Joze PiranianJoze Piranian

Transformational Speaker on Inclusion & Resilience


Joze Piranian is a lifelong stutterer turned Transformational Speaker on Inclusion and Resilience.

Born and raised in Lebanon, Joze avoided speaking for more than 25 years out of the fear of being judged for being different. Then, everything changed. He won the Inspirational Speaker of the Year, delivered 2 TEDx talks and performed stand-up comedy in 3 continents and 3 languages.

Having graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors in Organizational Psychology, from Queen’s University with a Master of International Business and from Cornell University with a certificate in Diversity & Inclusion, Joze has since delivered hundreds of stand-up comedy and speaking engagements around diversity and inclusion, mental resilience, neurodiversity and ability at Dell, Amgen, the HR Leaders Summit & the Hollywood Innovation and Technology Summit. With more than 3 million views on Goalcast, Joze has also been featured on TEDx, Forbes, ABC, NowThis, CBC & Global News.