Drive profitable growth, gain competitive edge, navigate change, fuel innovation and embrace emerging technologies from Real Estate & PropTech keynote speaker Josh Linkner.
Key trends and opportunities that Josh helps leaders navigate
Over the years, Josh has been an active advisor to real estate leaders, applying his business acumen and innovation expertise to single-family, multi-family, office, mobile-home, and industrial projects. He’s advised and delivered keynotes for some of the top firms in the world, including CBRE, Skanska, Meritage, AECON, Berkshire Hathaway, Pulte, Sotheby’s, Fluor, Berkadia, and the National Association of Realtors. In an era where PropTech, AI, and shifting market dynamics are rewriting the rules, Josh helps leaders build cultures of innovation that turn uncertainty into competitive advantage.
Read Josh's latest insights on AI in real estate.
ESG as Competitive Edge
The journey toward full compliance is ongoing, and it rewards creative, iterative thinking. Small, steady improvements in energy performance, building materials, and operational processes compound into significant competitive advantage over time.
The Great Office Reinvention
The most creative firms are turning this disruption into opportunity—reimagining underperforming office assets as mixed-use developments, residential conversions, and community spaces.
PropTech and the New Economics of Real Estate
AI-powered property management platforms are proving to be a powerful answer—cutting energy waste by 25% and maintenance costs by 30% while generating real-time insights that drive smarter decisions. The PropTech market is projected to more than double by 2032, and leaders who embrace this wave of innovation now will secure a lasting advantage over those who wait.
Construction Technology (ConTech)
Technology adoption alone doesn’t drive transformation—culture does. The construction firms that see the biggest gains empower their teams to identify problems, propose solutions, and innovate on the job site.
The Virtual Real Estate Experience
For real estate leaders, innovation doesn’t require reinventing the wheel. It requires a culture that continuously looks for smarter, simpler, more creative ways to serve clients.
I thoroughly enjoyed your talk yesterday
– as I said I have seen many speakers and you stood out as one of the best."
Gino Blefari
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Home Service
Jennifer Braun
Senior Event Producer, National Association of REALTORS
Thank you so much! You were a pleasure to work with and a meeting planner’s dream.
Thank you for being so flexible and being so great and delivering an exceptionally tailored talk to our group. People are still raving about it today. Thanks again!
Monica Grinage Cooper
CMP, Event Program Manager, International Facility Management
I wanted to thank you for a fantastic speech at the Summit last week.
I’ve gotten great feedback from everyone I’ve talked to and it was a perfect end to our event. One guy told me he couldn’t believe how well your message went along with our theme. I specifically appreciate your effort to tailor your message to our company and our industry. Thank you!!
Eric Brown
Project Executive, Hoar Construction
Hi, I'm Josh.
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 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.
Josh also has extensive experience in the Real Estate & PropTech fields. Over the years, he’s been an active real estate investor and developer, applying his business acumen and innovation to single family, multi-family, office, mobile-home, and industrial projects. In addition to his direct involvement, he’s also advised and delivered keynotes for some of the top firms in the world across all dimensions of the industry. Clients include CBRE, Skanska, Meritage, AECON, Berkshire Hathaway, Pulte, Sothebys, Fluor, Berkadia, and the National Association of Realtors.
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.
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 Real Estate & PropTech
Meeting Professionals
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.