Organisations Mo has worked with
Making High Performance Contagious (Maybe Even Infectious)
At 31, Mo Haque was told his Stage 4 cancer was inoperable. He raised £200,000 for experimental treatment. Against every projection, he walked out of hospital. What he learned became a framework that transforms how teams and leaders perform.
A six-step framework forged under impossible pressure, translated into the practical tools leaders and teams use to perform when it matters most.
Setbacks become insights, doubt becomes conviction, hesitation becomes decisive action.
Sparks innovation and sharpens competitive edge across teams and organisations.
Equips people to stay focused and perform under pressure, regardless of what's coming at them.
Organisations Mo has worked with
ABSURD Hope is about turning impossible odds into unstoppable action. It's a systematic approach to making high performance contagious. It's the ability to stay calm and focused through chaos and adversity.
See the full keynoteThe question you're afraid to ask is usually the right one. Audacious questions unlock resources, allies, and possibilities invisible to those playing it safe.
You don't wait for confidence to arrive. You act, and confidence follows. This pillar rewires the relationship between belief and behaviour.
Consistency beats inspiration. The highest performers have mastered one thing: turning up when they don't feel like it.
Not blind faith, calibrated certainty. Holding your vision steady while staying open to how you get there.
Setbacks are inevitable. Excuses are optional. Resistance burns energy. Resilience builds it.
Not when you feel like it. When it matters. The only framework that counts is the one you actually use.
"I'll raise the money, or die trying."
Mo Haque, April 2016Told the cancer was inoperable. No standard treatment pathway. Given a prognosis most people don't survive.
Even that small chance was gone. Told by medicine that the options were exhausted. In the silence that followed, he refused to accept nothing as an answer.
Launched a crowdfunding campaign in April. Raised £200,000 for experimental immunotherapy in six weeks. The ABSURD framework was born here, not as theory, but as lived method under the highest possible stakes.
Took the stage to share what the experience revealed about hope, performance, and human capacity under pressure. The beginning of a speaking career built on one of the most credible origin stories in the industry.
Published his debut book documenting the journey and the deeper questions it raised about how we live and work.
Delivering keynotes for global organisations and publishing Absurd Hope, a complete tested system for performance under pressure.
Mo speaks with authenticity, passion and energy. He has a unique ability to captivate an audience.
He left our entire team inspired, motivated and hungry to get out there.
Fabulous, brilliant talk.
Making High Performance Contagious
and Wellbeing Infectious
A practical playbook for leaders and teams. Absurd Hope sets out the complete operating system for sustained high performance, without the burnout tax.
Mo speaks at conferences, leadership summits, away days, and company-wide events across the UK and internationally.