Nick Jankel is a senior entrepreneur, with half a dozen companies to his name, including the global leadership consultancy Switch On Leadership; education company The FutureWise Institute; creative sustainability consultancy FutureMakers; global change company Ripe & Ready Ltd; media content company Wonder Inc; leadership and empowerment enterprise Elemental Worldwide; and consultancy The Brand Agency.
He has been a vising lecturer at institutions such as Yale, Oxford, and UC Berkeley for nearly 30 years, is an associate faculty member for Duke Corporate Education, and a visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford. Nick often contributes articles to the Huffington Post and The Financial Times, and has appeared on the BBC, MTV, Radio 1, and CBC. He is the author of several business books, including Now Lead the Change (2020), Become a Transformational Organisation (2019), Rise, The Four Elementals (2022), Switch On (2014), and Spiritual Atheist (2021),
Since the late 90s, Nick has worked as a professional keynote speaker, transformative facilitator, and expert futurist. Nick provides a range of service formats, including a classic 30-60 minute keynote, a longer experimental keynote, interactive workshops, short TED-talk keynotes, after-dinner talks, panels, fireside chats, MC, hosting, and facilitation.
With every keynote – tailored to your exact requirements – Nick sees to simplify complexity, reduce uncertainty, and take the pain out of change. He leaves audiences not just motivated, but inspired and informed, and galvanised to do things differently. Whether he’s heading a major conference, inspiring users at a customer event, or encouraging top 500 leaders to shape the future, Nick touches the hearts and minds of every attendee, and inspires them to reimagine, reinvent, and rethink.
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Speaking Topics
Main Topics on Leadership, Change, Innovation, and Transformation
– Leading in Change, Leading the Change
– Leading in Complexity
– Leading and Decision Making in Uncertainty
– Neuro-Leadership and the Brain Science of Leadership
– Transformation Leadership/Adaptive Leadership
– Leading Digital Transformation and Business Transformation
– The People Side of Change, Innovation, and Transformation
– Adaptability, Agility, Change Positivity, and Mindset Mastery
– Breakthrough Innovation, Experimentation, and Building Innovation Culture
– Entrepreneurial Mindset and Founder’s Mode
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Futures Topics
– The Future of Work
– The Future of Business
– The Future of Leadership
– The Future of Healthcare
– The Future of Education
– The Future of Finance and Banking
– The Future of Construction and the Built Environment
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Specialist Topics
– Self-Efficacy and Self-Effectiveness
– Emotional Intelligence
– Cognitive Biase and Changing Beliefs
– Behaviour Change and Building New Habits
– Resilience and Sustained High Performance
– Managing Time, Attention, and Energy
– Growth Mindset
– Transformation Mindset
– Presence, Attunement, and Empathy
– Active Listening
– Team Trust and Reciprocity
– Clean, Candid, and Calm Communication
– Managing and Renegotiating Agreements
– High Performance Delegation
– Motivating People
– Transformational Coaching
– Repairing Relationships and Resolving Conflicts
– Belonging and Psychological Safety
– Managing Effective Boundaries
– Sense Making and Making Sense of Complexity
– Foresight and Insight
– Vision and Strategy
– Executing Strategies Creatively
– Prioritisation
– Leadership Purpose and Business Purpose
– Truth, Transparency, and Trust
– Leadership Moral Compass, Values, and Ethics
– Inspirational Storytelling
– Executive Presence
– Ethical Persuasion
– Leading Collaborations and Partnerships
– Leading Systemic Change
– Thinking and Leading Regeneratively
– Regenerative Leadership
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Clients
ABBL, AbbVie, Alfa Laval, Aspen Ideas Festival, Assa Abloy, AstraZeneca, the Bank of England, Biogen, British Airways, CHRO Summit, Disney, The Economist, European Accountants Association, The European Commission, The Financial Times, Fujitsu, Google, Green Building Council, the Headteacher’s Association, HP, HSBC, Intel, Investec, LawNet, LEGO, London Business School, Merck, NatWest, Neom, Nexus, NHS, Nike, No. 10 Downing Street, Novartis, Oxfam, Oxford University, Pfizer, Professional Business Women of California, Regional Airlines Association, Roche, Rothschild and Co, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sanofi, SAP, Schroders, Syngenta, Tesco, Unilever, Walmart, Wolters Kluwer, WWF
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