TOP AI+INNOVATION
Keynote Speaker
Are you looking for an outstanding innovation keynote speaker who can help you unlock breakthrough innovations that drive purposeful growth by leveraging digital technologies like AI—both within the innovation process and at the center of product, service, process, and business model innovations?
Nick Jankel is a virtuoso, inspirational keynote speaker and a world authority on leveraging new technologies and customer-centric insight to drive disruptive innovation. He has led over 100 breakthrough innovation programs for Fortune 500 corporations such as Microsoft, Unilever, Novartis, Genentech, and Diageo, helped found several innovation labs and incubators, and catalyzed the innovation behind the most successful TV show in history.
Recently selected as one of the top 10 speakers by MSN, Nick is pushing the boundaries of what a keynote can do to transform mindsets, rewire organizations, and drive outsized business impact. Nick is booked by discerning corporations, institutions, conferences, associations, and nations who want exquisitely customized innovation keynotes that inspire hearts, ignite minds, and drive innovation.
POPULAR innovation KEYNOTE TOPICS
(Always Customized To Your Event)
reliably UNLEASHING Breakthrough Innovation
MOVING from incremental to disruptive innovation
leveraging ai in innovations & INNOVATION APPROACHES
SMART EXPERIMENTATION & "fail-forward" MINDSETS
unlocking innovation
MINDSETS & CUlTURE
balancing innovation with profitability & excellence
the people side of innovation & Digital transformation
defining problems for AI-Powered solutions
Leveraging user insight & customer-centric Ideas in Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Keynote speaker NICK jankel IS TRUSTED BY
Specialist at senior leadership off-sites, top 10-500 exec events & innovation function teams
Classic high-impact 40-45 min keynotes + interactive & EXPERIENTIAL formats for participation, reflection & action
include workshop sessions + takeaway innovation tools that build innovation capabilities
Cutting-edge content + engaging
journeys that Boost innovation mindsets, challenge business as usual & build momentum
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
Some INNOVATION & AI-Powered chnge Talking POINTS & TAKEAWAYS
always CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR EVENT!
Explore the role that AI, Blockchain, CRISPR, Quantum Computing, and other digital technologies can play in successful innovation and more effective innovation processes.
Understand the key differences between breakthrough innovation, incremental innovation, and continuous improvement—and how to use AI tools and thinking to speed up the innovation process.
Discover how to unlock exponential value-creation through breakthrough innovations in products, services, processes, and business models.
Set innovation teams up for success and desrisk innovation investments by understanding a reliable, proven approach for unleashing breakthrough innovation—25+ years in the making.
Understand how to avoid the many predictable killers and traps of innovation, so that innovation leaders and their teams avoid burning money, time, relationships, shareholder trust, and partner goodwill.
Discover how to use foresight and futurism techniques to identify unclaimed innovation opportunities—and how to use co-creation protocols and smart AI prompts to accelerate future scanning.
Understand the under-appreciated leadership competencies and capabilities that innovation leaders need to do their jobs effectively.
Learn actionable and brain-based tools, practices, and hacks to unlock innovation, from the top down and bottom up, like how to encourage and guardrail experimentation and creativity.
Inspire audiences to unlock the customer empathy and deep user insight needed for successful and sustainable value-creating innovations.
Blast through the barriers that block innovation and remove the pain of attempting to drive innovation in large, hierarchical, and process-oriented organizations.
Gain mission-critical insights into the often-overlooked "people side" of innovation, like how to build enough safety for people to challenge organizational assumptions and how to circumvent technical thinking to unlock breakthrough thinking.
Understand why smartness and success are necessary but not sufficient for making innovation happen, and how they often get in the way
4 reasons to book Nick as your motivational KEYNOTE SPEAKER on AI-Powered innovation & CREATIVITY
Electrifying, Energizing & HYPER-ENGAGING "WOW!" Keynotes
Science-BACKED IDEAS, ORIGINAL Ah-HA! INSIGHTS & Real-world & EXAMPLES
Exquisitely Customized KEYNOTES to fit your brief & ELEVATE YOUR ambitions
TAKEAWAY TOOLS & PRACTICAL HACKS THAT TURN INSPIRATION INTO ACTION
some of Nick's UNIQUE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS in innovation leadership
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state-of-the-art breakthrough innovation process
150+
takeaway leadership & INNOVATION tools created
100+
FORTUNE 500 Innovation Programs LED
10+
Purpose-Driven Enterprises Founded & GROWN
5
THOUGHT LEADING, neuroscience-driven BOOKS WRITTEN
4
modules of advanced leadership curriculum BUILT
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global network tv shows written / hosted
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top degrees in medical science & Philosophy of science (summa cum laude, Cambridge)
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original science-backed theory of change: BTX®
Nick Jankel: Keynote Speaker On CREATIVITY,
CUSTOMER INSIGHT & BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION
Nick Jankel is a top 10 global keynote speaker and world authority on how to lead and land breakthrough and disruptive innovation in any team or organization.
He has spent 25+ years on the frontlines of digital disruption, supporting over 100 x Fortune 500s as well as scale-ups and non-profits, to deliver customer and consumer insight-driven innovation, like mobile apps for Microsoft, new drink formats for Diageo, and the most commercially successful TV show of all time.
In 1999, Nick founded a pioneering and game-changing innovation consultancy, working with leading companies to drive $1B+ innovations.
During this time, he developed a state-of-the-art breakthrough innovation process and toolset, a cutting-edge innovation leadership program, and tools and methods to build smart experimentation, breakthrough creativity, and innovation cultures in even the most resistant organizations. Nick's peer-reviewed academic paper on consumer insight-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 INNOVATION: topic taster video
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...