Nick Jankel is an influential and internationally-recognized thought leader on how leadership, innovation, and sustainability can transform the future of business and society in an increasingly complex, digital, and disrupted world.
He is a groundbreaking theorist and practitioner of transformational and adaptive leadership and the disruptive innovations, high-performing teams, and net-positive strategies that it unlocks.
A Cambridge-educated medic who has developed a theory of change based on cutting-edge brain and behavioral science, and a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded five purpose-led enterprises, Nick has advised 100,000 + senior leaders in organizations as diverse as Nike, Novartis, and No.10 Downing Street and has led 100 + breakthrough innovation projects for firms like Microsoft, Unilever, and Diageo.
Now, as always, things are changing. The ROI from Artificial Intelligence is hard to deliver; costly mistakes are being made; reputations are being damaged; trust is being corroded by slop; the bubble is deflating (maybe); and the hubris and hype cycle are transitioning into a more thoughtful and strategic conversation.This is the kind of context in which his AI keynote ideas and inspiration land most powerfully.
Nick´s keynotes on AI began over a decade ago, around the time he was invited onto the BBC to debate the future of AI with a group of leading academics and technologists.
His consulting firm ran its first AI-focused leadership + innovation program (for a major tech unicorn) before OpenAI was even founded; and this month, their very own generative + agentic AI leadership development platform, which first broke ground on in 2017 (!), entered testing.
Having recently finishing the first draft of his new book, Speak Electric | Lead Magnetic: The Art & Craft of Transformational Speaking & Leading Change From Any Stage, using a multi-AI "vibe code.Based on his lengthy journey with AI, here are some articles he has written.
How Leaders Can Harness AI to Accelerate Career Success & Avoid Being Made Obsolete
Why So Many Smart Companies Are Failing at AI Deployment And How to Get AI-Powered Innovation & Digital Transformation Right
The People Side of AI Change Management & Digital Transformation: Why Humans Don’t Change Like Machines
Nick is a dedicated, sought-after, and highly-experienced professional keynote speaker renowned for his enlivening, incisive, and actionable talks at the intersection of technology, transformation, and commercial realities. In a speaking career spanning over twenty years, he has crafted a unique fusion of exhilarating ideas, evocative stories, and an energizing stage presence.
Nick has delivered keynotes for Google, Pfizer, LEGO, Tesco, Kellogg’s, NHS, Schroder’s, WWF, and CHRO Summit. He motivates, inspires, and transforms senior leaders, people managers, and many more audiences across the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, with powerful, moving, and interactive keynotes.