This speaker is hidden and is only visible in a proposal
Josh Linkner
Serial Entrepreneur; New York Times Best-Selling Author; Venture Capital Investor
Josh Linkner is a New York Times bestselling author who travels the globe helping leaders build a culture of everyday innovation. As a proven hyper-growth CEO, venture capitalist and jazz guitarist, Josh's keynotes are a perfect blend of inspirational and actionable.
Bio
Josh Linkner — a New York Times bestselling author — is a rare blend of business, art, and science.
On the business front, he’s been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which created over 10,000 jobs and sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He’s the co-founder and Managing Partner of Muditā (mooDEE-tah) Venture Partners – an early-stage venture capital firm investing in groundbreaking technologies. Over the last 30 years, he’s helped over 100 startups launch and scale, creating over $1 billion in investor returns. He’s twice been named the EY Entrepreneur of The Year and is the recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award.
While proud of his business success, his roots are in the dangerous world of jazz music. He’s been playing guitar in smoky jazz clubs for 40 years, studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and has performed over 1000 concerts around the world.
His experiences in both business and music led him to become one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation. Josh is the co-founder and Chairman of Platypus Labs, a global research, training, and consulting firm. Today, he’s on a mission to help leaders Find A Way™ through creative problem-solving, inventive thinking, and ingenuity.
Keynotes
Featured Keynote
-
Find a Way: A Proven Innovation Framework to Solve Problems, Accelerate Opportunity, and Sustain Growth
As we enter a new era of business, 50% of leaders in the United States have lost confidence in their ability to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. The level of disruption, technology threats, and volatility can be paralyzing. We are in a leadership crisis and must embrace a new model to meet today’s challenges.
Prolific entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and innovation expert Josh Linkner helps you Find A Way™ through his proven 5-step innovation framework for cultivating full-organization ingenuity. Whatever outcomes you crave the most – from sales growth to competitive advantage to employee engagement – you’ll walk away with specific tools to drive sustainable success.
The Find a Way™ framework prioritizes agility over brute force, creativity over hustle, and improvisation over perfect planning. Leaders who embrace the model are inspired and better equipped. They feel confident to move forward into the darkness and have a newfound capacity to win consistently, no matter the circumstances.
This keynote serves leaders & teams who are
- Facing uncertainty and volatility.
- Seeking better ways to drive the outcomes they crave the most.
- Struggling to keep up with the pace of change.
The audience will leave with
- A proven model for harnessing ingenuity to solve any problem and seize any opportunity.
- Innovative strategies to drive better results every day.
- The confidence to walk into the unknown and emerge victorious.
-
Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results
-
The Music of Business: What Business Leaders Can Learn About Collaboration, Creativity, and Performance Under Pressure from the Mysterious World of Jazz
-
The Innovative Leader: A Modern Framework to Lead with Confidence in the Face of Uncertainty and Change
-
Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity
-
Rethink. Reboot. Reinvent: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation
-
Leadership Communication & Presentation Skills
Topics
Let's find your perfect speaker!
Share your vision and let us curate the voices that bring it to life.