Josh Linkner
Keynote Speaker: Serial Entrepreneur, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Venture Capital Investor
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Josh Linkner Biography
Josh Linkner - a New York Times bestselling author - is a rare blend of business, art, and science.
On the business front, he’s been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which created over 10,000 jobs and sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He’s the co-founder and Managing Partner of Muditā (mooDEE-tah) Venture Partners - an early-stage venture capital firm investing in groundbreaking technologies. Over the last 30 years, he's helped over 100 startups launch and scale, creating over $1 billion in investor returns. He's twice been named the EY Entrepreneur of The Year and is the recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award.
While proud of his business success, his roots are in the dangerous world of jazz music. He’s been playing guitar in smoky jazz clubs for 40 years, studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and has performed over 1000 concerts around the world.
His experiences in both business and music led him to become one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation. Linkner is the co-founder and Chairman of Platypus Labs, a global research, training, and consulting firm. Today, he’s on a mission to help leaders Find A Way™ through creative problem-solving, inventive thinking, and ingenuity.
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Josh Linkner Speaking Topics
As we enter a new era of business, 50% of leaders in the United States have lost confidence in their ability to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. The level of disruption, technology threats, and volatility can be paralyzing. We are in a leadership crisis and must embrace a new model to meet today’s challenges.
Prolific entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and innovation expert Josh Linkner helps you Find A WayTM through his proven 5-step innovation framework for cultivating full-organization ingenuity. Whatever outcomes you crave the most— from sales growth to competitive advantage to employee engagement — you’ll walk away with specific tools to drive sustainable success.
The Find a WayTM framework prioritizes agility over brute force, creativity over hustle, and improvisation over perfect planning. Leaders who embrace the model are inspired and better equipped. They feel confident to move forward into the darkness and have a newfound capacity to win consistently, no matter the circumstances.
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.
A proven system to drive breakthrough creativity.
In our modern AI-driven world, creativity has become the currency of success. It’s the one thing that can’t be outsourced or automated; the indisputable competitive advantage. We are all hard-wired to be creative, yet most of us have underdeveloped creative skills. And today, more than ever before, creative problem-solving and inventive thinking are crucial to overcoming obstacles and seizing opportunities
Based on the breakaway New York Times bestselling book published in 19 languages and globally recognized by over 2 million readers as the definitive work on applied creativity, author and creativity expert Josh Linkner takes the audience on a journey to unlock their dormant creative capacity. Inspiring stories, surprising truths, and instantly-applicable solutions make this keynote both energizing and actionable.
This keynote serves leaders & teams who are:
Facing increasing challenges and competitive threats Craving a new approach to harness their full creative potential Struggling to keep up with the pace of innovation
The audience will leave with:
- A proven model for harnessing and applying human creativity
- An understanding of how the most innovative and disruptive leaders think and act
- Practical techniques to generate more high-quality ideas at any time and for any challenge
A modern framework to lead with confidence in the face of uncertainty and change
The business you're running today isn't the business you'll be running next year. In this moment of volatility and uncertainty, we are being called to lead in a radically different way… more decisive, creative, and adaptable. So how can we use this defining moment to ensure relevancy, sustainability, and success in the future?
In this inspiring and practical keynote, battle-tested CEO, venture capital investor, and leadership expert Josh Linkner delivers a modern and accessible framework to help leaders thrive in the face of uncertainty and leverage their skills to move into uncharted territory with confidence.
You’ll learn how to unlock inventive thinking, creative problem-solving, and ingenuity in every box of the org chart. The most successful leaders today help everyday people become everyday innovators. They make sure that innovation is an everyday business. This can’t-miss session goes way beyond the future of work.
This is the future of growth, the future of relevancy, the future of leadership, and the future of success.
This keynote serves leaders & teams who are
- Being called to lead in a bold, new way
- Overwhelmed with the demands of modern leadership
- Craving a more innovative approach to drive explosive growth, gain competitive advantage, and get more from their teams
The audience will leave with
- A modern framework for innovative leadership
- Insights from some of the world’s most prolific leaders
- A behind-the-scenes view of legendary business disruption
- Strategies to drive growth, engagement, and success amid change and uncertainty
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.
Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results
Hacking Innovation: The New Growth Model from the Sinister World of Hackers
The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation
Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity
Leaning Forward: Surviving/Winning In the Future of Interactive Marketing
How to book Josh Linkner?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Josh Linkner for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Josh Linkner, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Josh Linkner or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Josh Linkner?
Booking fees for Josh Linkner, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Josh Linkner, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Josh Linkner?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Josh Linkner for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent 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. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Josh Linkner for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Josh Linkner or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Josh Linkner or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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, Eduardo Briceño and Daymond John. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Josh Linkner for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Josh Linkner Speaking Topics
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Find A Way™ A proven innovation framework to solve problems, accelerate opportunity, and sustain growth
As we enter a new era of business, 50% of leaders in the United States have lost confidence in their ability to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. The level of disruption, technology threats, and volatility can be paralyzing. We are in a leadership crisis and must embrace a new model to meet today’s challenges.
Prolific entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and innovation expert Josh Linkner helps you Find A WayTM through his proven 5-step innovation framework for cultivating full-organization ingenuity. Whatever outcomes you crave the most— from sales growth to competitive advantage to employee engagement — you’ll walk away with specific tools to drive sustainable success.
The Find a WayTM framework prioritizes agility over brute force, creativity over hustle, and improvisation over perfect planning. Leaders who embrace the model are inspired and better equipped. They feel confident to move forward into the darkness and have a newfound capacity to win consistently, no matter the circumstances.
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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.
-
Disciplined Dreaming
A proven system to drive breakthrough creativity.
In our modern AI-driven world, creativity has become the currency of success. It’s the one thing that can’t be outsourced or automated; the indisputable competitive advantage. We are all hard-wired to be creative, yet most of us have underdeveloped creative skills. And today, more than ever before, creative problem-solving and inventive thinking are crucial to overcoming obstacles and seizing opportunities
Based on the breakaway New York Times bestselling book published in 19 languages and globally recognized by over 2 million readers as the definitive work on applied creativity, author and creativity expert Josh Linkner takes the audience on a journey to unlock their dormant creative capacity. Inspiring stories, surprising truths, and instantly-applicable solutions make this keynote both energizing and actionable.
This keynote serves leaders & teams who are:
Facing increasing challenges and competitive threats Craving a new approach to harness their full creative potential Struggling to keep up with the pace of innovation
The audience will leave with:
- A proven model for harnessing and applying human creativity
- An understanding of how the most innovative and disruptive leaders think and act
- Practical techniques to generate more high-quality ideas at any time and for any challenge
-
The Innovative Leader
A modern framework to lead with confidence in the face of uncertainty and change
The business you're running today isn't the business you'll be running next year. In this moment of volatility and uncertainty, we are being called to lead in a radically different way… more decisive, creative, and adaptable. So how can we use this defining moment to ensure relevancy, sustainability, and success in the future?
In this inspiring and practical keynote, battle-tested CEO, venture capital investor, and leadership expert Josh Linkner delivers a modern and accessible framework to help leaders thrive in the face of uncertainty and leverage their skills to move into uncharted territory with confidence.
You’ll learn how to unlock inventive thinking, creative problem-solving, and ingenuity in every box of the org chart. The most successful leaders today help everyday people become everyday innovators. They make sure that innovation is an everyday business. This can’t-miss session goes way beyond the future of work.
This is the future of growth, the future of relevancy, the future of leadership, and the future of success.
This keynote serves leaders & teams who are
- Being called to lead in a bold, new way
- Overwhelmed with the demands of modern leadership
- Craving a more innovative approach to drive explosive growth, gain competitive advantage, and get more from their teams
The audience will leave with
- A modern framework for innovative leadership
- Insights from some of the world’s most prolific leaders
- A behind-the-scenes view of legendary business disruption
- Strategies to drive growth, engagement, and success amid change and uncertainty
-
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.
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Josh Linkner Videos
BOOKS
Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results
Hacking Innovation: The New Growth Model from the Sinister World of Hackers
The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation
Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity
Leaning Forward: Surviving/Winning In the Future of Interactive Marketing
REVIEWS
Josh Linkner Reviews
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NEWS
Josh Linkner News
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Linkner to speak at annual Asheville chamber meeting
Nationally renowned entrepreneur and business leader Josh Linkner will deliver the keynote address at Thursday evening's Asheville Area Chamber of ...
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Josh Linkner: Adopt 7-step firefighter approach for your business
The blaring shrill from the station bell startles the team into action. Within minutes, the crew is speeding down the road, racing to challenge a raging blaze to a ...
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Josh Linkner: 24-hour clock can be brutal foe
We all smack up against the same obstacle: time. The 24-hour clock is a brutal and unforgiving foe.
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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.
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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.
FAQ
How to book Josh Linkner?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Josh Linkner for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Josh Linkner, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Josh Linkner or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Josh Linkner?
Booking fees for Josh Linkner, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Josh Linkner, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Josh Linkner?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Josh Linkner for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent 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. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Josh Linkner for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Josh Linkner or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Josh Linkner or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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, Eduardo Briceño and Daymond John. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Josh Linkner for an upcoming event.
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