Keynote Speaker On Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
Experiential, inspiring, and high-impact keynotes on entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship—and how to ignite both to drive breakthrough innovation in companies, institutions, and nations.
The core characteristics and attitudes of impact-driven entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs—shared by a serial entrepreneur who has founded 10 purpose-led ventures over the last 25 years without anyone else's money—and ways to stimulate them in organizations and in society in general.
The power of a "founder’s mindset" and how it can be cultivated in oneself and others to unleash agency, accountability, responsibility, purpose, and innovation so entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs can solve the unprecedented problems of our era.
Ways to spot, motivate, and nurture potential purpose-led entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs—and how to develop their skills and capabilities as leaders and innovators within the organization.
How to create the right conditions for intrapreneurs to innovate within risk-averse corporations and institutions that tend to crush creativity and kill innovation even as they seek it.
How to provide the freedom and flexibility needed for entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship to flourish—as well as transparent guidance and guardrails to prevent damaging mistakes, painful failures, and too much disruption.
Why conventional performance management structures and incentivization techniques will likely crush the energy, intrinsic motivation, and momentum of intrapreneurs/ entrepreneurs—and how to avoid wasting their precious passion and vision.
A standing ovation! I am already sharing the insights with my leaders. Thank you!
CEO,
Unilever USA
Nick was the highlight of the 2-day conference. He made it worth going to. Thought-provoking, insightful, and very enjoyable.
SVP
Investment Bank
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 entrepreneurship & Corporate intrapreneurship
Nick Jankel is a top 50 global professional keynote speaker who shares penetrating and inspiring insights into how to lead significant change, transformation, and innovation born from 25 years on the frontlines of disruptive innovation, purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and transformational leadership.
Nick is a sought-after and accomplished keynote speaker and futurist who helps audiences make sense of and simplify complexity, understand what is coming and what is possible, and understand how they can metabolize unstoppable disruption into value-creating, customer-centric ideas, insights, and innovations.
Nick is an award-winning author of multiple books on transformation and leadership, has been a master transformation coach on two global TV shows, and is a thought leader who has spoken at the illustrious Aspen Ideas Festival, The Economist Innovation Summit (alongside Elon Musk), and at Talks@Google.
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Research shows that the USA is considered the best place on Earth to be an entrepreneur, with 90% of new American billionaires being self-made entrepreneurs. Approximately 60% of managers express support for entrepreneurs within organizations. However, only a third of workers feel they have the freedom, flexibility, and resources. Tragically, top companies, while boasting about recruiting top talent, often fail to provide the necessary space, tools, and budgets for these individuals to solve organizational problems through entrepreneurship.
Personally, I absolutely love being an entrepreneur. Few things are more exciting than waking up in the morning, spotting an opportunity, seizing it, and making progress toward your vision by the end of the day. Over 25 years, I have been a serial purpose-driven entrepreneur, thriving even in challenging times. I established a fast-growth Innovation agency and accelerator at the age of 25 without capital or backers.
Surviving four recessions, I attribute my success to the power of entrepreneurship to innovate our way out of any problem. I have also navigated entrepreneurial burnout, finding the right mindset and everyday practices needed for relentless entrepreneurialism. Chosen as a UK Ambassador for entrepreneurship, I’ve supported numerous ambitious enterprises worldwide, unlocking their best potential.
Taking your brief, I commit to working tirelessly to amplify your messages, innovate your ambitions, while remaining independent as a thought leader, challenger, and aspirer. Each of my keynotes is customized to meet and exceed expectations, connecting with your specific audience to unleash energy, momentum, inspiration, and traction.
I can share insights on how anyone in any organization can develop a founder’s mindset, boosting agency, accountability, and self-authorship. I can guide potential entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs to fall in love with a problem, spending years developing bold ideas and executing them effectively. Additionally, I can provide insights on balancing the freedom and flexibility that unlocks entrepreneurship with guidance and guardrails, preventing disorder and damage. I also delve into spotting, motivating, and nurturing potential entrepreneurs, providing them with the right conditions to innovate and disrupt.
I discuss why today’s performance management techniques may crush the energy and momentum you want from entrepreneurs and how to share the rewards as well as the risks. The aim is to make entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship a sustainable win-win-win – a win for the employee, a win for the organization, and a win for our world.
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