Keynote Speaker on Leading & Unlocking Breakthrough Innovation
Experiential, inspiring, and high-impact keynotes on breakthrough innovation & innovation leadership—to get this hardest of task for large organizations right.
Understand what breakthrough innovation is vs. incremental innovations and continuous improvements—and the secret for unlocking breakthroughs in products, services, processes, and business models.
Blast through the barriers that block innovation and set audiences up for success by understanding a proven process for unleashing disruptive innovation—25 years in the making.
Gain insight into the critical "people side" of innovation—like how to build enough safety for people to challenge assumptions, take wise risks, and experiment smartly and bravely.
Understand how to avoid the many predictable killers and traps of innovation—so you avoid burning money, time, and goodwill.
Learn tools, practices, and hacks to build an innovation culture—from the top down and bottom up.
Understand why smartness is necessary but not sufficient for making innovation happen effectively (and can actually get in the way).
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 LEADING BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION
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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It is estimated that over 50% of today’s S&P companies will be replaced in the next decade. Additionally, 40% of global CEOs express concerns about the economic viability of their businesses in the next 10 years, citing disruption by more nimble, digital, and innovative competitors. I have had the privilege of designing and leading over a hundred breakthrough innovation programs for world-class companies such as Unilever, Virgin, and Diageo. These initiatives include projects that contributed to the creation of the most successful TV show in history and the invention of mobile apps three years before Apple’s app store was established.
In my extensive experience, I have witnessed the harsh reality that most innovation projects fail not due to a lack of resources, technologies, or talent, but rather because of a deficiency in effective breakthrough processes, mindsets, and cultures. Smartness, sharpness, and a strong desire to be right often impede even the most senior executives from surfacing and challenging assumptions critical to their business model, ultimately leading to corporate demise.
In the realm of innovation programs, there tends to be an imbalance with too much command and control and too little genuine creativity and customer insight. The limited creativity present is often misplaced or confined to brainstorming sessions that rarely yield breakthroughs. Over the span of 20 years and with the support of my colleagues, I have evolved a highly sophisticated process to ensure that control and creativity are sequenced and placed appropriately, unlocking breakthroughs in products, services, processes, people dynamics, and business models.
When you provide me with your brief, I commit to working tirelessly to amplify your messages and elevate your ambitions. Remaining independent as a thought leader, challenger, and aspirer, each of my keynotes is meticulously customized to meet and exceed expectations, connecting with specific audiences to unleash energy, momentum, inspiration, and traction.
During my keynotes, I share insights on what breakthrough innovation truly is, how it works, and how to execute it correctly, preventing the wastage of precious resources and the goodwill of employees and shareholders alike. I guide on strategically leveraging future-forward customer insights, tapping into the energy and creativity of your employees to deliver strategic and outsized value creation.
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