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Tech Entrepreneur
Venture Capital
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EY
US Presidential Champion
Leaders can no longer bet on once-a-year billion-dollar moonshots to combat nonstop disruption, uncertainty, and volatility.
What sets enduring organizations apart isn’t large-scale initiatives but their ability to unleash ingenuity in their everyday work.
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FedEx
cisco
Pfizer
Coca-Cola
Verizon
American-Express
Marriott
Allstate
ESPN
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Disney
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Prudential
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Fidelity
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Amazing, energizing, entertaining, humorous, and actionable learnings, things we can do right away. Josh created just the right finish and exclamation point in our program.
Josh Linkner lays out a roadmap that guides individuals, teams, and companies to higher levels of creativity. It is a journey that leads to better ideas and breakthrough thinking.”
SAJEENA WARRIER
Managing Director, Intel Security
Keynote Topics + Outcomes
Find A WayTM
Every problem can be solved, and every opportunity can be seized. Through a proven innovative framework, you'll discover new paths to explosive growth, competitive advantage, and sustainable results.
Expand organization-wide capability for creative problem-solving and inventive thinking.
Big Little BreakthroughsTM
Instead of high-risk moonshots, the most innovative leaders cultivate a high volume of ‘micro-innovations’ and build a culture of everyday innovation.
Gain the tools to become an everyday innovator.
The Music of Business
What business leaders can learn about agility, collaboration, creativity, and performance under pressure from the mysterious world of jazz.
Inject artistry and agility into your business through an unforgettable, interactive experience.
*Please note this topic requires additional talent + gear. Accordingly, additional costs apply.
The Innovative Leader
Become an unstoppable force by unlocking your and your team's ingenuity, gaining confidence, and boosting results in times of dramatic uncertainty and disruption.
Elevate your capacity to lead and win in volatile times.
Disciplined DreamingTM
A proven system for driving breakthrough creativity. Learn how to balance raw imagination with business rigor to achieve profound and predictable results.
Boost creativity and rigor simultaneously to achieve better outcomes.
Rethink. Reboot.
Reinvent.
The business you’ll be running in five years will be dramatically different than today. Unlock the definitive playbook on reinvention, relevancy, and sustainable success.
Gain the confidence to venture into the unknown and thrive, no matter what the future brings.
Innovation in the Age of AI
A modern framework to unlock sustained profitable growth at the intersection of technology and human creativity.
Josh shows you how the path forward involves integrating human creativity with artificial intelligence to thrive amidst uncertainty, rapid change, and disruption.
For Meeting Professionals
Building a culture of innovation is critically important.
There’s no better way to learn than with a trusted roadmap of tools and real-life examples. Josh Linkner illustrates how innovative thinking is possible for every employee and business leader, so we can all unlock our full creative potential."
Mike Kaufmann
CEO, Cardinal Health
Josh Linkner unlocks the techniques behind some of the world’s most remarkable innovations.
He shows how those techniques are there for the taking - accessible to anyone curious enough to set aside old ways and find out just how creative they can be."
Eric Schurenberg
CEO, Fast Company
Josh brings the ideal mix of academic rigor and practical application,
providing a systematic framework to harness and maximize both individual and organizational creativity in order to boost results. Inspiring stories reinforce the point that we can all be innovators, regardless of our background or job function."
David Brophy, Ph.D.
Professor of Finance, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Founding Director, Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance
Josh Linkner provides a blueprint to a culture of innovation and achievement.
When teams get more creative, they perform better and enjoy far better outcomes. In our highly competitive world, Josh delivers the edge we're all looking for."
John Foley
Former lead Blue Angels Pilot
New York Times bestselling author
Josh, I can tell you with a 1000% confidence that you have opened the minds of our people.
The buzz and excitement following your presentation was palpable."
Chris Schmidt
CEO, Moss Adams
Energizing.
Actionable.
Impactful.
Innovation Keynote Speaker Josh Linkner
Josh Linkner has been helping leaders discover and expand their creative capacity for over 20 years.
As an entrepreneur and CEO who has created over 10,000 jobs, he understands it’s not enough to tell people to do more with less. They need the mindset, framework, and tools to approach their goals (and problems) with ingenuity and tenacity.
Because every one of us can be an everyday innovator.
Every one of us can Find A Way.
It’s this belief that propelled Josh to the highest levels of success:
But it wasn’t the right attitude or contacts or raw talent that fueled Josh's success. It was a set of tools he used at every step, tools that are also available to you.
Today, Josh is on a mission to share this practical framework, helping you catch the outcomes you crave—growth, innovation, competitive advantage, deeper engagement, and predictable results.
Every problem is figureoutable. Isn't it time for you—and your team—to Find A Way?
5 Ways Josh Turns Your Event Up To “11”
Sparks a mindset & movement.
His authentic, relatable, research-backed content - with real-world case studies and a high-energy delivery - will inspire your audience to uncover and activate new opportunities every day.
Moves your team into action.
Your audience will not only be energized, motivated, and inspired, they’ll become better equipped with specific tools, frameworks, and techniques to drive meaningful results in the months and years ahead.
Handcrafted, not canned.
Josh takes the time to listen deeply before custom-building a keynote experience just for you. This ensures that every minute is on-point, relevant, and targeted to your unique challenges and opportunities.
Real and accessible.
Josh applies Find A Way™ principles in his everyday work as a leader, venture capitalist, musician, and author. Leaders inspired by his keynote often reach out to him for help finding a way in their everyday work.
Impact - 11, Drama - 0.
Coming from a place of humility and service, Josh believes that a great keynote is about the audience, not the speaker. Meeting professionals often call Josh one of the best keynote speakers to work with.