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Keynote SpeakerNick Jankel

Leadership Futurist, Transformation Catalyst, Serial Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur, Founder Switch On Leadership

Nick Jankel, a Cambridge-educated medical scientist and philosopher (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), has spent 30 years cracking the code of leading and landing transformation and innovation. With 28 years of experience serving the growth of ambitious organizations like Nike, Unilever, Intel, Virgin, PlayStation, and Novartis and 25 years walking the... Read more

Popular Talks

  • Transformational Leadership: Leading in Change, Leading the Change
  • Leading Breakthrough Innovation
  • Leading Change & Digital Transformation
  • Unlocking Innovation, Change & Transformation Mindsets
  • Forging The Future of Work
    • More talks

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Biography

Nick Jankel, a Cambridge-educated medical scientist and philosopher (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), has spent 30 years cracking the code of leading and landing transformation and innovation. With 28 years of experience serving the growth of ambitious organizations like Nike, Unilever, Intel, Virgin, PlayStation, and Novartis and 25 years walking the talk as a high-impact, purpose-led entrepreneur on the frontlines of disruption, Nick is a lodestar of vision, velocity, values-driven business, and exponential value-creation for those navigating change, complexity, and uncertainty.

A highly experienced and sought-after professional mainstage/ headliner speaker at the very top of his game, Nick is booked by companies, conferences, institutions, associations, and nations—think Nike, LEGO, Unilever, Abu Dhabi, Pfizer, Google, No.10—who seek an unprecedented ROI from electrifying, exquisitely-customized, and science-backed keynotes that expand minds, captivate hearts & ignite change.

Nick’s keynotes help people thrive in change/complexity, unlock digital transformation/innovation, and become truly transformational as leaders and team members. He has cutting-edge talks on what is probable, possible, problematic, and provocative in the Future of Work, Health, Tech, Leadership, and Regenerative Business.

Nick Jankel is out to share the reliably life-changing and often world-changing ideas, mindsets, habits, and daily practices needed to lead brilliantly through change, unlock constant breakthroughs in business models and teamwork, and blast through the barriers that predictably block innovation and transformation.

"Thank you so much for your brilliant keynote, it gave our participants so much to discuss. Being in “Create and Connect” Mode seems to have taken a life of its own as a reference point for our leadership. Exactly what we wanted. Our CEO has quoted your thinking to the global leadership team: “Please don’t wait for anyone to tell you what to do or to give you permission and, remember, you as our most senior leaders hold the keys to our future success". Group HR Director, Oxford University Press
"An absolutely remarkable speech. It was truly the most mindblowing one l've attended in quite some time." Manager, Advanced Knowledge Consulting
"An inspiring and eye-opening keynote. So helpful to regain trust that even in an unpredictable and rapidly- changing world, we all can succeed by changing ourselves, challenging our assumptions, reflecting, adapting, learning from mistakes, making creative responses, and acting fast." CEO, Spar
"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 EMEA, Syngenta
"A standing ovation! I am already sharing the insights with my leadership team. Thank you!" CEO, Unilever Health & Wellbeing Division
"I am 65 and have attended a massive amount of presentations all over the world but really NEVER was so captivated and interested as this morning at yours! You are astonishing the way you present, speak, stand, move, and transmit your amazing ideas! You are one of a kind! Bravo and many thanks for having shared your ideas.” Conference 'Integral 2022'
“A WONDERFUL job today. People found your talk so inspiring. Someone I work with said “I feel seen this morning.” The talk was motivating, thoughtful, and so well delivered. THANK YOU!” Director, McCormick & Co
“Still jazzed from your McCormick presentation this morning!” VP, McCormick & Co
“I consider myself a DEI champion and I had not heard anyone explain diversity challenges like you did.” Director, Association of Financial Markets in Europe
“Fantastic speaker with passion and enthusiasm, highly engaging and able to simplify complexity.” Commander, Ministry of Defense
“Great talk delivered succinctly & dynamically. Especially loved the reference to free style rap - as a life longer lover of hip hop it was great for someone to acknowledge the skill it takes.” Manager, AstraZeneca
“Nick's passion for the topic brought everyone along with him and made the audience want to understand more.” Manager, Centrica
“Without doubt one of the highlights of the two days. Thought-provoking; insightful; enjoyable.” Director, Meritsoft
“I really enjoyed your presentation in Napa! I'd like to share some of the insights with my leadership team. Thank you!” CEO, Unilever Health & Wellbeing
“A thoroughly engaging keynote, extremely thought provoking that really makes us question how we lead and are led by others. Thank you Nick!” CIO, Alena
“It was wonderful to hear from you today. These fundamentals of leadership are super helpful to remind ourselves and help us develop our North Star.” Digital Marketing Lead, Nutrafol

Popular Talks by Nick Jankel

  • Transformational Leadership: Leading in Change, Leading the Change

    Upgrade leadership mindsets to fall forward, not back, in disruption. How to shift how leaders interact and communicate away from “Command and Control.” How to transform fiefdoms, friction, and fragmentation to forge coherence and collaboration in top teams. How to sense-make, decision-make, and prioritize in complexity.

  • Leading Breakthrough Innovation
    Blast through the barriers that block innovation. The journey of disruptive innovation and how to proactively avoid predictable pitfalls. What breakthrough innovation is, how it works, and how to do it right to avoid wasting precious resources and goodwill. The killers and unlockers of innovation and how to maximize chances...
  • Leading Change & Digital Transformation
    Take the turmoil out of transformation. How to lead change and transformation from the inside out (one belief and behavior at a time). How to build resonance and not resistance so that transformation unfolds rather than unravels. Ways to ensure transformation is a triumph and not a tragedy by managing...
  • Unlocking Innovation, Change & Transformation Mindsets
    Understand the critical people side of change that blocks all the best intentions. How agility starts with emotional mastery to ensure people flow and don’t freeze in uncertainty. How to release outdated ideas and embrace new ones. How to build an innovation/transformation mindset that does reflection, creativity, and customer-centricity. How...
  • Forging The Future of Work
    The needs, attitudes, and motivations of the different working generations. The 4 Ms of a great workplace: Meaning, mastery, membership, and majesty. How to build safety and belonging in the hybrid reality without becoming a corporate cult. How to build a safer, more supportive, and more sustainable working culture from...
  • Unleashing the Future of Leadership
    The top characteristics of future-fit leaders, from vulnerability to vision. Why smartness is necessary but not sufficient for future-forging leadership. How to move away from “training” and embrace leadership transformation. How to evolve the consciousness and competence of leaders so they can adapt business models and delivery models not just...
  • Leaders vs AI
  • The Brain, Creativity & Innovation
  • Breaking Through Cognitive Biases & Group Think