top change & change management keynote speaker
Looking for a keynote to inspire your audience to not just brace for more change but to embrace it and even seek it?
Nick Jankel is a virtuoso keynote speaker and a world authority on leading, embracing, and unleashing change. Motivate your people with ways to metabolize change into value and growth, and galvanize them with actionable insight on how to guide, empower, and lead others to change.
seasoned specialist at senior leadership & top 10-500 events
Classic high-impact keynotes or interactive formats with time for reflection & participation—alone & together
optional workshop sessions with takeaway tools that build leadership skills
Cutting-edge content but also engaging
journies that Boost coherence, challenge complacency & build momentum
AN Unprecedented ROI:
4 reasons to book Nick as your leadership KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Electrifying, Energizing & HYPER-ENGAGING "WOW" Keynotes —including
immersive & Experiential formats
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 can include and share 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.
change keynote speaker Talking POINTS & TAKEAWAYS
These will be customized to your audience, event goals, and briefing.
Help audiences understand that in today's VUCA++ environment, change is not going away and there's nowhere to hide from it—but that by embracing change, we can feel most alive and grow as people most quickly.
Explore the surprising brain science of change—and how recent breakthroughs in neuroscience show us how to build and encourage change-positive mindsets and behaviors.
Actionable insight into how change-readiness and change-positivity are rooted in emotional agility—and how mastering one's emotions helps people to flow and not freeze in constant change.
Ways to help oneself and others let go of outdated habits and beliefs that are blocking change—and embrace new ideas that are adaptive and future-ready.
How to leverage emotional and cognitive empathy—and powerful takeaway tools—to design change narratives and change initiatives that accelerate people along the journey of change.
Learn a range of practical tools and everyday practices to cope with change and build resilience for sustainable high-performance in VUCA++ enviroments.
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 change-ready Mindsets & change management
Nick is a sought-after, highly experienced, and powerful keynote speaker at the very top of his game. With almost 30 years of experience on the frontlines of disruption, he is a world authority on leading, embracing, and unleashing meaningful change, innovation, and transformation to adapt to the increasingly volatile, uncertain, and complex world.
Nick delivers electrifying, energizing, and hyper-engaging “Wow!” keynotes for informed and discerning companies, conferences, institutions, associations, and nations. Think Nike, LEGO, Unilever, HP, Neom, Pfizer, Google, and No.10 Downing Street.
His surprisingly unique keynotes—exquisitely customized to fit your brief and packed with original science-backed ideas, actionable Ah-HA! insights, and real-world examples—captivate hearts, dazzle even the smartest minds, and ignite concrete change. Nick’s talks can include takeaway tools and practical hacks that turn inspiration into action.
Nick shares penetrating and inspiring insights into how to be part of, manage, and lead meaningful change and not just brace for constant change but embrace it. He shares brain-based and actionable insights on how to metabolize unstoppable change into value-creating, customer-centric ideas, insights, and innovations.
change-ready mindset keynote taster video
Having led over 100 innovation and transformation projects for world-class companies like Microsoft, Unilever, Virgin, and DiiO, including one that led to the most successful TV show in history, I discovered that most innovation, change, and transformation projects fail not because of a lack of ideas, investment, resolve, or resources. The root cause is outdated mindsets and cultures. There is often an excess of judgment, force, command, and control, coupled with a deficiency in genuine creativity and customer insight. Unfortunately, the little creativity present is usually misplaced or confined to brainstorms that rarely yield breakthroughs.
Consequently, the enormous energy and creativity required for successful change and innovation are often wasted due to fear, confusion, and friction. There is a lack of safety and trust, hindering the necessary risk-taking in innovation and transformation. In essence, without the right mindsets – where people are given permission to think differently, cope with uncertainty, and embrace risk – success is unlikely.
Over decades, my colleagues and I have developed powerful tools and experiential practices that build genuine innovation, transformation, and change-positive mindsets. When you provide 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 customized to meet and exceed expectations, connecting with your specific audience to unleash energy, momentum, inspiration, and traction.
During my keynote, I can share insights on building a mindset that seamlessly switches between task-oriented activities and reflection, creativity, and connection. Learn how to overcome rampant perfectionism, encouraging everyday experimentation.
Discover strategies to reframe the pain of failure and transform emotions around confusion, loss of status, and making mistakes.
Explore ways to stimulate creative thinking and foster breakthroughs without relying on outdated brainstorming techniques. Understand why curiosity is a business asset and how to institute a “go or grow” mindset.
I also delve into the typical killers and unlockers of innovation and change, providing valuable insights on unleashing people-powered transformation. Book me for your event, and let’s revolutionize your workplace together.