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MARCUS WARRY

STAY CURIOUS.BE HAPPY.

Make a mess.

Speaker. Entrepreneur. Debate Chair.

Marcus Warry explores how curiosity, creativity and AI are changing what's possible, and how we can use those possibilities to create better businesses, happier lives and a more positive impact on the world.

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“What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress?

Imagine that you are a Masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath.”

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Talks & keynotes

Something to
think differently about.

Five perspectives on people, progress and possibility. Each talk is shaped around your audience.

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Featured keynote

And why measuring it matters.

The impact economy is growing, investor expectations are changing, and organisations are increasingly being asked to demonstrate the difference they make.

From venture capital and global brands to charities, NGOs and social enterprises, Marcus explores why measuring social impact is becoming an increasingly important part of organisational success—and what it means for the future of business, investment and society.

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SOCIAL IMPACT · ECONOMICS · HUMAN WELLBEING

Human Economics

What are we really trying to achieve?

We measure economic growth, financial performance and productivity with extraordinary precision. But how well are we measuring whether people's lives are actually getting better? Drawing on economics, entrepreneurship and social impact, Marcus explores a more human way of thinking about progress—and what might change if governments and organisations took wellbeing as seriously as financial performance.

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AI · CREATIVITY · HUMAN POTENTIAL

Curiosity in the Age of AI

The more powerful AI becomes, the more important human thinking may be.

AI is transforming what we can do. But curiosity, imagination, judgement and the ability to ask good questions will help determine what we choose to do with it. Marcus explores why being human matters more than ever—and how our creativity, working alongside extraordinary new technology, could help us tackle some of the world's biggest challenges.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP · AI · CREATIVITY · MAKING THINGS HAPPEN

From Ideas to Action

What could you make if you finally gave that idea a chance?

You don't need to quit your job, raise a fortune or know how to code to start something. AI is making it easier than ever to turn ideas into something real. Drawing on a lifetime of entrepreneurial adventures and his work founding The Ideas Shed, Marcus inspires audiences to stop waiting for the perfect moment, explore what's possible and take that first step.

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HAPPINESS · WELLBEING · PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE

Happy 5

We've all heard of five-a-day for our bodies. What about five-a-day for our minds?

Happy 5 explores five simple daily habits that can help support a healthier, happier mind. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience and practical wellbeing research, Marcus introduces Move, Give, Connect, Calm and Grow—and asks how small, achievable changes can help us take a more active role in our own happiness.

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Workshops & team sessions

Good thinking.
A practical next step.

Practical sessions with a clear benefit.
Something useful to take away.

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Social Impact Excellence

Turn good intentions into meaningful impact.

For leadership & impact teams

Choose a priority. Agree the next action.

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Social Impact Claims Code

Make claims people can trust.

For communications & impact teams

Clearer claims. Stronger evidence.

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From Ideas to Action workshop

Give your idea a first version.

For entrepreneurs & teams with an idea

A practical experiment and a next step.

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Happy 5 for teams

Make feeling better a daily habit.

For teams exploring everyday wellbeing

One habit to try. One team condition to improve.

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Shaped around your audience, time and accessibility needs. The Claims Code is a practical framework, not statutory guidance or accreditation. Happy 5 supports everyday wellbeing and does not replace professional care.

Chairing, Hosting & Debates

Over a decade of experience bringing people together for lively debate.

Marcus Warry has extensive experience organising, hosting and chairing debates, from founding and running the Lansdowne Debating Society for ten years, bringing prominent speakers and politicians together, to events at Google Campus, discussions with the English-Speaking Union, and debates at music festivals, sometimes from the back of a horsebox.

He brings curiosity, humour and an open mind to the stage, making challenging conversations engaging, thought-provoking and enjoyable.

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About Marcus

A life of ideas,put into action.

A little more about Marcus

Marcus Warry is a speaker, entrepreneur and debate chair whose experience spans advertising, the arts, accountancy, startups and social impact.

He has built ventures, supported entrepreneurs, created spaces for artists and brought people together through debates and creative projects across the UK and East Africa.

His background in Industrial Economics and training as an ACA Chartered Accountant bring commercial understanding to his creative approach.

Curiosity and experimentation run through his work, alongside a belief that ideas matter most when they lead to meaningful action and make a positive difference to people’s lives.

The Ideas Shed

Ideas can
change the
world.

The Ideas Shed’s rebellious granny in a gold jacket and sunglasses, pink nails raised with both middle fingers
No coding experience required.
Granny’s already on it.

Marcus founded The Ideas Shed to help curious, creative people turn their ideas into something real.

AI is opening up an extraordinary possibility: people who have never written a line of code can build software, websites and apps. Even your granny.

The Ideas Shed encourages people to experiment, bringing human curiosity and creativity together with AI. What could you make? What social or environmental problem could you help solve?

It starts with a useful idea and the courage to give it a go.

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Other ventures

Some other things I’m involved in.

My Social Impact

With My Social Impact, Marcus helps organisations understand, improve and communicate the difference they make. It’s the practical work behind Human Economics and Social Impact Excellence, and a belief that social impact deserves the same seriousness as financial performance.

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The Wild Ones

The Wild Ones connects creativity, culture and entrepreneurship in Kampala, part of Marcus’s work in East Africa. Its next chapter is being developed in Muyenga. Wild Futures, digital inclusion and opportunities for young people to explore technology and AI are ambitions being developed, rather than established programmes.

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Interim Spaces

As a trustee of Interim Spaces, Marcus helps support the reuse of empty buildings as affordable artist studios, creative spaces and places for entrepreneurs to start. Its work in London and Shepton Mallet shows how underused buildings and high streets can make room for new possibilities.

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01 / 02 The Ideas Shed

An illustrated portrait of Socrates

Know thyself.

Question your assumptions. Understand what matters to you. Stay open to a better argument, rather than simply living by other people’s expectations.

A Delphic maxim associated with Socrates, discussed in Plato’s Charmides.

Writing & ideas

Still thinking.
Still writing.

Three books taking shape.
Questions I’m living with,
rather than answers set in stone.

What I reckon.
Subject to a better argument.

More at The Daily Moooos

Book in development

Human Economics

Economic and organisational success through a more human lens.

Book in development

Happy 5

Everyday habits for wellbeing, and the reality of keeping them.

Book in development

Enough

Ambition, comparison and the question of when more is genuinely better.

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A very important use of your time.

Spray the bollocks.

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SPRAY THE BOLLOCKS

Tap the yellow nonsense. Leave the pink GOOD IDEAS alone. 45 seconds of constructive vandalism.

Tap or click the targets. Yellow = +10. Pink = −15.
Keyboard: Tab to a target, then Enter or Space. Escape pauses.

Scores last for this round. No lives, purchases or seriousness.

A little constructive vandalism.Now, about your event

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“The noblest art is that of making others happy.”
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