Disruption Keynote Speakers
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Disruption keynote speakers are on the cutting edge of taking risks and being independent thinkers. There is no status quo. Disruption keynote speakers use technology, innovation and creativity to shake things up. GDA has the most thought-provoking disruption keynote speakers to suggest for your next event.
Keynotes: 1 Books: 2 Videos: 1
Miki Agrawal
Social Entrepreneur and Disruption Expert
Miki Agrawal is a social entrepreneur known for breaking taboos and disrupting the status quo. She co-founded THINX, a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand. She most recently founded TUSHY, a company that is revolutionizing the American toilet category.
Keynotes: 7 Books: 1 Videos: 6
Nikolas Badminton
Lead Futurist & CEO, EXPONENTIAL MINDS
Nikolas Badminton grew up with his focus on the future from a very early age to being one of the world’s leading Futurist Keynote Speakers. Read more about his upbringing, education, experience, and some of the projects he became well known for.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 1 Videos: 2
Bonin Bough
TV Host, Marketing Exec, Investor and Author
Bonin Bough is one of the foremost-awarded marketing executives, the host of The Cleveland Hustles, and the author of Txt Me (646) 759-1837. He was one of the youngest C-suite executives in a Fortune 50 company, Bonin has spearheaded some of the industry’s largest global marketing campaigns.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 0 Videos: 4
Rocky Garza
You Deserve to be KNOWN
Rocky has walked alongside thousands at Sky Ranch Camp, counseled hundreds as a pastor at Chase Oaks and taken thousands through Identity Mapping™. He guides people to find clarity in who they are, ignites confidence to believe in themselves and helps them find the courage to live it out.
Keynotes: 10 Books: 1 Videos: 7
Gary Hoover
Business Thought Leader, Entrepreneur, Innovator
Gary Hoover knows more about businesses and different industries than most. He understands innovation and entrepreneurship. He travels the world speaking to Fortune 500 executives, trade associations, entrepreneurs, and college and high school students about how enterprises are built and how they stand the test of time.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 1 Videos: 4
Polly LaBarre
Co-author, Mavericks at Work; Co-founder, Management Lab; Founding Writer, Fast Company
All change goes against the rules. Polly LaBarre arms leaders with a Maverick Manual to hack the status quo and ramp up originality, invention and game-changing disruption. She inspires people to engage and reimagine the challenges they face, become fearless experimenters, and rethink the work of leadership.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 1 Videos: 2
Jeff Leitner
Founder of Unwritten Labs, Social Innovator, Researcher, Author, Teacher
Jeff Leitner is a social innovator, researcher, author, and teacher. He is a fellow at New America in Washington, D.C., author of See Think Solve: A Simple Way to Tackle Tough Problems, and speaker and facilitator on the organizational and larger social influence of unwritten rules.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 2 Videos: 3
Heather E. McGowan
Future-of-Work Strategist
Future-of-work strategist Heather E. McGowan helps leaders prepare their people and organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. McGowan is the co-editor and author of the book Disrupt Together: How Teams Consistently Innovate and a Forbes contributor. Her book, The Adaptation Advantage, due out in spring 2020.
Keynotes: 5 Books: 2 Videos: 1
Michael McQueen
Future trends analyst helping business stay ahead of the curve
Michael McQueen speaker is an award-winning forecaster and best-selling author of eight books. With clients including KPMG, Pepsi and Cisco, he has helped some of the world’s most successful brands navigate disruption and maintain momentum.
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Keynotes: 14 Books: 6 Videos: 14
Jamie Metzl
Technology and Healthcare Futurist, Global Affairs Specialist, Science Fiction Novelist, and Genetic Engineering Expert
Named "Top 100 Human Resources Influencers of 2019," Jamie is a fascinating thinker and electrifying speaker. He lectures widely on technology and geopolitics, is an acclaimed scifi novelist and columnist, a regular CNN commentator, and a former white house official. Preparing for geopolitical and technology revolutions is his expertise.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 0 Videos: 4
Dr. David Ricketts
Innovator, Scholar and Harvard Innovation Fellow
Engaging audiences across the globe on innovation, science and technology, Dr. Ricketts guides and teaches executives, leadership teams and innovators. He helps leaders to understand the untapped value in their market and discover and solve high-impact problems, in order to outperform their competition.
Keynotes: 6 Books: 0 Videos: 1
Jack Shaw
Change Management Specialist, Global Thought Leader and Tech Futurist
Jack Shaw is an Innovation and Change Management Strategist with more than 30 years' experience helping leaders transform their organizations' digital ecosystems amid new waves of technology.
Keynotes: 3 Books: 0 Videos: 2
Marc Sluijs
Founder, DigitalHealth.Network
Marc’s passionate about fostering the digital health ecosystem. He has been advising on digital health strategy and investment through his company Digitalhealth.Network since early 2015, and has been active in digital health since 2010.
Keynotes: 10 Books: 15 Videos: 8
Douglas Vakoch, Ph.D.
President of METI–Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence, disrupting conventional science as “The Man Who Speaks for Earth.”
Called “The Man Who Speaks for Earth” by The New Yorker, Dr. Douglas Vakoch leads the disruptive scientific project to transmit radio messages into space, in the hope of making first contact with ET.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 3 Videos: 6
Steven Van Belleghem
Customer Focus Expert, Author, Keynote Speaker
Steven is an expert in customer focus in a digital world. He is a popular international keynote speaker. In his keynote presentations, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of modern customer relationships in a clever, enthusiastic and inspiring way.
Keynotes: 4 Books: 3 Videos: 7
Mike Walsh
Bestselling Author of The Algorithmic Leader & CEO of Innovation Research Lab Tomorrow
Mike designs companies for the 21st century. With an engaging blend of case studies, global perspectives and cutting-edge research, Mike’s original insights help business leaders understand and unleash their future potential.
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- 19 Artificial Intelligence
- 25 Big Data
- 68 Branding / Marketing
- 112 Business
- 136 Business Growth / Strategy / Trends
- 39 CEO
- 137 Change Management / Organizational Change
- 103 Communication
- 13 Conflict Resolution
- 60 Corporate Culture & Governance
- 25 Corporate Social Responsibility
- 73 Customer Relations
- 16 Disruption
- 3 Distribution / Supply Chain Management
- 41 Diversity
- 33 Emotional Intelligence
- 81 Employee Engagement
- 92 Entrepreneur
- 25 Ethics / Values
- 54 Futurists / Trends
- 6 Hospitality
- 54 Human Resources / Workforce Issues
- 42 Influence
- 143 Innovation / Creativity
- 27 IT
- 257 Leadership
- 25 Management
- 35 Moderator / Facilitator
- 16 Negotiation
- 18 Networking
- 34 Productivity
- 0 Real Estate
- 10 Safety
- 84 Sales
- 37 Social Media
- 28 Storytelling
- 18 Stress Management
- 14 Sustainability
- 125 Teamwork / Teambuilding
- 75 Thought Leader
- 6 Trust / Honesty
- 64 Work-life Balance