SOMEWHERE BLACKBEARD IS SMILING.
You were one of the best guests we’ve ever had. The out of the box insights from an unexpected source really resonated.”
Spencer Levy
Global Client Strategist & Senior Economic Advisor at CBRE
GUEST PODCASTS APPEARANCES
On The Weekly Take CBRE podcast, Sam argues that the boldest leaders don’t play it safe—they have a strategy for rewriting the rules. This episode explores how pirate-inspired thinking and resolute action can help leaders navigate uncertainty, unlock innovation and lead with courage amid change.
Treasure: Leadership Lessons from Pirates
Sam opens up about his personal struggles and triumphs, revealing how he found clarity in uncertain times and the driving force behind his mission to encourage others to embrace their inner pirate.
The Rule Breaker’s Rules To Uncertainty
On the Think with Google Firestarters podcast, Sam describes how we can turn uncertainty into a catalyst for innovation, learning, and change. In an increasingly fast-moving and unpredictable world, the ability to navigate uncertainty has become a superpowerIn this fascinating episode
becoming comfortable with uncertainty
Katherine and Sam Conniff bring their learning in neuroscience, psychology, history and social entrepreneurship to bear in helping organizations and individuals improve uncertainty tolerance.
Uncertainty TOLERance
Together Sam and Katherine discuss what makes uncertainty so hard for our brains to process and how the unknown stunts our creativity and stalls our progress.
HOW TO TACKLE UNCERTAINTY
Sam Conniff discusses how embracing pirate-like qualities can enable change and growth. He argues that unspoken rules and personal biases often hold people back, and that pirates represent a fascinating set of role models for today's society.
How to deal with UNCERTAINTY
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BOOK LAUNCHING 1st JANUARY 2026
The Uncertainty Toolkit is based on cutting-edge science, underpinned by personal accounts from our ‘uncertainty experts’ – unlikely heroes including ex-prisoners, former addicts, refugees, gangland bosses and hostages who have channelled their exceptional experiences of extreme unpredictability into success in the mainstream world.
Whether you’re struggling with uncertainty around work, health, relationships or the state of the world The Uncertainty Toolkit can help you.
BE MORE PIRATE
From rogues to role models - Be More Pirate reveals the radical strategies of Golden Age pirates and updates them into clear solutions for making your mark on the 21st century.
Be More Pirate draws parallels between the strategy and innovation of legends like Henry Morgan with modern day rebels, like Elon Musk, Malala and Blockchain, and reveals how to apply their tactics to life and work today.
Voted Financial Times Book of the Month & Shortlist's Read of the Week. Its time to Be More Pirate.
“As an ancient historian and a lover of tech, Be More Pirate feels so important as it looks to history to help us grip the future.”
- Martha Lane-Fox, co-founder - lastminute.com