COMEDY SUMMIT GLOBAL 2026

A one-day leadership and workplace performance summit exploring how humour, communication, wellbeing, and human connection help build stronger teams and better organisations.

What if one of the most powerful tools for improving leadership, communication, workplace culture, and organisational performance was something many businesses overlook?

Humour.

Comedy Summit Global is a groundbreaking one-day summit exploring the intersection of leadership, workplace culture, wellbeing, organisational performance, and humour.

Brought to you by turnerspeaks, this unique event brings together senior business leaders, workplace experts, and professional comedians to demonstrate how laughter and human connection can become serious competitive advantages.

This isn’t a comedy show.

It’s a leadership and workplace performance summit with a difference.

Whether you’re leading a team of five or an organisation of five thousand, you’ll leave with practical strategies, fresh perspectives, and actionable ideas you can immediately apply in your workplace.

Today’s organisations face increasing pressure to improve performance while maintaining employee wellbeing, engagement, and retention.

Leaders are being asked to do more with less, navigate generational differences, manage change, and build resilient teams in increasingly demanding environments.

Research consistently shows that teams perform better when people feel connected, valued, psychologically safe, and engaged.

Comedy Summit Global explores how humour, communication, and human connection can help leaders create stronger teams, healthier workplaces, and more resilient organisations.

You’ll discover practical approaches to:

• Build trust through better communication
• Improve wellbeing without sacrificing performance
• Create stronger, more connected teams
• Strengthen leadership effectiveness
• Foster psychological safety and belonging
• Reduce stress and disengagement
• Improve collaboration across diverse teams
• Unlock creativity and innovation
• Use humour as a tool for influence and connection
• Build workplace cultures people genuinely want to be part of

• The Future Workplace: Performance, Pressure & Human Connection
• Burnout, Engagement & The Performance Equation
• Building Teams People Actually Want to Be Part Of
• Executive Panel: The 10 Traits of High-Performing Organisations
• Why Workplace Culture Fails - and How Fun Changes It

• Lunch and leadership conversations
• Networking with speakers and attendees

• Communication That Builds Trust, Influence & Leadership
• Diverse Teams, Better Thinking & Stronger Organisations
• Creative Problem-Solving Under Pressure
• Thinking Fast, Connecting Faster: The Power of Improv in Business

• Final reflections and practical takeaways
• Opportunities to connect with speakers, experts, and peers

Hear from experienced professionals across leadership, wellbeing, organisational performance, communication, and workplace culture, alongside professional comedians and facilitators who bring fresh thinking and practical insights to today’s workplace challenges.

This summit is designed for:

• Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
• CEOs and Senior Leaders
• HR and People Leaders
• Managers and Team Leaders
• Learning & Development Professionals
• Workplace Wellbeing Professionals
• Risk and Safety Leaders
• Consultants and Coaches
• Educators and University Staff
• Anyone passionate about building better workplaces

📍 Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Auckland

📅 Wednesday, 26 August 2026

🕘 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

🎟 Limited tickets available

Be part of the world’s first summit exploring how laughter can transform leadership, culture, and connection.

Join Auckland’s business community for a day of inspiration, practical learning, meaningful conversations, and a fresh perspective on what it takes to build high-performing organisations.

Because better workplaces don’t happen by accident.

They happen by design.