Henkka Hypponen

Henri Hyppönen is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, TV host and creative director. He is the founder of several companies, including a production company, a research company, and most recently a company that creates AI based tools to understand humans.

Henri likes to challenge conventional thinking. He combines storytelling, scientific research, creative thinking and real-life examples to introduce new ways of thinking and help people see the surprising truth in a situation.

Henri has interviewed political leaders, media personalities and creative leaders such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Welch, Will Smith, Jimmy Wales, Ed Catmull and Ricky Martin to understand their most important lessons in business and life.

He was awarded Speaker of the Year (Finland, 2013), The Best Comedy Show in Finland (Finland, 2014, 2015), Science Communication Award (Finland, 2015) and Radio Host of the Year (Finland, 2000).

His latest book, Why We Fear, helps us challenge and rethink the stories we tell ourselves about fear. He is currently working on his fifth book, a deep dive into the future of creative work, AI and the human mind.

He is also a bad drummer

His speaking topics include:

The Democratization of Creation and the Rise of Intelligent Machines

Through real-life examples and stories, Henri reveals this new world in the making and how creative and business leaders can be a part of it.

Fear Can Make Us Really Stupid

Using his extensive experience as a founder and leader of companies in the creative field and insights into the biology and psychology of fear, Henri shows the value of psychological security in the workplace, and how to create it so it stays.

Not Fucking Boring

Henri uses stories and insights from global creative leaders and successful creative companies to help you understand the building blocks needed to create a company where people aren’t afraid to take risks, your best talent stays around and they make cool shit.

We Should All Love Problems

In this presentation, Henri helps you understand why learning to spot and solve valuable problems can transform your business.

The Great Transition to AI

Henri kick starts the conversation with three central themes: how we implement technology, creativity and AI, and what it means to be human in an AI-enabled world. This talk will give you new ways of thinking about how we can create a new world and a new dream team: human mind and machine