She doesn't just talk about brands.
She changes how you feel about yours.

Keynote speaker, workshop host and creative guide.

Signature talk: The Soulful Brand | available in English and Dutch.

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WHAT IRIS BRINGS TO YOUR STAGE

A shift in perspective that changes how people create.

Every keynote blends strategy, creativity, and intuition into an experience that moves people. Rooted in her Brand Energetics methodology, years of experience as an Art Director, and her own personal story, Iris helps audiences see differently, feel deeply, and leave ready to act.

A story that moves people

From leading design projects across 80 countries to living in a camper in the mountains, Iris’s journey inspires others to create a path that’s truly their own.

A unique methodology

Brand Energetics is Iris’s signature chakra-to-brand methodology: a visual framework that helps people build authentic brands from the inside out.

Blending strategy with intuition, it leaves audiences with a fresh perspective and practical tools they can put into action immediately.

A presence that holds the room

Warm, direct, poetic, and refreshingly unexpected, Iris creates a space where people feel safe enough to think differently—and courageous enough to act on it.

The Soulful Brand
Wat bezield jou?

THE SIGNATURE TALK

What if a brand is not something you build but something you uncover? In this talk, Iris van 't Wout takes the audience on a journey from the inside out: from the moment she left a dream career at 28, built a camper during lockdown and drove into the mountains, to the voice she heard there that changed everything.

That voice became a methodology. The Soulful Brand is both Iris's story and an invitation to stop searching outside yourself for the right strategy, the right visuals, the right words, and to start listening to what is already there.

Using her Brand Energetics system, a framework that maps the chakra system onto brand architecture, Iris shows exactly how to access the soul layer of a brand that most agencies and strategists skip entirely. The result is a brand that doesn't just look right. It feels true.

What the audience takes away:

A completely new way of thinking about their brand: as energy, not just strategy

The Brand Energetics map, a practical framework they can use immediately

The soul, mind and body model

Permission to stop performing and start expressing

A connection to the soul of their brand

Everything you need
to know.

English or Dutch

LANGUAGE

45/90 minutes. Half or full day.

DURATION

FORMAT

Keynote · Workshop · Immersive

Based in the Netherlands, available internationally and online.

LOCATION

Art director.
Founder.
Shape-giver.

ABOUT IRIS

Iris van 't Wout is the founder of Aleph Agency, a creative agency devoted to building soulful brands.

Before Aleph, she was art director at Secrid. A brand with over 8000 retailers in 80 countries where she led creative teams, directed international campaigns and shaped the brand across every touchpoint.

She left that world at 28, built a camper during lockdown and drove into the unknown. What she found there became the foundation of everything she does now: a methodology rooted in meditation, brand energetics and the deep belief that you cannot design a feeling with your mind.

She speaks from lived experience and a way of seeing the world that makes people think differently about their work and themselves.

  • Iris, I have no idea where this will all lead, but you gave roots to a concept that was light and intangible.

    Michelle - Field of O

  • Her unique method of working with energy, concept design and visuals was an incredible journey of deep alchemy and birthed my brand.

    Nathalie - Npower

  • Having previously worked on vision and mission in a corporate setting, I was pleasantly surprised by Iris’ new and refreshing take.

    Lærke Baaring

  • The editorial style really works. A lot of custom/unique components which keeps things looking fresh and interesting

    Christian Mezöfi - Dutch Digital Design curator & head of design, Dentsu Creative

  • Iris quickly tuned into our brand energy and facilitated a connection to our vision and mission. It was truly an inside-out approach, which gave me such clarity and direction.

    Nei School

Your audience deserves
a talk that stays with them.

Reach out to explore availability, talk topics and how Iris can be shaped to your event. Every inquiry is answered personally.

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Listen Up

Listen to the What’s next podcast with Iris on the impact of design. (it’s in dutch)