#1 MOTIVATIONAL Speaker in
Chicago, IL:
NIcK JANKEL
Looking for a top motivational and inspirational keynote speaker for your next event in Chicago, Evanston, Oak Brook, or beyond in Illinois? Nick Jankel—a globally recognized futurist and leading authority on mindset mastery, driving change, and unlocking creativity in the workplace—delivers energizing, thought-provoking, and impactful keynotes across the Windy City and beyond.
A standing ovation! I am already sharing the insights with my leaders. Thank you!
CEO,
Unilever USA
An inspiring keynote for our senior leadership team. Nick inspired us to continue to work on ourself and lead the way. The value of the leadership tool was spot on! Thank you!
SVP
SAP
I left the keynote like I'd just been called to serve in the army. I left feeling motivated, inspired, provoked and challenged.
People Leader,
Regional Bank
Attending the conference for the first time, I was blown away by Nick’s transformative speech.
COO
Eye Associates of New Mexico
Bring Inspiration, Excitement & GREAT MemorIES to Your Chicago, Illinois Event
Transform your Chicago event by booking Nick Jankel to deliver a powerful keynote that resonates with the Windy City’s dynamic business environment.
Nick is a globally recognized top 50 speaker living and working in the USA, sought after by discerning event organizers in corporations, institutions, associations, organizations, and industry conferences across Chicago and beyond. These organizers want to wow their audiences with a customized keynote that captivates hearts, dazzles minds, and sparks change.
As a world authority on leading and driving change, transformation, and innovation, Nick is an expert futurist, author, and thought leader shaping the future of various industries. His dynamic, intelligent, and energizing talks blend cutting-edge science (with a summa cum laude degree in medicine from Cambridge University), practical tools honed from almost 30 years of working with top organizations on the frontlines of change, and captivating storytelling. His keynotes empower, engage, and energize audiences across Chicago, the Loop, River North, and the greater Illinois area.
Nick understands how to deliver insights tailored to Chicago's unique business ecosystem, which thrives on its strong industrial roots, innovative spirit, and diverse workforce. Securing a motivational and inspirational keynote speaker who connects with Chicago’s blend of Midwestern values and big-city ambition will take your event to the next level.
Whether you're hosting an industry conference at McCormick Place, the Chicago Hilton, or the Navy Pier Convention Center; planning a corporate gathering at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, The Langham, Chicago, or The Drake Hotel; organizing a leadership retreat at The Peninsula Chicago or the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago; or coordinating an executive summit at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago or the InterContinental Chicago, Nick’s engaging keynotes will leave your audience inspired and motivated. His presentations will impress attendees at the JW Marriott Chicago, the Conrad Chicago, and other iconic venues.
Nick’s ability to captivate hearts, dazzle minds, and ignite change ensures a lasting impact, with your delegates leaving Chicago with memorable moments and practical ideas to implement in their work and life.
some of Nick's UNIQUE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
100K+
SENIOR Leaders COACHED & DEVELOPED
150+
takeaway leadership & INNOVATION tools created
100+
FORTUNE 500 Innovation Programs LED
10+
Purpose-Driven Enterprises Founded & GROWN
5
THOUGHT LEADING, neuroscience-driven BOOKS WRITTEN
4
modules of advanced leadership curriculum BUILT
3
presidents & prime ministers advised
2
top degrees in medical science & Philosophy of science (summa cum laude, Cambridge)
1
original science-backed theory of change: bio-TRANSFORMATION®
AN Unprecedented ROI:
4 reasons to book Nick as a KEYNOTE SPEAKER in Chicago
Electrifying, Energizing & HYPER-ENGAGING "WOW" Keynotes
Nick is a virtuoso speaker who harnesses the science, art, and craft of storytelling to open up portals of possibility for your audience. His emotional courage, passion for his work, and conviction in his science-backed, ground-in-gritty-reality ideas will invite attendees of all persuasions to enter possibility spaces with him and experience their work and the world anew. His style can engage even the most tired and cynical"seen-it-all-before" attendees and spark fires of resolve in their bellies. His keynotes ignite meaningful conversations and memorable connections between attendees that can last well beyond the keynote.
ORIGINAL Science-BACKED IDEAS, ACTIONABLE Ah-HA! INSIGHTS & Real-world EXAMPLES
Each keynote Nick gives blends evidence-based and neuroscience-powered thought leadership, bold yet useful ideas, and hard-won experience drawn from 30 years of work on the frontlines of disruption, supporting 100+ Fortune 500 corporations, major institutions, and start-ups crack innovation, transformation, change management, and exceptional leadership. Nick is particularly good at getting smart people (e.g., execs, engineers, scientists, professionals, technologists, etc.) to engage in a keynote fully and always holds the intention to ignite multiple Ah-Ha! moments for each attendee.
Exquisitely Customized KEYNOTES to fit your brief & ELEVATE YOUR EVENT
Every keynote Nick designs and delivers is crafted to fit your specific event goals and context, speak to your business needs and strategy, and connect with your unique audience type and culture. The resulting tailored keynote content and delivery style is intended to amplify and accelerate your specific event ambitions, drive the biggest impact possible for you and for your attendees, and deliver beyond expectations for the work a keynote can do.
TAKEAWAY TOOLS & PRACTICAL HACKS THAT TURN INSPIRATION INTO ACTION
Nick often includes and shares in his keynotes powerful tools and short yet effective mindset practices (from his world-class leadership and innovation firm) that attendees can put to work in the hours, weeks, and years after your event. His tools and practices can turn inspiration into action out in the world and are designed to ignite meaningful change. Attendees will be given a way to access his materials, which they can use to switch on their teams and colleagues to some of Nick's ideas, cascading the impact across their organizations.
NICK'S POPULAR KEYNOTE TOPICS IN Chicago & Illinois
(Always Customized To Your Event)
embracing change & decision-making In COMPLEXITY & UNCERTAINTY
UNLEASHING
Breakthroughs,
CREATIVITY & POSSIBILITIES AT WORK
TAKING AWAY THE PAIN OF change & DIGITAL
Transformation
MINDSET MASTERY: building a change-friendly, empowered & future-fit mindset
GETTING AI RIGHT IN work & WORKPLACES
how to NAVIGATE & SHAPe THE FUTURE OF an INDUSTRY
It was great to hear Nick layout the transformational shift happening across industries. Most importantly, he highlighted nuggets on what leaders should be thinking about in times of uncertainty to overcome challenges.
Senior Director,
National Vision
Nick was the highlight of the 2-day conference. He made it worth going to. Thought-provoking, insightful, and very enjoyable.
SVP
Investment Bank
A WONDERFUL job. People found the talk so inspiring. Nick was motivating, thoughtful, and so well delivered. THANK YOU!
Director,
McCormick & Co
Very inspiring and clear, full of valuable content not just a formula. Thank you.
VP,
AbbVie
ABOUT
NICK JANKEL
virtuoso motivational & inspirational keynote speaker
Expert futurist (future of work, business, healthcare etc)
world authority on MINDSET Mastery & Leading Change, Innovation & Transformation
Nick Jankel is a highly experienced, sought-after, and global top 50 mainstage, motivational, and inspirational keynote speaker and futurist at the very top of his game. He is booked by corporations, institutions, conferences, associations, and nations—think Kellogg's, LEGO, Pfizer, Google, HP, McCormicks, Roche, Smucker's—who seek an unprecedented ROI from surprisingly different—electrifying, empowering, and exquisitely customized—keynotes that captivate hearts, ignite minds, and inspire concrete change. He delivers keynotes in person in Atlanta.
A Cambridge-educated scientist (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), Nick has spent 30 years cracking the code of change. His science-backed yet hyper-practical ideas help people navigate uncertainty and complexity, lead in change and lead the change, unlock breakthrough innovation, and take the pain out of transformation. A seasoned expert futurist, he explores what is probable, possible, problematic, and preferable in the Future of Work, Leadership, Health, Education, and Business.
Nick is out to share the mindsets, habits, and daily practices needed to lead brilliantly through change/uncertainty/ complexity, unlock creative breakthroughs in business models and teamwork, and blast through the barriers that predictably block innovation and transformation. His thought-leading ideas are routinely called "game-changing," "powerful," and "profoundly practical."
Whether headlining at a conference or a top 50-500 leadership event, Nick seeks to touch the hearts and minds of all attendees and inspire them to rethink, reimagine, and rejuvenate so they rise to their challenges with more creativity, clarity, and courage than ever. He reliably delivers WOW-inspiring talks at the intersection of technology, futurology, transformation, change, and innovation.
