Nick Jankel

Nick Jankel is an influential and internationally-recognised thought leader on how leadership, innovation and sustainability can transform the future of business and society - in an increasingly complex, digital, and disrupted world.

Nick is a groundbreaking theorist and practitioner of transformational and adaptive leadership and the disruptive innovations, high-performing teams and net-positive strategies that it unlocks.

Not only is Nick a Cambridge-educated medic who has developed a theory of change based on cutting-edge brain and behavioural science, and a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded five purpose-led enterprises, but he has also advised 100,000+ senior leaders in a diverse selection of organisations. Nike and No. 10 Downing Street are just a couple of examples of organisations that Nick has worked with, and he has also led over one hundred breakthrough innovation projects for firms like Microsoft and Unilever.

He is currently the co-founder and CEO of leadership consultancy Switch On and co-founder and Chief Transformation Officer of its sister sustainability agency FutureMakers.

As a dedicated, sought-after, and highly-experienced professional keynote speaker, Nick is renowned for his enlivening, incisive, and actionable talks at the intersection of technology, transformation and commercial realities.

In a speaking career spanning over twenty years - in which he has crated a unique fusion of exhilarating ideas, evocative stories, and energising stage presence - Nick has delivered keynotes for organisations like Google, Pfizer, LEGO, Tesco, Kellog's and NHS amongst many more.

Nick motivates, inspires and transforms senior leaders, people managers, and diverse conference audiences around the world, with powerful, moving and interactive keynotes. He uses practical techniques to simplify complexity, challenging audiences to switch on and step up.