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Brett King

Brett King

Brett King is the best-selling author of the groundbreaking book Bank 2.0 and strategic advisor to the global financial services sector. He is an International Judge for the Asian Banker Retail Excellence Awards and for the Middle- East Business Achievement Awards. A keynote speaker at leading global events for financial services and innovation, King is an acknowledged expert on innovation, customer experience and channel distribution strategy including understand the fundamental shifts in consumer behavior. Read more…

Ryan Estis

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Ryan is a professional speaker and business performance expert whose life is dedicated to helping companies, managers, leaders and sellers connect more effectively to their two most important audiences: employees and customers. Regarded as one of The Top 100 Keynote Speakers in America Ryan Estis blends interaction, energy and actionable content designed to elevate business outcomes. His message is a compelling crusade on corporate culture, communication, client acquisition, brand ambassadorship, change and preparing to thrive in the ultra competitive, hyper-connected business environment we now know as the new normal. Ryan’s guiding principles include: Read more…

Michael Walsh

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Everything is changing. All the traditional industries we grew up with – media, finance, professional services and retail – are now in the process of being turned upside down and re-invented. The force behind this revolution is not technology but rather consumer behavior. After all, as interesting as it is when things change, the real magic happens when people do. Mike Walsh, author of Futuretainment and CEO of innovation research agency Tomorrow is a leading authority on the digital future. A dynamic keynote speaker and experienced trend tracker, Mike helps prepare businesses and their leaders for what’s next. Mike’s presentations transport his audiences into ‘Tommorrowland’ blending video, high impact visuals and mind blowing cases of innovation from his experiences. Read more…

Saj-nicole Joni

Saj-nicole Joni speaks regularly to business audiences worldwide, challenging them to extend their thinking beyond their comfort zones and to stretch their understanding of what is possible. She presents audiences with hard truths that they need to work through, strategic dilemmas they need to understand, and leadership challenges that they will face. Her speeches are always interactive, thought-provoking, and hard-hitting. With expertise in the complexities of strategy, customers, markets, and global organizations, Saj-nicole’s industry experience includes pharmaceuticals and healthcare, financial services, technology, consumer goods, oil and energy, information and media, professional services, and telecommunications.

Saj-nicole Joni speaks regularly to business audiences worldwide, challenging them to extend their thinking beyond their comfort zones and to stretch their understanding of what is possible. She presents audiences with hard truths that they need to work through, strategic dilemmas they need to understand, and leadership challenges that they will face. Her speeches are always interactive, thought-provoking, and hard-hitting. With expertise in the complexities of strategy, customers, markets, and global organizations, Saj-nicole’s industry experience includes healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial services, technology, consumer goods, oil and energy, information and media, professional services, and telecommunications. She also works with top leadership in non-profits and universities. Saj-nicole helps leaders innovate, grow, execute, and drive performance. She engages and challenges an executive’s best strategic thinking, viewing all sides of a business problem, testing multiple possibilities, even those at the boundaries of convention. Her insights and questions help executives recalibrate their strategies, better understand marketplace influences, and improve both their internal operations and competitive positions. Saj-nicole brings to this work over 25 years of executive experience, combining her talents and expertise as a strategist, senior business executive, mathematician, and performing artist. This combination makes her a sought-after thinking partner for an elite group of top executives whose global leadership has far-reaching impact. Saj-nicole is a highly-trusted inner-circle advisor, someone to go to for the unvarnished truth in critical situations. She helps leaders better understand risk and operational complexity, capitalize more effectively on important market opportunities, and make better decisions around bottom-line ROI/ROE for sustained financial performance. Read more…

James Mapes

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James Mapes is a recognized expert on the psychology of imagination who helps leaders apply their imagination to take individual and organizational performance to new levels. Even in a challenging world there is great possibility; coaching and empowering leaders past what they know to be possible, Mapes skillfully stretches people’s perceptions to see new possibilities and experience the power of their imagination. A dynamic speaker with energy and humor, he captures and holds his audience’s attention with fascinating demonstrations that leave no doubt: “You Achieve What You Imagine.” Read more…

Watts Wacker

Watts Wacker

Watts Wacker is one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern business. A Time Magazine “Person of the Year” and one of the world’s most respected futurists, Wacker is a bestselling author, lecturer, political commentator and social critic. His uncommon versatility and vision has allowed him to help the world’s top corporations and organizations navigate the sea of change that is taking hold in the new millennium.

Wacker is CEO of FirstMatter, an innovative think tank whose guiding principle is to challenge convention. Read more…

Carol Kinsey Goman

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Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., is an executive coach and international keynote speaker and seminar leader for corporations, associations and government agencies.

Body language has always played a key role in Carol’s professional life. Prior to founding Kinsey Consulting Services, she was a therapist in private practice — reading nonverbal cues to help her clients make rapid and profound behavioral changes. As a coach, Carol helps leaders build powerful and effective business relationship by using verbal and nonverbal communication that projects confidence, credibility, and empathy. Read more…