Innovation & Growth Keynote Speaker in Copenhagen
Looking for a top motivational and inspirational keynote speaker for your next event in Copenhagen or Aarhus? Nick Jankel is a Cambridge-educated thought leader and internationally acclaimed speaker on innovation, transformation, and leadership. He’s delivered keynotes and workshops across Denmark—including with LEGO and Kaos Pilots—and brings a deep appreciation for Danish values like collaboration, creativity, and sustainability.
Recently selected as a top 10 US speaker by MSN, Nick is booked by discerning corporations, institutions, conferences, associations, and nations—think Google, LEGO, Pfizer, UAE, Unilever, HP, No.10 Downing Street—who want exquisitely customized keynotes that inspire hearts, ignite minds, and invite change.
A standing ovation! I am already sharing the insights with my leaders. Thank you!
CEO,
Unilever USA
An inspiring keynote for our senior leadership team. Nick inspired us to continue to work on ourself and lead the way. The value of the leadership tool was spot on! Thank you!
SVP
SAP
I left the keynote like I'd just been called to serve in the army. I left feeling motivated, inspired, provoked and challenged.
People Leader,
Regional Bank
Attending the conference for the first time, I was blown away by Nick’s transformative speech.
COO
Eye Associates of New Mexico
Bring Inspiration, Excitement & GREAT MemorIES to Your Copenhagen Event
Elevate your Danish event with a keynote by Nick Jankel—an internationally acclaimed speaker who fuses inspiration, insight, and innovation to spark real change.
Bring a world-class presence to your next event in Copenhagen by booking Nick Jankel to deliver a bold, insightful, and thought-provoking keynote that aligns with the city's global reputation for cutting-edge design, progressive thinking, sustainability, and innovation-led leadership.
Nick has worked extensively in Denmark, delivering keynotes and facilitating workshops in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Jutland, and Zealand, including with global Danish icons like LEGO. For years, he taught leadership and innovation at the renowned Kaos Pilots in Aarhus and is deeply inspired by Danish culture, collaborative values, and human-centered design philosophy.
Recognised globally as a Top 50 keynote speaker, Nick is a trusted partner for leading Danish event organisers who want to engage business leaders, policymakers, creatives, and tech pioneers. His talks are crafted to catalyze transformation, stimulate innovation, and empower people to take bold, meaningful action.
A global authority on leadership, innovation, and change, Nick draws on cutting-edge neuroscience, systems thinking, and over 25 years of experience as a consultant, futurist, and transformation expert. With a medical degree from Cambridge University and decades of advisory work across industries, his keynotes combine intellectual depth with creative spark—ideal for discerning Danish audiences who value both purpose and pragmatism.
Nick understands the unique strengths of the Danish economy—from its design excellence and green innovation leadership to its collaborative culture and forward-thinking business environment. Whether your event focuses on finance, biotech, energy, creative industries, tech, or leadership, Nick tailors his keynotes to resonate with your goals and elevate the conversation.
Whether you're planning a high-impact summit at Bella Center Copenhagen, a leadership session in Aarhus, a strategy retreat in Odense, or a creative forum at The Royal Danish Academy, Nick brings energy, clarity, and actionable insight to every stage. He’s equally compelling whether addressing Copenhagen’s innovation hubs or engaging with executives in Aalborg or Vejle.
With his rare ability to dazzle minds, move hearts, and ignite transformative momentum, Nick ensures your delegates leave not just inspired—but equipped to innovate, adapt, and lead the future with confidence.
some of Nick's UNIQUE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
100K+
SENIOR Leaders COACHED & DEVELOPED
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
3
presidents & prime ministers advised
2
top degrees in medical science & Philosophy of science (summa cum laude, Cambridge)
1
original science-backed theory of change: bio-TRANSFORMATION®
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4 reasons to book Nick as a KEYNOTE SPEAKER in Copenhagen
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.
NICK'S POPULAR KEYNOTE TOPICS in Copenhagen
(Always Customized To Your Event)
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,
National Vision
Nick was the highlight of the 2-day conference. He made it worth going to. Thought-provoking, insightful, and very enjoyable.
SVP
Investment Bank
A WONDERFUL job. People found the talk so inspiring. Nick was motivating, thoughtful, and so well delivered. THANK YOU!
Director,
McCormick & Co
Very inspiring and clear, full of valuable content not just a formula. Thank you.
VP,
AbbVie
ABOUT
NICK JANKEL
virtuoso motivational & inspirational keynote speaker
Expert futurist (future of work, business, healthcare etc)
world authority on MINDSET Mastery & Leading Change, Innovation & Transformation
Nick Jankel is a highly experienced, sought-after, and global top 50 mainstage, motivational, and inspirational keynote speaker and futurist at the very top of his game. He is booked by corporations, institutions, conferences, associations, and nations—think Kellogg's, LEGO, Pfizer, Google, HP, McCormicks, Roche, Smucker's—who seek an unprecedented ROI from surprisingly different—electrifying, empowering, and exquisitely customized—keynotes that captivate hearts, ignite minds, and inspire concrete change.
A Cambridge-educated scientist (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), Nick has spent 30 years cracking the code of change. His science-backed yet hyper-practical ideas help people navigate uncertainty and complexity, lead in change and lead the change, unlock breakthrough innovation, and take the pain out of transformation. A seasoned expert futurist, he explores what is probable, possible, problematic, and preferable in the Future of Work, Leadership, Health, Education, and Business.
Nick is out to share the mindsets, habits, and daily practices needed to lead brilliantly through change/uncertainty/ complexity, unlock creative breakthroughs in business models and teamwork, and blast through the barriers that predictably block innovation and transformation. His thought-leading ideas are routinely called "game-changing," "powerful," and "profoundly practical."
Whether headlining at a conference or a top 50-500 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. He reliably delivers WOW-inspiring talks at the intersection of technology, futurology, transformation, change, and innovation.
