May 4, 2022

Top Disruptive Innovation Keynote Speakers Who Can Help Your Business

“The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.” —Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovators Dilemma

Technology was once seen as the big disruptor for your business. Then the pandemic came. In 2020, our businesses, governments, and communities had to innovate to survive the disruption of working from home and not traveling. While the pandemic may be fading away, many of its challenges are still here: hybrid work, cybersecurity threats, and supply chain misery. And there are new challenges on the horizon ranging from energy scarcity to the impacts of climate change.

If you would like to learn how to survive current and future challenges, BigSpeak Speakers Bureau works with the top Disruptive Innovation keynote speakers. These keynote speakers are former CEOs and founders of Fortune 500 companies, thought leaders, and bestselling authors. These innovators have helped navigate change and disruption in their own companies and can impart important lessons on how to adapt and innovate in yours.

1) Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As the co-founder of Netflix, Randolph knows a thing or two about disruption in an industry. His book, That Will Never Work, is an international best-seller, and his keynotes allow audiences to take a peek into how the company was able to adapt from renting DVDs online to streaming movies.

2) Guy Kawasaki is a top innovation keynote speaker, social media expert, chief evangelist of Canva, and bestselling author. His entertaining, informative keynotes use insights from his time in the tech industry to show audiences how to innovate using tactical and practical techniques.

3) Duncan Wardle is a top innovation specialist who served as the Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney. At Disney, Wardle helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Parks innovate and thrive in the face of new challenges.

4) Erica Dhawan is an internationally recognized thought leader and consultant on 21st-century teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. Erica uses the power of storytelling and humor—paired with research findings—to provide audiences with interactive, refreshing, practical strategies for modern innovation-driving collaborative teamwork.

5) Natalie Nixon is a strategy, foresight, and innovation expert. She advises leaders how to leverage creativity as an innovation resource to overcome challenges and achieve business goals.

6) Nancy Giordano is a strategic futurist and corporate strategist with a drive to help enterprise organizations and visionary leaders transform to meet escalating expectations. Giordano helps companies navigate change in dynamic and complex environments.

7) Jackie Freiberg is a top innovation keynote speaker, international bestselling author of Nuts (about Southwest Airlines’ innovations), and a regular Forbes contributor. She has been recognized as one of the “Top 30 Best Minds on Leadership” and is helping companies navigate the new post-pandemic landscape.

8) Lisa Bodell is a top speaker on innovation, a globally recognized expert on leading change, and the bestselling author of Kill The Company and Why Simple Wins. In her talks, Lisa shows how to simplify the business rules that are stopping you from innovating.

9) Peter Sheahan is an innovation expert who uses fascinating case studies to help companies find opportunities in disruption. He can help your company reverse the downward spiral of commoditization.

10) Josh Linkner is a bestselling author and thought leader on innovation. Linkner uses real-world examples, funny stories, and practical takeaways to teach audiences how to thrive in a world of change.

11) Jeff DeGraff is a top speaker on innovation, a professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and author of The Creative Mindset. He uses research-based techniques to help companies innovate in the face of disruption.

12) Frits van Paasschen is the former CEO of Coors Brewing Company, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and the bestselling author of The Disruptors’ Feast. With three decades of experience inside global companies, he helps businesses thrive in times of accelerated change.