Keynotes by Lisa Bodell
Embrace simplicity.
Ranked among the Top 50 Keynote Speakers worldwide.
Imagine getting to the work that matters.
Discover techniques that kill complexity, boost productivity, and drive growth.
Rethink the status quo and make space for innovation.
Send a message and align teams strategically & culturally.
Don’t take our word for it.
“Lisa is everything you look for in a keynote speaker – she’s insightful, engaging, and energetic. She was the top-rated speaker at our Google events and inspired the entire audience to start a simplification revolution.”
Meredith Cherwony
Think Events at Google
“Lisa’s message around change and simplification is incredibly relevant and compelling. Her talk is thought-provoking, challenging and necessary given today’s complex and ever-changing business environment.”
Camille Mirshokrai
Global Managing Director
Inspire change - from anywhere!
In-person or virtual, with over two decades of experience Lisa engages audiences, with interactive and though-provoking techniques:
Live polling and custom results discussed on the spot.
Quick-hit exercises and diagnostics that reveal barriers and shift perspectives.
Attention-grabbing tips and tricks that provoke to take action.
Post-session videos and tools to make key messages stick.
Watch Lisa´s TED talk.
Keynote topics
Killing Complexity
Eradicate complexity and return to meaningful work that drives innovative change.
Unleash Innovation
Embrace change and challenge the status quo to drive real transformation.
“Lisa blew us away. Inspiring and practical. People were up off their feet, laughing and thinking. Cell phones were constantly going up to take pictures of her presentation. She exceeded all expectations.”
Joan P. Lawrence-Ross
Chief Learning Officer
“Over the years, I’ve tried many ‘gurus’ to educate our leaders. Lisa is the real thing – she’s inspiring, motivating, practical, and memorable. She ignites the possible with the audience. She was the top-rated speaker at our executive events.”
Yusha King
Executive L&D
“Lisa made my leadership team think in new ways and helped us develop winning business ideas right in the room. My team now embraces change and innovation rather than fearing it.”
Mary Fennoglio
Managing Director
Lisa inspired 1000+ businesses.
Your company can be next!
Lisa Bodell
FutureThink CEO Lisa Bodell ranks among the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide and is the best-selling author of Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. She’s a global leader on simplification, collaboration, and innovation, whose keynotes leave audiences inspired to change and arm them with radically simple tools to get to the work that matters.
Bodell brings a compelling perspective to the sought-after topics of simplification and innovation to over 100,000 people each year. A thought leader and serial entrepreneur, her transformational message has inspired executives at top-ranked organizations such as Google, Cisco, Citigroup, and the U.S. Navy War College.
Based on her best-selling books, Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins, Lisa provides a provocative yet practical approach that enables organizations and individuals to eradicate the unnecessary complexity and time-sucks that hold them back from more meaningful work, and allow simplicity to become their new operating system.
Bodell has contributed her expertise to a wide variety of media. She is a monthly contributor to Forbes and has frequently appeared in other media including: Fast Company, WIRED, The New York Times, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, FOX News, and CNN. She has also been featured in many major books such as Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question, Adam Grant’s Originals, and After Shock, the upcoming 50-year celebration based on futurist Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock.
Bodell has taught innovation at both American University and Fordham University and has a TED talk on the topic. She has served on the board of advisors of several organizations, including the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum, the United States National Security Agency, the Association of Professional Futurists, and the Novartis board of Diversity & Inclusion.
In the press.
Lisa Bodell contributes her expertise to a wide variety of media and has earned many awards for her work. Follow the links below to learn more.
