Afdhel Aziz
Keynote Speaker: Chief Storytelling Officer at Good is the New Cool: Fill the Hope Gap — To Unlock Engagement, Innovation and Growth
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Categories:Communication, Inspirational, Author, Technology, College, Creativity, Storytelling, Futurism, Innovation, Business Coaching, Marketing, Leadership, Virtual, Business, Social Media, Future of Work, Public Health, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Motivational, Business Growth, Strategic Leadership, Workshop, Social Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Sustainability, Ethics & Integrity, Environment, Corporate Strategy, ESG, Human Resources, Corporate Culture, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Thinking, Culture, Finance, Change Management, E-Commerce, Success, Health & Wellness, Asian & Pacific Heritage
Afdhel Aziz Biography
According to Gallup and Edelman, in the post AI world, what people most need from their leaders isn't more data — it's more hope. Afdhel Aziz is the world's leading expert on hopeful storytelling: the leadership discipline built to close the Hope Gap and unlock engagement, innovation and growth.
For thirty years, he has helped Fortune 500 leaders, teams, and brands close the Hope Gap — using the power of story to turn fear into belief, disengagement into purpose, and complexity into the kind of clarity that makes people want to move.
He is the Chief Storytelling Officer of Conspiracy of Love; trusted advisor to Fortune 500 leaders at Gap, Sephora, and PepsiCo; Forbes columnist with over 500 interviews published; Executive Producer of The Solutionaries with TIME Magazine; and bestselling author of the Purpose Trilogy.
Every stage he walks onto, Aziz brings something rare: the intellectual depth of someone who has spent three decades inside the world's most ambitious organizations, and the genuine warmth of someone who has never stopped believing in the potential of human beings to create positive impact.
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Afdhel Aziz Speaking Topics
The Leadership Skill That AI Cannot Replace
In the age of AI, your people have never had more data – yet they have never felt more despair. Gallup's 2026 research confirms that hope — not trust, not charisma, not authority, not a compelling strategy deck — is the single most important thing followers need most from the leaders in their lives.
The leaders who will define the next decade are not the ones with the best answers. They are the ones who can make the future feel possible again. This is the key to unlocking engagement, innovation and growth at every level.
In this powerful and insightful keynote, Afdhel Aziz gives senior leaders a practical five-step framework for hopeful storytelling that closes the Hope Gap at every level of the organization — turning the invisible drag on performance into a named, measurable, solvable leadership challenge. Leaders don't just leave feeling hopeful. They leave knowing exactly what to do differently on Monday morning.
For C-suite & senior leaders
Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
How Every Person In This Room Finds The Story That Changes Everything
Disengagement doesn't happen because people stop caring. It happens because they lose the story of why their work matters. Gallup's research shows that hope is the foundational human need — the one whose presence most reliably lifts people from merely functioning to genuinely thriving. And yet the Hope Gap doesn't just exist between leaders and organizations. It exists inside each person in the room: the distance between who they are and the contribution they feel they're actually making.
No benefits package, no town hall, no engagement survey closes that gap. What does is something more personal and more lasting: helping each person find their own GPS to Purpose — the intersection of their unique Gifts, their deepest Passions, and their capacity for Service — and showing them how that intersection connects directly to the work they do every day.
In this keynote, Afdhel Aziz brings his GPS to Purpose framework — drawn from his bestselling book and proven at companies including Disney, Google, and Coca-Cola — to life in a way that is equal parts energizing and immediately actionable. Each person leaves not just re-inspired but re-oriented: with a clearer sense of who they are, why their contribution matters, and how to become the hopeful storyteller their team and organization desperately needs right now.
For HR leaders & all-employee events
Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
How to Build a Culture of Hope-Driven Innovation
The most audacious innovators Afdhel Aziz has encountered — across five hundred conversations for his Forbes column and as Executive Producer of The Solutionaries with TIME Magazine — don't close the Hope Gap with better resources or better technology. They close it with something rarer and more teachable: the Moral Imagination. The capacity to feel the distance between the world as it is and the world as it should be — and to experience that gap not as a market opportunity, not as someone else's problem, but as a personal design brief. A calling. A story worth telling with everything you have.
That capacity is what separates the brands people believe in from the brands people merely buy from. It is what separates innovation cultures that generate the future from those that spend their energy reacting to it. And according to Gallup's own research, it is what drives the kind of hope that makes teams not just more engaged — but measurably more likely to thrive.
In this keynote, Afdhel shows marketing and innovation leaders how to cultivate the Solutionary Mindset across their teams — building a culture that doesn't just respond to disruption, but generates the ideas that everyone else will have to respond to.
For marketing and innovation teams
Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
Afdhel Aziz Videos
Good Is the New Cool Guide to Meaningful Marketing: How Brands Can Win with Conscious Consumers
Good is the New Cool Guide to Conscious Business: How Companies Can Drive Growth Through Positive Impact
Good Is the New Cool Guide to Personal Purpose: Designing a Meaningful and Prosperous Career
Good Is The New Cool: The Principles Of Purpose
Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn
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How much does it cost to book Afdhel Aziz for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Afdhel Aziz, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Afdhel Aziz are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Afdhel Aziz, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Afdhel Aziz speak about?
Afdhel Aziz is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Communication, Inspirational, Author, Technology, College, Creativity, Storytelling, Futurism, Innovation, Business Coaching, Marketing, Leadership, Virtual, Business, Social Media, Future of Work, Public Health, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Motivational, Business Growth, Strategic Leadership, Workshop, Social Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Sustainability, Ethics & Integrity, Environment, Corporate Strategy, ESG, Human Resources, Corporate Culture, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Thinking, Culture, Finance, Change Management, E-Commerce, Success, Health & Wellness and Asian & Pacific Heritage.
Where does Afdhel Aziz travel from?
Afdhel Aziz generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
Who is the agent for Afdhel Aziz?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Afdhel Aziz for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Afdhel Aziz for your next private or corporate function.
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AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Afdhel Aziz or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
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Afdhel Aziz is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Communication, Inspirational and Author. The estimated speaking fee range to book Afdhel Aziz for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Afdhel Aziz generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Eric Boles, Libby Gill and Erica Dhawan. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Afdhel Aziz for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Afdhel Aziz Speaking Topics
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Filling the Hope Gap
The Leadership Skill That AI Cannot Replace
In the age of AI, your people have never had more data – yet they have never felt more despair. Gallup's 2026 research confirms that hope — not trust, not charisma, not authority, not a compelling strategy deck — is the single most important thing followers need most from the leaders in their lives.
The leaders who will define the next decade are not the ones with the best answers. They are the ones who can make the future feel possible again. This is the key to unlocking engagement, innovation and growth at every level.
In this powerful and insightful keynote, Afdhel Aziz gives senior leaders a practical five-step framework for hopeful storytelling that closes the Hope Gap at every level of the organization — turning the invisible drag on performance into a named, measurable, solvable leadership challenge. Leaders don't just leave feeling hopeful. They leave knowing exactly what to do differently on Monday morning.
For C-suite & senior leaders
Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
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Find Your Story. Fill the Hope Gap.
How Every Person In This Room Finds The Story That Changes Everything
Disengagement doesn't happen because people stop caring. It happens because they lose the story of why their work matters. Gallup's research shows that hope is the foundational human need — the one whose presence most reliably lifts people from merely functioning to genuinely thriving. And yet the Hope Gap doesn't just exist between leaders and organizations. It exists inside each person in the room: the distance between who they are and the contribution they feel they're actually making.
No benefits package, no town hall, no engagement survey closes that gap. What does is something more personal and more lasting: helping each person find their own GPS to Purpose — the intersection of their unique Gifts, their deepest Passions, and their capacity for Service — and showing them how that intersection connects directly to the work they do every day.
In this keynote, Afdhel Aziz brings his GPS to Purpose framework — drawn from his bestselling book and proven at companies including Disney, Google, and Coca-Cola — to life in a way that is equal parts energizing and immediately actionable. Each person leaves not just re-inspired but re-oriented: with a clearer sense of who they are, why their contribution matters, and how to become the hopeful storyteller their team and organization desperately needs right now.
For HR leaders & all-employee events
Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
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Filling the Hope Gap with a Solutionary Mindset
How to Build a Culture of Hope-Driven Innovation
The most audacious innovators Afdhel Aziz has encountered — across five hundred conversations for his Forbes column and as Executive Producer of The Solutionaries with TIME Magazine — don't close the Hope Gap with better resources or better technology. They close it with something rarer and more teachable: the Moral Imagination. The capacity to feel the distance between the world as it is and the world as it should be — and to experience that gap not as a market opportunity, not as someone else's problem, but as a personal design brief. A calling. A story worth telling with everything you have.
That capacity is what separates the brands people believe in from the brands people merely buy from. It is what separates innovation cultures that generate the future from those that spend their energy reacting to it. And according to Gallup's own research, it is what drives the kind of hope that makes teams not just more engaged — but measurably more likely to thrive.
In this keynote, Afdhel shows marketing and innovation leaders how to cultivate the Solutionary Mindset across their teams — building a culture that doesn't just respond to disruption, but generates the ideas that everyone else will have to respond to.
For marketing and innovation teams
Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
VIDEO
Afdhel Aziz Videos
BOOKS
Good Is the New Cool Guide to Meaningful Marketing: How Brands Can Win with Conscious Consumers
Good is the New Cool Guide to Conscious Business: How Companies Can Drive Growth Through Positive Impact
Good Is the New Cool Guide to Personal Purpose: Designing a Meaningful and Prosperous Career
Good Is The New Cool: The Principles Of Purpose
Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn
REVIEWS
Afdhel Aziz Reviews
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Afdhel was very inspiring, our audience was very impressed and thankful for the opportunity to learn from him. Thank you Afdhel and team!
Houlihan Lokey - May 15 2025 -
The Walt Disney Company - Oct 31 2023
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Afdhel was a professional speaker onsite and we appreciated his willingness to talk with BECU before the contract had been signed to determine if he would be a good fit.
SHW o/b/o Boeing Employee's Credit Union (BECU) - Oct 17 2023 -
PNC - May 24 2023
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Afdhel was great! He really did his research on Capital One initiatives and used them in his talk.
Capital One Services, LLC - Dec 09 2021
NEWS
Afdhel Aziz News
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The Power Of Purpose: The Business Case For Purpose (All The ...
The Power Of Purpose: The Business Case For Purpose (All The Data You Were Looking For Pt 1). Afdhel AzizContributor. Opinions expressed by Forbes ...
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How much does it cost to book Afdhel Aziz for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Afdhel Aziz, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Afdhel Aziz are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and Below $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Afdhel Aziz, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Afdhel Aziz speak about?
Afdhel Aziz is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Communication, Inspirational, Author, Technology, College, Creativity, Storytelling, Futurism, Innovation, Business Coaching, Marketing, Leadership, Virtual, Business, Social Media, Future of Work, Public Health, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Motivational, Business Growth, Strategic Leadership, Workshop, Social Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Sustainability, Ethics & Integrity, Environment, Corporate Strategy, ESG, Human Resources, Corporate Culture, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Thinking, Culture, Finance, Change Management, E-Commerce, Success, Health & Wellness and Asian & Pacific Heritage. -
Where does Afdhel Aziz travel from?
Afdhel Aziz generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Afdhel Aziz?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Afdhel Aziz for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Afdhel Aziz for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Afdhel Aziz or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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