# Event Details - **Event Name**: When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human Breakthroughs - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+10:00) - **Event Description**: Talks on Tuesdays: Real lectures in your favourite venues. 45-min + Q&A with Dr Kay BretzAbout this EventTalks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.Event Schedule:6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open7pm Lecuture Starts7.45pm Q&A8pm Talk Concludes8.30pm Event Closes.*Please arrive close to 6.30pmA La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.Your Topic:When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human BreakthroughsWe celebrate excellence, grit and perseverance. Yet many high performers eventually reach a point where working harder no longer produces better outcomes. What happens then?Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, executive leadership, ultra-endurance sport and personal experience representing Australia at the 24-Hour World Championships, this talk explores why people plateau, how pressure changes perception, and what enables genuine breakthroughs in performance and leadership.Rather than offering self-help or motivational advice, the session examines the science and psychology behind transformational change and invites the audience to rethink some of our deepest assumptions about success, resilience and human potential.Your Speaker:Professor Richelle MychasiukDr Kay Bretz is an executive coach, keynote speaker and founder of Turning Right, where he helps leaders and organisations navigate complexity, transformation and breakthrough performance. Drawing on experience as a senior McKinsey consultant, leader at Coles and Woolworths and an Australian representative at the 24-hour Running World Championships, Kay combines strategic insight with a deep understanding of human transformation.His work explores a question that has become increasingly relevant in today's world: why do capable, successful people so often become trapped by the very patterns that once made them successful? Through compelling stories, practical insights and a refreshing perspective on leadership, Kay helps audiences discover how expanding the world available to us unlocks greater freedom, wiser choices and extraordinary performance — not through working harder, but by seeing differently.Before founding Turning Right in 2020, Kay spent six years with McKinsey & Company and almost a decade in senior leadership roles at Coles and Woolworths, leading large-scale commercial and organisational transformation. Having lived, studied and worked across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia/NZ, he brings a genuinely international perspective to leadership. He now coaches CEOs and executive teams globally, is the award-winning author of Turning Right – Inspire the Magic and is known for challenging leaders to rethink what's possible for themselves, their teams and their organisations.Agenda🕑: 06:30 PMDoors open and arrival🕑: 07:00 PMSpeaker starts - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saint-kilda-west/when-excellence-becomes-the-problem-the-science-behind-human-breakthroughs/100001997944150738 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Sports, science-fair, fine-arts, Entertainment, literary-art, performances - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: 18+ - Duration: 2 hours - Location: West Beach Pavilion - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 27.78, max: 27.78, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Saint Kilda West - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: West Beach Pavilion - **lat**: -37.8582691 - **long**: 144.9683912 - **full address**: West Beach Pavilion, 330A Beaconsfield Parade, Saint Kilda West, Australia ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human Breakthroughs - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/b2ac55614bd3edcda1ad64b6ce5aedb4fb5e2dcafda322d1ae9a5705737621bf-rimg-w1200-h675-dc280808-gmir.jpg?v=1787098387 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human Breakthroughs being held? - **A:** When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human Breakthroughs takes place on Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at West Beach Pavilion, 330A Beaconsfield Parade, Saint Kilda West, Australia. - **Q**: Is there an age restriction for When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human Breakthroughs? - **A:** When Excellence Becomes the Problem: The Science Behind Human Breakthroughs is strictly for guests aged 18 and above. Valid government-issued photo ID is required for entry. Guests under 18 will not be admitted. 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