We’ve all heard the business quote ‘Innovate or die’ and heard cautionary tales of companies that failed to keep up with the times and fell by the wayside (I’m looking at you Blockbuster).
Innovation is one of the speech topics that we get asked about most frequently, and it’s no surprise. In a fast-paced digital world and a rapidly changing business environment, innovation remains key to businesses staying ahead and differentiating themselves from the competition.
How do you create a workplace culture to promote creativity and risk taking? How do companies emulate an agile, start-up environment? How do you identify and overcome roadblocks to innovation?
These innovation speakers are experts on developing new products & services, creating more efficient processes or promoting disruptive thinking, their keynote speeches will offer insights from their personal experiences.
Priya Lakhani OBE
Priya is a serial entrepreneur, having founded a food business, charity and now an AI education company. She is a passionate keynote speaker, and offers her tips for how to emulate the startup ethos and how to embed innovation into the workplace culture.
Duncan Wardle
As former Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan is an expert on how to promote innovation and disruptive thinking within any organisation, big or small. A dynamic keynote speaker, Duncan shares the tools and behaviours that will help companies encourage a culture that embraces risk and thinking differently.
Jason Bates
Jason co-founded Monzo and Starling digital banks, two of the most disruptive financial services companies to emerge in the last 10 years. In keynote speeches, he looks at how to drive digital transformation, and how to innovate and create products that embody the future of consumer behaviour.
Christian Horner OBE
Innovation is key to staying ahead of the competition in Formula 1, one of the most technical sports in the world. As Team Principal of the Red Bull Racing F1 team, Christian looks at how the team uses pioneering technology and vast amounts of data to gain millisecond advantages. As an innovation and leadership speaker he talks about building a culture that focuses on creativity, people and collective achievement.
Frank Salzgeber
Frank is Head of the Innovation & Ventures Office at the European Space Agency. He leads the world’s largest space entrepreneurship network, working with businesses that are looking to share research and build on ESA technology. As a conference speaker, he looks at emerging and disruptive technology trends, and offers insights into how to adapt the ESA culture of ambition and creativity.
Lindsay Herbert
Lindsay is an IBM Inventor and Global Chief Innovation Officer at IBM Garage GBS. She is also the author of Digital Transformation: Build Your Organization’s Future for the Innovation Age. In keynote speeches, Lindsay offers real world examples and cautionary lessons on how AI and technology can change the workplace. If done correctly, it can drive change and allow far more collaboration and innovation.
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