education Keynote Speaker & expert education futurist
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Nick Jankel studied at two of the global top 10 universities (summa cum laude), taught high school science in rural Africa, and has 25 years of experience speaking and consulting in education and learning (e.g., Oxford University, Emeritus, BBC Learning, European Social Fund, Learning & Skills Council, ECIS, Yale, Kaos Pilots).
The marvelous possibilities, major limitations, and clear and present dangers of AI and other emerging technologies in learning, development, and education.
Emerging innovations and tensions in learning, from innovative micro-schools to unschooling, from flipped classrooms to AI-powered TAs, from emotional and social skills to systems thinking.
How to develop learners who have the emotional stability, agility, empathy, grit, self-mastery, courage, kindness, and creativity to adapt to the world as it changes.
Breakthroughs in neuroscience that unlock game-changing opportunities, in particular, brain-based approaches for learning.
Ways to cultivate and unleash change, innovation, and transformation mindsets in both learners and educators.
The skills our societies need to develop in learners so they can survive and thrive in complexity and uncertainty, change and crisis.
Very pertinent to me and my teams.
VP
Oxford University
An inspirational keynote presentation that clearly articulated how creating a transformational mindset can guide us through VUCA times.
Principle
Upper Mount School, Australia
Nick had a pronounced and profound impact. Exceptional!
President,
Kellogg’s North America
Nick transformed our event with an engaging and evocative talk that hit all the nails that we put out there. It set a perfect scene for the remainder!
Head of Marketing,
Syngenta
Top Keynote Speaker On LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT & THE FUTURE OF Education
Nick Jankel is a top 50 global professional keynote speaker who shares penetrating and inspiring insights into learning, development, and the future of education.
Nick Jankel studied at two of the global top 10 universities (receiving a summa cum laude degree in medicine and history of science from Cambridge University), taught high school science in rural Africa, and has 25 years of experience speaking and consulting in education and learning.
Nick has worked with Oxford University, Emeritus, BBC Learning, London Business School, The European Social Fund, Learning & Skills Council, ECIS, Kaos Pilots, and many more. Nick has lectured at Yale, LBS, UMass, UC Berkeley, Lancaster, Bath, Oxford, Warwick, National University of Singapore—and has taught change-agents and young social entrepreneurs on 4 continents.
Having developed user-centered learning journeys for the BBC, run leadership programs for senior teachers and educators, designed a campaign for youth wellbeing for the UK government, and advised major education and EdTech organizations on their value proposition, Nick is a source of deep insight and fresh ideas into the key drivers of change in learning, development, and the future of education.
Nick is a sought-after and accomplished education keynote speaker and education futurist who helps audiences make sense of complexity, understand what is coming and what is possible in the future of education and learning, and understand how they can metabolize unstoppable disruption into value-creating, learner-centric ideas, insights, and innovations.
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I saw the room go from a bit tired to very inspired. Totally engaging and fully immersive. You wouldn’t want to miss a second of it. It was powerfully supercharged right from the start.
VP Digital,
Alfa Laval
Wonderful! The talk was motivating, thoughtful, and so well-delivered. Many of my colleagues said they felt seen for the first time.
Director,
McCormick & Co
Nick goes deeper and clearly made an impact on me and others. Looking forward to seeing the seeds grow in me and my organization!
EVP,
Merck
Exactly what we wanted. Our CEO has been quoting Nick’s thinking to our leaders.
HR Director,
Oxford University
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FROM EDUCATION KEYNOTE SPEAKER NICK JANKEL
Greater participation and population growth will together create two billion more learners than there are today. At least 20% of them will be neurodivergent. Additionally, at least 50% of today’s workforce needs new skills to thrive in the digital world. The EdTech market is currently valued at $340 billion and is growing rapidly. There is an expanding and potentially devastating mismatch between the education being offered and the needs of learners and educators. This is occurring in a world facing crises, complexity, and chaos. Millions upon millions of learners have untapped potential as educators grapple with overwhelm and competing demands, including the realities of AI and legacy issues in a sector that traditionally hampers innovation.
The education model inherited from our Victorian forbears, designed to produce workers for factories and soldiers for warfare, cannot keep up with the massive requirement for accelerated learning and development that learners need. Nick Jankel, with three decades of experience in education, has worked as a science teacher in rural Africa, lectured at Oxford and Yale, and co-founded a pioneering microschool. He has consulted globally, innovating ways to develop transformative leaders and even contributing to the development of an AI-driven EdTech platform.
In his role as a leadership futurist, Nick not only engages and inspires audiences with future possibilities but also encourages reflection on shifting thinking and actions to create the desired future. Each keynote is unique and customized to specific event audiences and ambitions. Nick discusses the rich potential and limitations of AI and EdTech, addressing emerging forms of learning from hyperlocal microschools to total unschooling. He challenges the notion of soft skills, advocating for the importance of hard skills like empathy, grit, and creativity. Breakthroughs in neuroscience are presented as unlocking game-changing opportunities, along with strategies for designing curricula that go beyond knowledge.
Nick explores ways to unleash change and transformation mindsets in both learners and educators. Technology, combined with deep embodied practices, is discussed as a means to unlock the hardest skills needed for survival and prosperity in our turbulent times.