Corporate credibility. Lived adversity. One framework.
You're here because something has shifted. Maybe you're part of a corporate team adapting to a new reality. Maybe you’ve hit a wall — a personal setback, a professional disappointment, or a crisis that’s shaken your confidence.
I get it, I’ve been there.
I’m Mark Berridge – a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and 16-times award-winning author.
I used to lead corporate teams, transform business profitability and served as Rio Tinto's Chief Negotiator responsible for USD 20 billion of annual revenue.
Then a life-altering cycling accident left me with a spinal injury and a future I didn’t choose. I rebuilt from the ground up — to quite literally find my feet again, one determined step at a time.
Now I help others find their feet. Whether I’m on stage speaking to corporate teams or writing about navigating life’s toughest moments, my mission is to help you step up and reclaim what is possible — even when everything feels lost.
Because we all face crash-like moments — illness, injury, grief, or the quiet ache of feeling stuck. And no matter the shape of your fall, I know you can find the resilience you need to rise.
Let me help you — and your team — learn how to keep stepping up when it matters most.
My story
One crisp, sunny morning in March 2019, my life changed forever.
A cycling accident landed me in hospital for 51 days and living with a permanent disability.
Instead of flying to Salt Lake City that evening to lead a high-stakes corporate workshop, rehabilitation became my full-time job.
After catapulting headfirst into a stormwater drain, I fractured five bones and crushed two vertebrae. In emergency surgery, two 9-inch-long rods were screwed into my spine.
Doctors couldn’t say if I would walk again.
I woke up in hospital wracked with fear about my future and guilt about the impact on my family.
I couldn’t move myself even a centimetre up the bed.
But I made a choice. I would give recovery everything I had.
I committed to improving a fraction every day. I learned to harness the power of a positive mindset, to accept help and to set and celebrate goals – even small ones.
And most of all, I learned to walk again.
It took 10 gruelling months.
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Why do I Share this?
Because what helped me has impact well beyond me. It’s a mindset. A process. A way forward.
I became a keynote speaker to share the perspective that helped me step up to possibility. I’ve seen it empower others time and again – including from the Brisbane TEDx stage, where I delivered my talk “The Power of Doing Hard Things.”
I don’t believe you can do hard things because I did. I know you can do hard things because you can.
Since my accident, I’ve written a book (A Fraction Stronger, now a 16-time award winner), delivered keynote speeches around the world, become an Industry Fellow at Griffith University, and created the Finding Your FEET framework — helping leaders and teams build the strength to step up when it matters most.
I share my story to help others find their own hope, resilience and possibility.
Learn more about my speaking approach here and order my book A Fraction Stronger here.
“Before Mark’s life-changing injury, I knew him as an inspirational global business leader. His unfortunate incident in 2019 revealed him to be the real deal.”
Brett Spitz — Director, LMS Renewable Energy