Daniel Lerner – Positive Psychologist, Author, and Strengths-Based Performance Coach
Daniel Lerner spoke with Ivey HBA students during the 2026 Character Leadership and Resilience Conference about how stress shares the same physiological symptoms as excitement, how to harness stress as a performance-enhancing superpower, and the false choice between wellbeing and performance. An instructor at NYU Stern and a leading voice in positive and performance psychology, Lerner’s keynote address Superstressed: How to Turn Stress into the Superpower That We All Need Now challenged students to rethink their relationship with stress in high-pressure environments.
Jeremiah Brown – Olympian, Author, and Transformation Expert
Drawing on his journey as a Canadian Olympian and author, Jeremiah Brown shared lessons with Ivey HBA students at the 2026 Character Leadership and Resilience Conference on reframing setbacks, finding joy and staying grounded in high-pressure moments, and the resilience skills that have mattered most to him. In his keynote address Character, Leadership, and Resilience: Lessons from an Improbable Olympic Journey, Brown drew on his experience transitioning from finance to elite sport to share practical insights on perseverance, perspective, and performing under stress.