EXPERT & EXPERIENCED
FUTURIST KEYNOTE SPEAKER
A seasoned professional futurist, Nick Jankel has developed a unique approach to futurism and foresight that fuses scenario planning and systems thinking with his proprietary disruptive innovation, transformational leadership, and co-creation protocols.
Nick helps leaders and organizations explore what is possible, problematic, and preferable in the Future of Work, Business, Leadership, Healthcare, Built Environment, Learning, and more—and delivers compelling keynotes on each of these topics.
top keynote speaker with RAVE REVIEWS
Nick had a pronounced and profound impact.
Exceptional!
President
Kellogg’s North America
Nick was the highlight of the 2-day conference and made it worth going to. Thought-provoking, insightful, and very enjoyable.
Director
Rothschild & Co
My team couldn't speak more highly of the impact Nick made on them. His ideas have now become common language, with leaders challenging one another with them. This is in addition to the non-stop feedback I received after the event, which has been outstanding.
Nick Jankel is a true inspiration and motivational presence!
Executive Vice-President
Biogen
A remarkable keynote speech at our 2025 Chairman’s Dinner. Nick's insights on change—its complexity, its necessity, and its immense potential—resonated deeply. Many of the guests shared how inspired they felt, particularly in his ability to connect strategic transformation with human leadership in such a compelling and energising way and with intelligence, humour, and vision.
CEO & Head of the Management Board
ABBL - The Luxembourg Bankers' Association
Very impressed! I'm taking his ideas into my organization to move the transformation forward. I highly recommend Nick as a speaker.
Senior Vice-President
HP
Nick's keynote speech at our global leadership summit was inspirational. Makes you think in a different way and adapt your leadership style.
Global Chief Privacy Officer
Arcadis
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UNIQUE EXPERIENCE &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
100K+
Leaders COACHED & TRAINED
100+
Innovation Programs DESIGNED & LED
50+
FUTURES & FORESIGHT
PROJECTS DELIVERED
10+
Purpose-Driven Enterprises Founded
5
THOUGHT LEADING
BOOKS WRITTEN
3
TV SHOWS
HOSTED
2
KIDS AS AN
ENGAGED FATHER
1
TOP MEDICAL DEGREE
(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY)
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
EXPERT FUTURIST SPEAKER NICK JANKEL
EXPERIENCED FUTURIST & motivational keynote speaker
30-year VETERAN OF STRATEGIC FORESIGHT, customer insight, SCENARIO PLANNING & COMPLEXITY thinking
Nick Jankel is a highly experienced, sought-after, and global top 50 mainstage 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, Abu Dhabi, Neom, Google, HP, and No.10 Downing Street—who seek an unprecedented ROI from surprisingly different—electrifying, empowering, and exquisitely customized all at once—keynotes that captivate hearts, ignite minds, and inspire concrete change. He delivers keynotes in person and online all over the world, working out of his bases in Los Angeles and London.
A Cambridge-educated scientist and philosopher (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), Nick is a seasoned expert futurist who explores in his keynotes what is probable, possible, problematic, and preferable in the Future of Work, Leadership, HR, Health, Education, and Technology/AI. His thought-leading ideas are routinely called "game-changing," "powerful," and "profoundly practical."
Nick has been leading organizations to fearlessly engage with the future and shape it through disruptive innovation for almost thirty years. He practices and trains professionals in scenario planning (clients include Orange/France Telecom, Shell, P&G); pioneered the use of anthropology in strategic consumer/customer research; and has developed processes and tools to bring together foresight, insight, sensemaking, and innovation for Fortune 500 companies so that they can forge the future and not fail it.
Nick backs up his inspiring, motivating, and energizing keynotes with deep expertise and experience gained from three decades spent supporting the success of high-growth start-ups and ambitious organizations like Nike, Unilever, Intel, Virgin, PlayStation, and Novartis and hard-won from his years as successful, serial entrepreneur on the frontlines of digital disruption (he founded his first business aged 24).
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. Nick reliably delivers WOW-inspiring talks at the intersection of technology, futurology, transformation, and innovation.
Forge the future. Don’t fail it.
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
FUTURIST KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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TOP REASONS TO BOOK NICK
Electrifying, Energizing & Experiential Keynotes
Immersive and emotive keynotes that engage even the most tired and "seen-it-all-before" attendees, spark connections and meaningful conversations, and inspire “magic moments" of provocation, excitement, and togetherness.
Exquisitely-Customized To fit your exact brief
Keynotes designed around your specific needs, audience reality, and industry context to amplify and accelerate your goals, drive a bigger impact, and deliver way beyond expectations.
Cutting-Edge Science & Real-World Case Studies
Evidence-based thinking, brain-based insights, and lived examples that overcome cynicism, expand minds, unlock bold ideas, and provoke Ah-Ha! moments.
KEYNOTES THAT DELIVER AN
Unprecedented ROI
Outsized return on your investment in a keynote and event—only achievable by a virtuoso speaker who knows how to galvanize hearts and minds, plant the seeds of transformation, and ignite concrete change in the room.