Helping People Find Their Authenticity
For decades, Mark Sangster has helped leaders navigate through cybercrime attacks. Now, he uses the same passion and creativity to inspire people to find their “inner ember” — the clarity, resilience, and authenticity they need to thrive in a world that rewards artificial glare over real light.
Keynotes & Workshops
Five Days Alone in Death Valley:
What the Desert Taught Me About Purpose, Fear and Trust
In the middle of the night in Death Valley, alone and injured, Mark Sangster had a vision. After five days on his own in the wilderness with only his thoughts and (often painful) memories to guide him, he pushed through loneliness, grief, pain, and experienced eye-opening visions. In the vast, dark sky over the California desert, the twinkling of thousands of stars met his gaze, and they offered him more than healing. Mark found a spark—an inner ember that would become his own guiding star.
How can we find and keep close all the joy, beauty, abundance, and peace that is there for the taking?
This 60-minute keynote tells the story of one man’s journey to find something larger than himself and his ongoing efforts to remain connected to the self he discovered ten years ago in the desert—even while living in the grip of our chaotic and disconnected modern age.
About Mark Sangster
MARK SANGSTER spent his career as a cybersecurity thought leader and is the author of Cyber-Conscious Leadership and No Safe Harbor. He is an award-winning speaker who has appeared on CNN News Hour and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Mark holds degrees and professional certificates from Harvard University, Western University, and Humber College.
