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Book Peter Mann to speak.
Keynotes, workshops, and fireside conversations for organizations rebuilding how they retain, lead, and design for the people they need most.
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Peter Allen Mann is a Navy Surface Warfare Officer (retired), former Fortune 100 director (Dell, Tech Data), and founder/CEO of Oransi, a U.S. air-purification and motor-technology manufacturer. He chairs AHAM's Air Cleaners Council and is the author of two forthcoming Fast Company Press books — The Perception Revolution (August 2026) and The Projection Fallacy (2027).
Peter brings 38 years of operational data — sustaining ~95% annual team retention across military, Fortune 500, and entrepreneurial contexts — to questions of leadership, retention, and neurodiversity at work. Diagnosed autistic at age 55, he reframes neurodivergent talent as a structural design problem rather than an accommodation problem.
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Four signature talks.
The Perception Revolution: Building organizations that don't lose their most innovative people.
Why your most perceptive employees are the first to leave — and what to do about it. The SHIELD framework, drawn from 37 years of operational practice, reframes retention as a perception problem rather than a compensation problem.
Best for: C-suite, HR leadership, board audiences.
The 25/25 Collision: Why workplace conflict is structural, not personal.
When ~25% of leaders display predatory behavior and ~25% of employees are wired to detect it, the friction is not accidental. A mechanism-level explanation of why "culture fit" filters out the talent organizations most need, with operational evidence and a path forward.
Best for: Management training, leadership development programs, mid-career manager audiences.
Universal Design for Cognition: Optimizing workplaces for the 30% who process differently.
Designing organizations for neurodivergent and highly-perceptive employees doesn't mean special programs — it means structural redesign that benefits everyone. A framework-level talk on what changes when neurodivergent cognition shapes the system rather than adapting to it.
Best for: DEI summits, neurodiversity-at-work conferences, association leadership.
From the Combat Information Center to the C-Suite: Lessons in leadership under pressure.
A keynote built around three operational moments — a Red Sea deployment, a Fortune 100 turnaround, an autism diagnosis at fifty-five that reframed everything — to draw out principles of authentic leadership that hold under pressure.
Best for: Executive retreats, veteran-business audiences, founder communities.
Built for different rooms.
Keynote
45–60 minutes. Framework-driven, with operational case studies.
Fireside chat
30–45 minutes. Conversational, suited to executive retreats and conference plenaries.
Workshop
Half-day or full-day. SHIELD framework applied to a specific organizational context.
Panel
Participation on neurodiversity, retention, and leadership-under-pressure topics.
Virtual & hybrid
Broadcast-quality audio and video setup. Works for any of the above formats.
The platform behind the talks.
- Book excerpt in Chief Executive, April 2026
- Speaker at the Manufacturing Leaders Summit, May 2026
- Endorsement from Kate Malova, PhD (Simon Business School, University of Rochester)
- Co-publication planned with the University of Rochester on a SHIELD validation study
- Featured on Mental Health at Work (Oliva), Neurodiverging, The Manufacturer's Network, 20 Minute Leaders, Authority Magazine
- Chair, AHAM Air Cleaners Council
- Two-book deal with Fast Company Press: The Perception Revolution (Aug 2026), The Projection Fallacy (2027)
On stage at Chief Executive's Manufacturing Leaders Summit — St. Louis, May 2026.
Include the book in your event.
Conferences, associations, and corporate clients booking Peter to speak can bundle the book with the engagement. Options include a copy of The Perception Revolution for every attendee, a SHIELD discussion guide for the cohort, and a virtual follow-up session scheduled in the 90 days after the event.
Bulk-order pricing through Porchlight Books at 25+ copies.
Email bulk@shieldperception.com for event-bundle pricing and logistics.
How to book.
Reach out with your event details — date, audience, format, and a sentence on what you're hoping the audience walks away with. We'll respond within two business days.
Speaking fees available on request. Fees vary by format, audience size, geography, and organization type. Discounts available for nonprofits, educational institutions, and association events.