Jon Beebe is a curiosity-driven leadership speaker and specialist who works with founders, executives, and team leaders to turn output-driven companies into thriving communities. He believes the best way to lead, and to leave the deepest impact, is by creating moments worth remembering.
For nine years, Jon led at a 20+ location, 250+ staff organization, developing teams across multiple sites and ultimately serving at one of its highest leadership tiers. Since 2018, he and his wife Lauren have built two businesses that came from the same place: making it easier for families to make more memories together. Beebe's Bargains, where Jon is co-founder and CEO, saves families time and money on everyday products; built almost entirely organically, it's grown into a community of 74,000+, drives $4.5M+ in annual affiliate sales, and has unlocked over $20M in cumulative member savings. Their Disney travel services take the planning off a family's plate for Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line trips, with 100+ families sent to Disney and 80% of the business from repeat clients and referrals.
His leadership method is simple: lead through curiosity, take ownership of leading, and create memorable moments. The framework that emerges, Curiosity, Connection, Community, produces teams who go all in because they're inspired, not pressured, and cultures where people thrive, not just produce.
A 600+ time speaker and cast member of The Blox Season 20, Jon brings a story-driven, high-energy style that takes audiences from heavy moments to humor in minutes and connects with rooms across generations.
Away from the stage, Jon is a proud Buffalo native and Bills season ticket holder. He and his wife Lauren live about an hour northwest of Philadelphia with their three daughters, and they love traveling to Walt Disney World together as a family.
His mission: challenge people to lead and live with curiosity, so they can build connection, community, and a life worth remembering.
Presentations
This is an example talk for Jon Beebe
Most companies are just companies, transactional places where people clock in, do their work, and leave. People don't commit to that. They commit to communities: places where they're known, cared about, and connected. And the data backs it up, employees with a strong sense of belonging deliver 56% higher job performance and are 50% less likely to leave (BetterUp), and high-belonging workplaces can save a large company more than $50 million a year in turnover and retraining. The problem is that most leaders don't know how to build that kind of community. The key is curiosity. Drawing on his framework of Curiosity → Connection → Community, Jon shows leaders, managers, and team leads how curiosity turns coworkers into a community people genuinely commit to, and how the moments leaders make are the moments people remember. Through story, audience interaction, live Q&A, and practical, repeatable principles, attendees leave knowing how to build a culture worth remembering.
Key Takeaways
- Why people commit to communities, not companies, and what that unlocks for performance, commitment, and retention.
- The moments you make are the moments people remember, the strongest cultures are the ones people carry with them.
- How to lead through curiosity, understanding that curiosity is a choice, not a personality.