#1 MOTIVATIONAL Speaker in DENVER, Co:
NIcK JANKEL
Looking for a top motivational and inspirational keynote speaker for your next event in Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, or Boulder, Colorado? Nick Jankel—an expert futurist and world authority on mindset mastery, taking charge of change, and unleashing creativity at work—delivers energizing, hopeful, and meaningful keynotes across the state.
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 DENVER,
Colorado Event
Transform your Denver event by booking Nick Jankel, a globally recognized keynote speaker who delivers powerful, thought-provoking presentations tailored to Colorado’s thriving business and innovation landscape.
Nick is a top 50 global headliner speaker living and working in the U.S., sought after by corporations, associations, institutions, and industry conferences across Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. Event organizers looking to captivate audiences with a customized, high-impact keynote turn to Nick to deliver presentations that ignite transformation, inspire leadership, and drive innovation.
As a world-renowned expert on leading change, innovation, and the future of industries, Nick brings deep insight as a futurist, thought leader, and bestselling author. His keynotes combine cutting-edge science (he earned a summa cum laude degree in medicine from Cambridge University), nearly 30 years of hands-on experience working with top organizations, and compelling storytelling to energize and empower audiences in Denver’s Downtown, RiNo, and Cherry Creek business districts, as well as throughout Colorado’s corporate and entrepreneurial communities.
Nick understands the unique energy and fast-growing business ecosystem of Colorado, blending deep knowledge with an appreciation for Denver’s balance of innovation, sustainability, and outdoor-driven ambition. Bringing in a keynote speaker who aligns with Colorado’s pioneering spirit will ensure your event is memorable, engaging, and impactful.
Whether you’re hosting an industry conference at the Colorado Convention Center, Gaylord Rockies, or The Curtis Hotel; planning a corporate gathering at The Ritz-Carlton Denver, Four Seasons Hotel Denver, or The Maven Hotel; organizing a leadership retreat in the Rocky Mountains; or coordinating an executive summit at the Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek or The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Nick’s dynamic keynotes will leave your audience inspired and ready to act.
Nick’s ability to captivate hearts, challenge minds, and spark meaningful change ensures that attendees will leave not just informed, but transformed—ready to apply powerful new insights to their work and lives.
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 an inspirational SPEAKER in Denver
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 Denver & Colorado
(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.
