. What happened, and sometimes what I think about it. Free to read.
For managers and HR
I teach managers and HR teams what to say, and what to change, when someone's health is unpredictable. So capable people stay at work.
Most managers want to get this right. Few have been taught how.
CMI UK poll, September 2025. 97 percent agree managers should be trained to manage health-related absence. 36 percent say their organisation provides it. Source
People hide it, and managers read fine as capacity.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll of US workers, February 2025. 76 percent of employees with a chronic condition manage it during work hours. Source
Good days are dangerous.
A good day is borrowed from tomorrow. "They seemed fine on Tuesday" is usually why Thursday is gone.
The Monday session
90 minutes, live, for people managers.
- A sentence for the first conversation.
- One change a manager can make on Monday.
- A way to tell coping from fine.
My personal highlight was Roi Shternin and his keynote on 'Why Disabled and Chronically Ill People Might Be Our Best Employees'.
I have never seen a speaker like you before.
Who I am
I have trained more than 20,000 professionals and given over 200 keynotes. I have also founded several ventures and social enterprises, which taught me how organisations decide who gets noticed. What I teach managers is practical: what to say when someone tells you their health is unpredictable, what to change on a Monday, and how to tell someone who is coping from someone who is fine.
More about meWant this for your managers?
Tell me about your team. I answer slowly. Usually within 3 working days.
Read the notes