Penny Locaso of BKINDRED

Biography:

Voted most influential female entrepreneur in Australia by The Age & Sydney Morning Herald. Penny Locaso is the world’s first Happiness Hacker, on a mission to teach ten million humans, by 2025, how to future-proof happiness.

Having recently returned from the NASA Research Center Penny is a Singularity University Alumni having learnt from some of the best
technology and Artificial Intelligence innovators in the world. Partnering with corporations like Booking.com, SalesForce, General Assembly, The Department of Defence, LuluLemon Athletica, Australia Post, ANZ, Medibank, and Coca Cola, Penny is transforming lives and organisations, by humanising the future.

Three years ago, Penny turned her life upside down. In a 7-month period, she left a 16-year career as an executive, relocated a family from Perth back to Melbourne, left an 18-year relationship, and started BKindred. When Penny couldn’t find a global education company, that could skill her to future-proof her happiness, she went out and created one. Penny advocates fear(less)ness and practices what she teaches. She went viral on LinkedIn (50,000+ views) and created a global movement after delivering a keynote in her bathing suit, to demonstrate the power of getting comfortable with discomfort.

Penny Locaso is an acclaimed TEDx and keynote speaker having shared the stage with world renowned speakers including Dorie Clark, Gail Kelly, Yossi Ghinsberg and Bernard Salt.

Penny has been published and quoted in the Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Mail UK, Thrive Global, SmartCompany,
Conscious Magazine, StartUp Smart, Smarter Magazine, The Age, Women’s Agenda, The Sydney Morning Herald and NZ Entrepreneur.