Keynote Speaker On the Future Of Education
Experiential, inspiring, and high-impact keynotes on the future of education and EdTech—including major trends and tensions as well as a vision of a human-centric, AI-ready education reality from K to grave
The marvelous possibilities, major limitations, and clear and present dangers of AI and other emerging education technologies.
Emerging trends and tensions in learning and schooling, from innovative micro-schools to flipped classrooms, from AI-powered TAs to systems thinking for kids.
Why genuine empathy, grit, and creativity are rarely developed through conventional education methods—and how to approach them using insights from developmental theory.
Breakthroughs in neuroscience that unlock game-changing opportunities in learning and education—in particular, brain-based approaches for lifelong learning
Ways to cultivate and unleash change, innovation, and transformation mindsets in both learners and educators.
The skills our societies need to develop in learnes so they can survive and thrive in a turbulent future—and ways education might transform to do so.
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
Top Keynote Speaker On The Future Of Education
Nick Jankel is a top 50 global professional keynote speaker who shares penetrating and inspiring insights into how to lead significant change, transformation, and innovation born from 25 years on the frontlines of disruptive innovation, purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and transformational leadership.
Nick is a sought-after and accomplished keynote speaker and futurist who helps audiences make sense of and simplify complexity, understand what is coming and what is possible, and understand how they can metabolize unstoppable disruption into value-creating, customer-centric ideas, insights, and innovations.
Nick is an award-winning author of multiple books on transformation and leadership, has been a master transformation coach on two global TV shows, and is a thought leader who has spoken at the illustrious Aspen Ideas Festival, The Economist Innovation Summit (alongside Elon Musk), and at Talks@Google.
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Greater participation and population growth will together create two billion more learners than there are today. At least 20% of them will be neurodivergent. Additionally, at least 50% of today’s workforce needs new skills to thrive in the digital world. The EdTech market is currently valued at $340 billion and is growing rapidly. There is an expanding and potentially devastating mismatch between the education being offered and the needs of learners and educators. This is occurring in a world facing crises, complexity, and chaos. Millions upon millions of learners have untapped potential as educators grapple with overwhelm and competing demands, including the realities of AI and legacy issues in a sector that traditionally hampers innovation.
The education model inherited from our Victorian forbears, designed to produce workers for factories and soldiers for warfare, cannot keep up with the massive requirement for accelerated learning and development that learners need. Nick Jankel, with three decades of experience in education, has worked as a science teacher in rural Africa, lectured at Oxford and Yale, and co-founded a pioneering microschool. He has consulted globally, innovating ways to develop transformative leaders and even contributing to the development of an AI-driven EdTech platform.
In his role as a leadership futurist, Nick not only engages and inspires audiences with future possibilities but also encourages reflection on shifting thinking and actions to create the desired future. Each keynote is unique and customized to specific event audiences and ambitions. Nick discusses the rich potential and limitations of AI and EdTech, addressing emerging forms of learning from hyperlocal microschools to total unschooling. He challenges the notion of soft skills, advocating for the importance of hard skills like empathy, grit, and creativity. Breakthroughs in neuroscience are presented as unlocking game-changing opportunities, along with strategies for designing curricula that go beyond knowledge.
Nick explores ways to unleash change and transformation mindsets in both learners and educators. Technology, combined with deep embodied practices, is discussed as a means to unlock the hardest skills needed for survival and prosperity in our turbulent times.
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