TOP INNOVATION Keynote Speaker & EXPERT ON CUSTOMER-CENTRICity & CREATIVITY
Nick Jankel has designed and led over 100 breakthrough innovation programs, labs, and incubators for Fortune 500 corporations (e.g., Microsoft, Unilever, Diageo) and major institutions (e.g. Rockefeller, US & UK Government, WWF)—including catalyzing the most successful TV show in history. Unlock the power of disruptive innovation to drive unprecedented growth and unblock the killers of creativity, innovation, and collaboration in your organization.
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
INNOVATION & CREATIVITY Talking POINTS & TAKEAWAYS
always CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR EVENT
Understand what breakthrough innovation is vs. incremental innovation and continuous improvement—and discover the secrets of unlocking breakthroughs in products, services, processes, and business models.
Blast through the barriers that block innovation, creativity, and collaboration—and set audiences up for success by understanding a proven process for unleashing breakthrough 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, how to create the conditions for team creativity, how to minimize the risks of innovation, and how to experiment smartly.
Understand how to avoid the many predictable killers and traps of innovation—so teams avoid burning money, time, relationships, shareholder trust, and partner goodwill.
Learn actionable and brain-based 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)—and how to build the customer empathy and insight needed for real innovation.
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
Top Keynote Speaker On CREATIVITY,
CUSTOMER-INSIGHT, BREAKTHROUGH THINKING & DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
Nick Jankel is a top 50 global keynote speaker who shares penetrating and inspiring insights into how to lead and land breakthrough and disruptive innovation in any team or organization ‚—born from 25 years on the frontlines of business creativity, supporting over 100 x Fortune 500s to deliver customer and consumer insight-driven innovation, whether mobile apps for Microsoft, new drink formats for Diageo, or the most commercially successful TV show of all time.
For over 25 years, Nick has run a game-changing innovation consultancy, working with leading companies to drive $1B+ innovations. During this time, he has evolved a state-of-the-art breakthrough innovation process and toolset, a cutting-edge innovation leadership program, and tools and methods to build an innovation culture in even the most resistant organizations. Nick's academic paper on consumer research-driven innovation is in the top 1% of global citations.
Nick has advised a number of governments, including No.10 Downing Street, on innovation and innovation leadership, has been a judge on both the UK Innovation Awards and the EU Creative Media Awards, and has spoken at The Economist Innovation Summit (alongside Elon Musk), the FT Innovation Conference, and Talks@Google.
EXPERT SPEAKER ON leading & unleashing INNOVATION
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.