
Healthcare Keynote Speaker & Expert Healthcare Futurist
Looking for a Healthcare Keynote Speaker—highly experienced in working with healthcare leaders to drive meaningful growth and innovation—and an expert futurist on The Future Of Healthcare for your next event?
With two degrees in medical science and history of science from Cambridge University (summa cum laude) and 25 years of experience working with healthcare professionals, pharma company exceutives, and healthcare payers, Nick Jankel is trusted by Novartis, Merck, Roche, AstraZeneca, Sandoz, Sanofi, Biocair, Boots Walgreens Alliance, Genentech, AbbVie, BUPA, NHS Leaders, Unilever Wellbeing, Pfizer & many more.
A superb talk. It has started us on the journey of cultural change.
CEO,
Novartis
Very inspiring and clear, full of content and not a formula.
VP,
AbbVie
Inspirational, eye-opening and also a "wake-up call". These are unusual times and thus the urgent need to find a better way forward!
Senior Economist,
Pfizer
Excellent - we really enjoyed it. A great session
Leaders,
NHS

Nick's UNIQUE healthcare
leadership & innovation ACCOMPLISHMENTS
100K+
SENIOR Leaders COACHED & DEVELOPED
150+
takeaway leadership & INNOVATION tools created
100+
FORTUNE 500 Innovation Programs LED
25+
major pharmaceutical & healthcare corporations advised
10
purpose-driven companies founded & grown
4
thought leading, neuroscience-led books written
3
presidents & prime ministers advised
2
global top 10 medical schools attended (cambrIdge, UCL)
1
original science-backed theory of change: bio-TRANSFORMATION®
AN Unprecedented ROI FOR YOU:
4 reasons to book Nick as a KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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.
healthcare leadership KEYNOTE SPeAKER Talking POINTS
ALWAYS CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR EVENT!
Actionable insights into how to leverage emerging healthcare technologies—from AI to CRISPR to Genomics—in safe, strategic, and systemic ways to drive healthcare transformation.
How to navigate uncertainty and complexity with a framework to understand what is probable, problematic, and possible in the future of healthcare, wellbeing, visioncare, and mental health.
How to go "beyond the pill" to leverage creativity and patient/ healthcare practitioner/ payer insights to drive breakthrough ideas and innovation.
Ways to unlock powerful collaborations between patients (and their families), healthcare providers, and payers that create life-changing healthcare outcomes.
Cutting-edge leadership insights, ideas, and hacks for leaders in healthcare and pharma to unlock meaningful change, transformation, and innovation in teams, franchises, and business units.
How to work through the challenges of balancing purpose with profit—and ethics with efficiencies—in healthcare and pharma to ensure care is at the front and center of healthcare.
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 Digital,
National Vision
Very inspiring. His insights resonate very much and are growing seeds of change.
Chief Operating Officer,
Sanofi
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
An excellent keynote. There was a load of great content that is very relevant for our company.
Project Group Manager,
Roche
Top HEALTHCARE Keynote Speaker & FUTURIST NICK JANKEL
Nick Jankel is a top 50 global motivational keynote speaker who shares penetrating insights and inspiring ideas into how to lead significant change, transformation, and innovation in the healthcare industry—born from 25 years on the frontlines of disruptive innovation, purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and transformational leadership working with healthcare practitioners (e.g. NHS, Bupa), pharmaceutical and life sciences companies (e.g. Pfizer, Novartis, Merck, Genentech), and wellbeing enterprises (e.g. Boots Walgreens Alliance, Unilever Wellbeing Collective).
With a 1st class medical degree from Cambridge University (summa cum laude), Nick is a sought-after and accomplished keynote speaker and futurist who helps healthcare industry 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, patient-centric ideas, insights, and innovations.
Using cutting-edge neuroscience breakthroughs that Nick stays informed on, Nick supports executives and leaders in healthcare to go beyond their obvious smarts to empathize with and influence both patients and colleagues, generate innovation-ready insights from healthcare practitioners and payers, and drive value-creating innovations and collaborations to impact healthcare outcomes.
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.

WATCH TEASER VIDEo on future of healthcare & healthtech
The world is facing unprecedented health challenges. There is a growing distrust in big pharma, medical providers, insurance companies, and doctors, undermining the major medical gains of the 20th century. At the very same time, extraordinary and unprecedented technologies are coming online that could save and improve the lives of us all.
Since I was a medical student at Cambridge and a volunteer hospital porter before that, I’ve been working on the literal front lines of healthcare for the last 25 years. I’ve advised some of the most innovative pharma and biotech tech companies in the world, such as Novartis, AstraZeneca, and Genentech, as well as thousands of committed healthcare providers and professionals.
As a leadership futurist, I not only engage and inspire audiences with what’s possible in the future but also invite them to reflect on how they may want to shift how they think and act to create the future they want to see. I’ve never given the same talk twice, customizing every keynote to your specific event audience and ambitions.
I could share:
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Ways to leverage emerging technologies in safe, strategic, and systemic ways for healthcare transformation.
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How to leverage creativity and insight to drive breakthroughs in patient experiences and digitally empowered solutions.
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Understand how to work systemically to connect patients, providers, and payers for collaborative innovation.
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Discover approaches to healthcare leadership that balance purpose with profit and ethics with efficiencies.
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How to ensure healthcare professionals and leaders embrace new technologies while always ensuring that care is at the center of healthcare.