
Matthew Syed
Author of "Bounce" and "Black Box Thinking" | Former Olympic table tennis player
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Matthew Syed represented Great Britain in table tennis at two Olympic Games and was the country's number one player for nearly a decade. He wrote "Bounce" on the science of success and "Black Box Thinking" on how organizations learn from failure.
As a columnist for The Times, Matthew covers sports, politics, and performance. His keynotes explore why some people and organizations thrive while others plateau-drawing on cognitive science, deliberate practice, and the counterintuitive importance of failure.
2 talks, 2022 to 2025
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Matthew Syed at Festival of Marketing 2025
Matthew Syed at Nudgestock 2022
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2 events · 2022 to 2025
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