Josh Linkner

Josh Linkner Speaking Topics

• RETHINK. REBOOT. REINVENT. An innovative framework to navigate volatile times.

  Over the past 24 months, the world as we knew it was turned upside down. The COVID pandemic sent shock waves through our economy, supply chain, and workforce, ringing in a new era of accelerated transformation. The successful models of the past have been rendered obsolete, requiring leaders to rethink their strategy in this defining moment.

  In this inspiring and actionable keynote experience, 5-time tech entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, venture capitalist, and world-renowned innovation expert Josh Linkner helps leaders respond to volatility with creative confidence. Exploring the core mindsets, habits, and tactics of the most innovative leaders on the planet, Linkner leaves audiences with an elevated capacity for inventive thinking and creative problem-solving through his battle-tested Reinvention Framework:

  • Reset. Pause, take inventory, and reassess. Recalibrate vision, goals, customer needs, market opportunity, regulatory environment, and competitive threats.
  • Release. Let go of existing assumptions and beliefs. Challenge conventional wisdom, defy traditional approaches, and reexamine previous models.
  • Reimagine. Spark fresh ideas using proven tools for creative problem solving and inventive thinking.
  • Redefine. Establish new rules of engagement. Retool existing approaches, models, and systems.
  • Realign. Reengage and reconnect key stakeholders (team, partners, customers, suppliers, media, investors) to the new reality.
  • Relaunch. Put new models into action intentionally while refining and readjusting in real time.
  • Reclaim. This deliberate framework will allow your organization and leaders to regain confidence, market leadership, and momentum.

  Participants (and their organizations) will leave the session…

  • Reenergized. Fueled with inspiration and energy to forge ahead in uncertain times.
  • Reequipped. Armed with a proven framework and specific tools to reinvent a new future.
  • Ready. Emboldened to meet the challenges of the day and drive sustainable success.

• THINK AND ACT LIKE A STARTUP: How celebrity entrepreneurs generate game-changing solutions

  Have you ever wondered how Oprah and Bill Gates think and act behind the scenes? How do the entrepreneurs we revere invent bold ideas, do more with less, and change the world as a result? What would happen if the founder of Snapchat or Zoom joined your organization?

  Tech startups aren’t the only ones who can think differently. We can all use this same creative thinking in our own careers, companies, and communities.

  In this energizing and surprising keynote, five-time tech entrepreneur and venture capital investor Josh Linkner demystifies startup thinking and shares a specific methodology that we can put into practice immediately. Audience members will learn to embrace the creativity, grit, and vision of a startup and then channel this approach to drive growth, innovation, efficiency, and customer delight. Participants get an insider’s look as Josh Linkner decodes startup thinking to help leaders of any size company in any industry or profession:

  • Understand how an entrepreneur would attack their organization with the specific goal of dislodging it
  • Reimagine their role through the lens of an entrepreneur
  • Harness the ferocity of entrepreneurial thinking
  • Embrace “startup speed” to increase velocity in their own organizations
  • Learn the five best approaches used by startups to create disruption
  • Avoid the weaknesses that plague entrepreneurs by exposing the four biggest startup death traps

• THE CREATIVITY UPGRADE: Lead your team to the next level of innovation, growth, and sustainable success

  On a regular basis, we upgrade our cars, software, and wardrobe. But when was the last time you upgraded your imagination? Isn’t it about time to give your team a boost of inventive thinking, creative problem solving, and everyday innovation to drive better outcomes?

  From your upgrade, you will:

  • Learn and understand the mindsets of innovators
  • Grasp the need for – and urgency – of change
  • Become inspired to take action and forge a new path
  • Acquire specific techniques for creative problem solving
  • Leverage human imagination to outpunch the competition
  • Understand how and where to use inventive thinking to fuel growth
  • Discover fresh possibilities with heightened level of creative awareness
  • Recognize that we are all creative, and that everyday innovation is accessible for every role and job function
  • Demystify the creative process
  • Emerge with specific tools to close the Creativity Gap to achieve full potential
  • Launch a new version of you – as a powerful creative force

  In this inspiring keynote, Josh will help your team grow, as both business leaders and as people. Your audience will learn to solve problems in creative, nontraditional ways and expand their creative capacity to drive growth and sustainable success.

  Your group will laugh hysterically, feel thoroughly energized, get deeply inspired, and leave better equipped. Now that’s an upgrade that’s simply irresistible.

• THE MUSIC OF BUSINESS: Problem solving, collaboration and agility from the dangerous world of jazz music

  Live jazz is an art form that equates to real-time innovation. To even navigate through a single song, jazz musicians must collaborate, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, and make decisions in the face of ambiguity. As the baton of leadership gets passed from one musician to the next, individual contributors are constantly course correcting, inventing, and creatively solving problems.

  Sounds just like your organization, doesn’t it?

  In this unique and memorable keynote, jazz guitarist and tech entrepreneur Josh Linkner uses a live musical performance as a metaphor for modern, innovative collaboration. Josh and his fellow musicians lead the audience on a musical journey, sharing an insider’s look at this stunning art form. Through the lens of a jazz musician, participants will gain a fresh perspective and new techniques for creative problem solving, improved collaboration, and real-time agility.

  This mesmerizing session’s finale features live audience participation. After helping to ”compose” a new jazz song, three audience members join the band and perform their new composition live in front of their peers (no musical experience necessary). Participants are given handheld percussion instruments - along with some fun props and costumes - and together with Josh and his fellow musicians, the group performs for the audience. This live performance brings the key learning principles to life, always ending in a cheering crowd and terrific pictures for social media.

• THE 5 MINDSETS OF INNOVATION: How the world’s most innovative leaders think and act

  Having interviewed hundreds of top innovators, leaders and organizations around the world, New York Times bestselling author and tech entrepreneur Josh Linkner uncovered the five most powerful mindsets that are the building blocks for jawdropping innovation. In this high-energy keynote, your audience will learn to embrace these powerful approaches in order to conquer adversity and fuel growth.

  How did an oddball idea save the cattle industry over $1 billion? How did a large hotel chain create a new revenue stream and drive competitive differentiation without investing a penny? How did the leaders of a small organization stave off a near-certain extinction, even when they were overwhelmingly outmatched by a powerful enemy?

  Each mindset is reinforced through surprising, real-world examples, laugh out loud moments, and practical takeaways. The five mindsets are portable and can be applied immediately to any role, job function, or industry. This memorable session will leave your audience inspired, moved, and better equipped.

Josh Linkner Reviews

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Josh Linkner News

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• Josh Linkner - Speaker, Author, VC and Entrepreneur

  Josh Linkner: Making the world more creative as an innovation speaker, author, figure in the business world, and musician. @joshlinkner.

• Josh Linkner to keynote at Penton Technology's Channel Directions Live event

  Penton Technology has announced Josh Linkner as the keynote speaker at Channel Directions Live, a three-day event designed to tackle the tough IT channel challenges of today and map out the future direction of the tech industry.

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Josh Linkner is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Innovation, Marketing and Business Growth. The estimated speaking fee range to book Josh Linkner for live events is $30,000 - $50,000, and for virtual events $20,000 - $30,000. Josh Linkner generally travels from Detroit, MI, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erik Qualman, Daymond John and Eduardo Briceño. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Josh Linkner for an upcoming event.