Who's in the Top Five
Innovation Speakers List
Each speaker on the Top Five Innovation Keynote Speakers list brings a distinct strength. Nicholas Webb brings an inventor's view of innovation, technology, and the future of healthcare. Stephen Shapiro turns innovation into a repeatable discipline, drawing on his years leading a global innovation practice at Accenture. Braden Kelley gives organizations practical tools for human centered innovation and change. Terence Mauri helps leaders anticipate disruption and lead from the future. Gregory Harrington pairs world class violin performance with insight on creativity and resilience, proof that a keynote can inform and entertain at the same time.
Speakers are numbered for reference and listed in no particular order.
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Nicholas Webb
Innovation, technology, and the future of healthcare
An inventor first and a futurist second, Nick has spent four decades turning ideas into products, earning more than 40 US patents and running an AI lab focused on continuous patient monitoring. As CEO of LeaderLogic, he advises boards and executive teams of multibillion dollar organizations. He is the bestselling author of What Customers Crave, The Innovation Mandate, and Chaotic Change.
- More than 40 US patents
- Former Chief Innovation Officer
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
22. Stephen Shapiro
Innovation as a repeatable discipline
Stephen treats innovation as a discipline rather than a lightning strike. After leading a 20,000 person innovation practice at Accenture, he now helps organizations solve problems faster by matching the right people to the right challenges. His keynotes are practical and highly interactive, built around tools teams can use the next day.
- Author, Best Practices Are Stupid
- Speaker Hall of Fame
- More than 50 countries
33. Braden Kelley
Human centered innovation and change
Braden makes innovation human while getting your organization to the future first in a world of exponential change. He helps leaders design transformations people actually adopt. Organizations from Microsoft to the US Navy have brought him in to build lasting capability rather than a moment of inspiration.
- Innovation futurist
- Change and experience design
- Events on four continents
44. Terence Mauri
The future of leadership and disruption
Terence Mauri, a global authority and keynote speaker on the Future of Leadership, inspires teams to lead from the future. As a founder, advisor, visiting professor and Thinkers50 author, Terence has firsthand experience of staying ahead of disruption, from advising billion-dollar startups to coaching Fortune 500 CEOs. Terence nearly lost his life in a terrible car accident and learned that disruption always comes wrapped up as both risk and reward. Terence is one of the most requested keynote speakers worldwide. He is the winner of the USA TODAY Top Speaker Award, and Thinkers50, the global ranking authority of business thinkers, has described him as “An Influential and Outspoken Thinker on Leadership, Change and Disruption.
- Thinkers50 author
- USA TODAY Top Speaker Award
- Visiting professor
55. Gregory Harrington
Creativity, resilience, and performance
Gregory Harrington is a leadership keynote speaker and creator of One Step Closer™, a practical framework helping leaders prepare, adapt, and perform when the stakes are high. His perspective was forged over four decades in high-pressure environments - from five sold-out Carnegie Hall performances and the Oval Office to major stages worldwide and executive leadership settings. Gregory shows how disciplined fundamentals, marginal gains, and presence create the conditions for creativity, innovation, and execution. Through three principles - Master the Fundamentals, Master the 2%, and Master the Moment - he gives leaders a memorable language for performance. Live violin is the demonstration, not the subject, making those ideas tangible and unforgettable
- Six sold out Carnegie Hall shows
- Performed at the White House
- Recording artist
