Speaking

Inspiring the NEW EDGE in Creativity & Innovation

From appearances before packed audiences at Lincoln Center and SXSW, to speaking in over 10 countries, I share my insights on culture, technology and leadership to audiences of thousands, and prove that my own expansive approach to life has infused my work with a creative and innovative edge. 

Signature Keynote

“Cracking Creativity: A Business Driving Guide for Human Ingenuity in the Age of AI”

In an age of economic uncertainty, and great technological shifts, growth can’t come from efficiencies and cost cutting alone. Big ideas/innovations are critical for unprecedented business (and personal) success. The major investment in AI in companies like Google is an example of this!

While people may think that AI will strip our need for creativity, it’s the opposite! AI paradoxically enables us to be MORE human and creative. It enables us to refocus our energies on the core of creative development — collaborative insight development & ideation — to source new solutions. It’s human ingenuity that will rise to the top.

So, how do we instill a sense of creativity in us all? First, recognize that we are all INHERENTLY creative. Creativity is essentially making connections among disparate concepts, data, inputs to surface novel and helpful solutions, ideas or innovations. From a neuroscience perspective, our brains are hardwired to make the connections! We probably leverage the essentials of creativity everyday and don’t even realize it.

Second, based on my experience in anthropology, creative advertising, as a long-time leader at Google (one of the most innovative companies on earth), coupled with years of interviews with a spectrum of creative people on my Human Code Podcast, I have homed in on the 3 most essential elements of creative development (and we can all leverage them!). #Seektheway, #lookforthelinks, #discover your mission. And I share how AI can bolster each of these steps.

This approach will open up every person, no matter their talents, professional roles or levels of experience, to source their creative and innovative skills to develop ideas for any organizational/business challenge.