nick jankel: World-Class FacilitatOR & EXPERIENCE designer
From intimate offsites to 5,000-person conferences, Nick Jankel designs and facilitates experiences that unlock creativity, deepen alignment, and spark lasting transformation.
A MASTER workshop FACILITATor & transformation catalyst
With 30 years of experience facilitating workshops and leadership programs for Microsoft, Unilever, PlayStation, LEGO, and Diageo, Nick Jankel brings the precision of a scientist and the intuition of a master coach to every room. His LOOPPs® facilitation method—Lightly Engineered, Outcome-Oriented, People-Powered, Purpose-Driven—ensures participants leave energized, aligned, and ready to act.
Whether you’re running a strategic leadership retreat, innovation workshop, high-profile conference, or culture change event, Nick turns conversations into breakthroughs.
THE BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH NICK AS YOUR FACILITATOR
make the most out of every minute & avoid awkward & costly mistakes using "deep design" to create a compelling & Coherent event experience
use your event not just to educate & inform but also to energize, galvanize & unlock innovation, collaboration & transformation
plants seeds of change that accelerate
performance, teamwork & growth way beyond the event, when people return to the realities of business as usual
turn information & inspiration into concrete action with interactive workshop elements that put big ideas to work on practical pain points
ensure everyone in the room feels welcome, wanted, valued & that their voice has been truly heard
leverage tools & practices that quickly build safety, trust & in-it-togetherness which can then open up
extraordInary outcomes
rapidly win hearts & minds to begin the process of group alchemy EARLY
inspire & challenge people to step up by shifting them from observing & receiving to creating & contributing
elegantly prevent the usual suspects from hijacking the process & Wasting time
deliver far beyond expectation leaving a lasting impression by micro-designing the experience for a full narrative arc & collective journey
achieve a *perfect* balance of keynotes, networking,
processing time, relaxation, discussion, innovation & activities
ensure attendees listen, learn & collaborate as much as speak, do & socialize
OFFER ATTENDEES 150+ TAKEAWAY LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, STRATEGY, TEAMWORK & EMPoWERMENT TOOLS
Nick Jankel’s interactive keynotes don’t just motivate and inspire. They can also equip audiences with practical transformation tools that unlock creativity, collaboration, change, and courage during the event and after.
Each neuroscience-based tool helps participants crack real leadership, innovation, and change challenges, in the room and long after the event.
Delivered as a beautiful 1-page print-out or digital download, every tool offers a practical method to turn insight into sustainable impact. Attendees practice using them during the session, alone or in groups, and then can use them for a lifetime.
Developed by Nick and his team at Switch On Leadership, the tools translate cutting-edge science and leadership thinking into practical steps and actionable insights that drive breakthroughs for individuals, teams, and organizations. From storytelling to resilience. From innovation to transformation.
Built on Nick's original and proven brain-based BTX® Method, the 150+ tools have been used by Fortune 500s like Unilever, Nike, and Intel to embed learning, drive breakthrough innovation, accelerate transformation, and sustain behavioral change in high-stakes, high-profile breakthrough innovation, change management, and leadership development programs.
Below are some examples of Nick's tools.
Nick's UNIQUE FACILITATION
EXPERIENCE
100K+
Leaders COACHED & TRAINED
1000+
workshops designed & facilitated
500+
focus groups designed & facilitated
100+
Innovation Programs DESIGNED & LED
50+
FUTURES & FORESIGHT
PROJECTS facilitated
5+
multi-stalkeholder systemic change processes led
3
TV SHOWS
written &
HOSTED
master facilitator & experience DESIGNER
NICK JANKEL
10,000+ HOURS running hundreds of innovation workshops, leadership programs, high-level collective processes, market research groups & HOSTING TV HOSWS & LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS
Nick Jankel is a highly experienced facilitator and host who can bring people of all backgrounds and mindsets into coherence and find a way to bring a group into resonance even after tensions. Nick facilitates workshops and events in person and online all over the world.
A Cambridge-educated scientist and philosopher (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), Nick has been leading both small and large groups to sense-make together, co-create, innovate, transform conflict, and unlock collaboration since 1996. He has designed and led high-stakes workshops on every continent and can find common ground with all kinds of character types, no matter how senior and powerful they are.
Nick has designed, led, and directed 1000s of focus groups with every kind of human being imaginable—from Salvador to Serbia—learning how to honor each person's contribution while ensuring everyone's voice is heard and respected. He has hosted a number of complex, multi-stakeholder processes of senior leaders, thought leaders, philanthropists, politicians, entrepreneurs, and subject matter experts, mastering how to involve everyone, regardless of their personality or cultural heritage, and proactively managing louder voices and more confident types.
As a media personality himself, Nick Jankel presented/hosted three network TV shows and written scores of TV treatments for the US and UK markets. He has hosted leadership development, personal development, and mass market media events from Shanghai to San Francisco and has MC'ed events with world-famous celebrities like Adele. He is not phased by fame, seniority, or success and aims to bring the best out of everyone as they meet, gather, convene, and converse.
Whether facilitating a conference, business unit gathering, or a top 20-500 leadership event, Nick seeks to touch the hearts and minds of all attendees and inspire them to rethink, reimagine, and rejuvenate so they rise to their challenges with more creativity, clarity, and courage than ever. Nick reliably hosts warm-hearted, energizing, enjoyable, and outcome-oriented events at the intersection of technology, futurology, leadership, collaboration, transformation, and innovation.
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