Kyle Hermans

Kyle Hermans, an influential figure in global business, innovation, design thinking, and leadership, is the Co-founder and CEO of Be Courageous, the award-winning transformation agency that drives performance improvement and courageous change.

Kyle has significantly impacted global companies through his model of courage in business and leadership, which emphasizes the importance of courageous decision-making within high-performing organizations.

Kyle has served in senior executive roles within Fortune-level organizations and global business consultancies and has led transformation initiatives with hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies and hundreds more SMEs, start-ups, governments, and educational institutions globally - helping identify and generate billions in ROI. Be Courageous is Kyle’s third entrepreneurial venture.

Kyle is an expert partner with Oxford Leadership, an expert faculty with Singularity University, and a guest lecturer at renowned universities like UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, and USF. His work is featured in several leading publications, including Forbes, Psychology Today, and Entrepreneur.

Kyle and Be Courageous are leading one of the world’s largest ongoing academic studies on the psychological characteristics of courage to help as many people as possible to step into their moments of courage in times of uncertainty, disruption, and exponential change.

Kyle is a father of four, an international speaker, recording and performing musician, endurance athlete, investor, and philanthropist, dedicated to innovation, mindfulness, and transformative leadership. He believes everyone is capable of living a courageous life.