Recover Under Pressure

Dr Guy Meadows brings
recovery science to life.

With infectious energy and a passion for sustainable performance, Guy leaves audiences motivated to act and equipped with practical recovery skills they can use immediately.

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Recover Under Pressure

Why recovery is the missing skill in sustainable performance

Modern work demands more output while squeezing out the moments that restore our capacity. In this powerful keynote, Dr Guy Meadows reveals why recovery is an essential performance skill.

Drawing on neuroscience, performance psychology and elite sport, Guy equips audiences with his practical 3R’s of Recover Under Pressure – Recognise, Reconnect and Respond – to sustain energy, sharpen thinking and recover while the pressure is still on.

Your audience will learn to

  • Recognise their Recovery Gap and its impact on performance.
  • Use Micro-Recovery to reset during demanding days.
  • Apply the 3Rs to recover while the pressure is still on.
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Dr Guy Meadows teaching Recognise, Reconnect and Respond during a keynote

In Recover Under Pressure, Dr Guy Meadows challenges the way we think about high performance. Our modern obsession with productivity, optimisation and always being “on” has created a growing Recovery Gap, while we continually demand more output, we are gradually designing recovery out of our working days.

Drawing on neuroscience, performance psychology and lessons from elite sport, Guy reveals why sustainable performance isn’t output → output → output, but a continuous rhythm of output → recovery → output → recovery. Just as elite athletes deliberately recover during competition, we need to learn how to replenish our capacity while the pressure is still there.

Packed with practical tools, the keynote introduces Dr Guy’s 3 Rs of Recovery – Recognise, Reconnect and Respond – giving audiences a simple framework for protecting their energy, thinking more clearly and sustaining performance throughout demanding working days.

  • Recovery isn’t the opposite of performance or something we earn when the work is finished. Recovery is a performance skill
  • Close the Recovery Gap – Discover how our obsession with productivity and optimisation is removing the natural recovery moments from our working lives.
  • Build a performance–recovery rhythm – Move away from unsustainable output → output → output towards a healthier rhythm of output → recovery → output → recovery.
  • Learn from elite performers – Why Tour de France cyclists, Wimbledon champions and other elite performers deliberately build recovery into performance rather than waiting until it’s over.
  • Think Micro-Recovery – Learn how small recovery moments throughout the working day can restore capacity without waiting for evenings, weekends, holidays or life to slow down.
  • Use the 3Rs of Recovery – A practical framework to Recognise demand, Reconnect with what matters and Respond helpfully.
  • Why recovery is an essential part of sustainable high performance.
  • How to recognise and close their own Recovery Gap.
  • How to use Micro-Recovery to protect energy and capacity during demanding working days.
  • The 3R’s of Recover Under Pressure, which they can immediately use to recover while the pressure is still there.
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Sustainable Performance in the Age of AI

Closing the gap between technological capacity and human capacity

AI is accelerating output. Human attention, energy and judgement still have limits.

Drawing on employee interviews at a Leading Management Consultancy and workplace research, Dr Guy Meadows explores how AI can intensify the working day. Audiences learn how to protect their capacity, strengthen human connection and reinvest some of the time AI saves into thinking and recovery.

Your audience will learn to

  • Recognise how AI changes the demands of their working day.
  • Protect attention, judgement and human connection.
  • Reinvest time saved by AI into thinking and recovery.
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Dr Guy Meadows presenting Sustainable Performance in the Age of AI to a corporate audience

AI is rapidly expanding what organisations can produce. But as tasks become faster, working days can become fuller, natural pauses disappear and the demand for human judgement intensifies. Technology’s capacity is accelerating. Human attention, energy and recovery still have limits.

In this timely keynote, Dr Guy Meadows explores the human experience of working with AI. Drawing on interviews with employees at a Leading Management Consultancy, alongside research in psychology and workplace performance, he examines five emerging pressures, from the AI Effort Paradox and workday compression to changing demands on thinking, connection and professional confidence.

Packed with practical tools, the keynote equips audiences to recognise these pressures and respond deliberately. Using Guy’s 3Rs of Recovery – Recognise, Reconnect and Respond – teams learn how to protect their capacity and reinvest some of the time AI saves into thinking, connection and recovery.

  • Understand the Human Capacity Gap – AI can expand our capacity to produce, while human attention, energy and cognitive resources remain finite.
  • Recognise the AI Effort Paradox – Saving time can lead to taking on more work. How we use the time AI creates matters for sustainable performance.
  • Notice workday compression – As AI takes on routine tasks, the working day can become a succession of demanding decisions with fewer natural opportunities to recover.
  • Protect human judgement – Delegating tasks to AI creates a greater need to question, evaluate and take responsibility for its outputs. Clear thinking requires capacity.
  • Keep connection intentional – When a prompt replaces a conversation, teams need to make deliberate space for collaboration, mentoring and shared thinking.
  • Reclaim the AI Dividend – Use the 3Rs to recognise your capacity, reconnect with what matters and choose a helpful response. If AI saves twenty minutes, could you reclaim one for recovery?
  • How AI can change the demands of work, even when it makes individual tasks easier.
  • How to recognise emerging pressures on their attention, energy, judgement and connection.
  • How to apply the 3Rs of Recovery during an increasingly demanding working day.
  • Practical ways to use time saved by AI to support recovery and sustainable performance.
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Daily Habits of a Resilient Sleeper

Sustainable sleep for a demanding world

Sustainable performance begins long before bedtime.

Drawing on over 25 years of clinical experience and sleep science, Dr Guy Meadows reveals the daily habits that support restorative sleep and effective recovery. Audiences learn how to protect their energy, manage disruption and respond confidently to poor nights, building sleep habits that support performance through demanding periods.

Your audience will learn to

  • Build daily habits that support restorative sleep.
  • Respond confidently to poor nights and disruption.
  • Protect energy and recovery through demanding periods.
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Dr Guy Meadows presenting on resilient sleep and prioritising recovery

Most people think resilience means pushing through tiredness, stress and pressure. But performing despite poor sleep isn’t resilience – it’s survival.

In this engaging and practical keynote, Dr Guy Meadows reveals why sustainable performance begins long before bedtime. Drawing on over 25 years of clinical experience and the latest sleep science, he shares the daily habits that help people recover more effectively, think more clearly and perform at their best, even when life is demanding.

Packed with practical tools that can be implemented immediately, this keynote leaves audiences with a simple, evidence-based framework for protecting their energy, strengthening recovery and building resilient sleep for the long term.

  • Poor sleep is inevitable. Recovery is optional – Why resilient people don’t chase perfect sleep, they prioritise recovery.
  • You don’t fall asleep. You arrive there – How the choices you make throughout the day shape the quality of your night.
  • Protect rhythms, not perfection – Simple daily habits that strengthen your body clock and create the conditions for restorative sleep.
  • Respond, don’t react – How to reduce the ‘snowball effect’ of stress, anxiety and nighttime wakefulness through a more flexible mindset.
  • Build recovery into your day – Practical strategies to balance periods of performance with moments of intentional recovery before stress accumulates.
  • Adapt to disruption – How resilient sleepers manage travel, jet lag and changing demands without losing confidence in their sleep.
  • How to build sustainable performance through better daily recovery.
  • Practical habits that improve energy, focus and resilience – even after a poor night’s sleep.
  • A science-backed framework for sleeping well in an unpredictable, high-pressure world.

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What It's Like to Work with Dr Guy Meadows

Dr Guy Meadows has spent over 15 years delivering hundreds of keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats and webinars for many of the world’s leading organisations.

From intimate executive leadership sessions to company-wide events with audiences of more than 10,000 employees, every presentation is tailored to your audience, your objectives and your event.

When you book Dr Guy, you can expect:

Before Your Event

  • Discovery call to understand your audience and objectives
  • Tailored content aligned to your event theme and key messages
  • Speaker briefing and planning meeting
  • AV and technical check with your production team
  • Presentation slides and requirements shared in advance

During Your Event

  • 45–60 minute keynote (or tailored to your agenda)
  • Interactive Q&A or fireside conversation
  • Engaging storytelling combined with cutting-edge science
  • Practical, evidence-based tools audiences can apply immediately
  • A highly professional, polished and memorable experience

After Your Event

  • Follow-up debrief with your team
  • Social media support to extend the impact of the event
  • Access to supporting resources and takeaway materials
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Recover Under Pressure

Start with inspiration.
Build lasting change.

A keynote can spark a new way of thinking. Recover Under Pressure offers ongoing support to turn that inspiration into everyday recovery skills.

Keynotes

Powerful one-off sessions to challenge thinking, inspire action and introduce practical recovery skills.

The RUP Programme

A series of in-depth workshops to embed recovery into everyday working life and support lasting behaviour change.

1-to-1 Employee Clinics

Confidential, personalised sleep and recovery support for employees, delivered onsite or virtually.

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Frequently asked questions

Dr Guy Meadows (PhD) speaks on recovery, sleep and sustainable performance. He offers three keynotes: Recover Under Pressure, Sustainable Performance in the Age of AI and Daily Habits of a Resilient Sleeper.

A keynote typically runs for 45–60 minutes, or can be tailored to your agenda. It can include an interactive Q&A or a fireside conversation.

Yes. Every presentation is tailored to your audience, your objectives and your event, starting with a discovery call, a speaker briefing and a planning meeting.

Yes. Dr Guy delivers sessions in person and virtually, and 1-to-1 Employee Clinics can be delivered onsite or virtually.

From intimate executive leadership sessions to company-wide events with audiences of more than 10,000 employees.

After your event there is a follow-up debrief, social media support and access to supporting resources. For lasting change, The RUP Programme offers in-depth workshops, and 1-to-1 Employee Clinics provide confidential, personalised sleep and recovery support.

Send an enquiry through the enquiry form with details of your organisation, audience and preferred date. Dr Guy will help you find the right session for your team.