Nick is a sought-after, highly experienced, and powerful keynote speaker at the very top of his game. With almost 30 years of experience on the frontlines of disruption, he is a world authority on leading and unleashing meaningful change, innovation, and transformation to adapt to the increasingly volatile, uncertain, and... Read more
Nick is a sought-after, highly experienced, and powerful keynote speaker at the very top of his game. With almost 30 years of experience on the frontlines of disruption, he is a world authority on leading and unleashing meaningful change, innovation, and transformation to adapt to the increasingly volatile, uncertain, and complex world. A seasoned professional futurist, he explores how to shape the Future of Work, Leadership, Business, and Healthcare.
Nick delivers electrifying, energizing, and hyper-engaging “Wow!” keynotes for informed and discerning companies, conferences, institutions, associations, and nations—think Nike, LEGO, Unilever, HP, Neom, Pfizer, Google, and No.10 Downing Street. His surprisingly unique keynotes—exquisitely customized to fit your brief and packed with original science-backed ideas, actionable Ah-HA! insights, and real-world examples—captivate hearts, dazzle even the smartest minds, and ignite concrete change. Nick’s talks can include takeaway tools and practical hacks that turn inspiration into action.
A Cambridge-educated medical scientist and philosopher (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), Nick has spent three decades cracking the code of change while serving the growth of ambitious organizations like Virgin, PlayStation, and Novartis and walking the talk as a 10x purpose-driven entrepreneur.
Nick is markedly different from other speakers. His thinking and tools have been utilized to coach and train over 100,000 leaders in Fortune 500s and he has designed and led 100+ breakthrough innovation programs for multinationals. He is a seasoned expert futurist with over 50 foresight projects under his belt, and he has founded 10 pathfinding and pioneering startups in the fields of change, leadership, empowerment, and transformation.
Few speakers in the world have the depth and breadth of experience Nick has, both as a keynote speaker and as a transformation catalyst who has worked with so many people in such a wide variety of organizations and cultures to help them do the hardest things in business: to innovate, transform, and forge the future of their industry.
Nick is profoundly passionate about sharing the fruits of a lifetime’s research, expertise, and coal-face experience, helping organizations and leaders lead the change they want to see. He leaves audiences not just motivated, inspired, informed, and energized but tangibly moved to do things differently—as well as empowered with practical ways to start the change today.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...