Innovation

Keynote Speeches to Embrace Change, Inspire Action, and Drive Innovation

Get to Know Steve

Steve Lerch is a keynote speaker who taught innovation strategy during his decade at Google. His keynotes can be customized to your audience, but generally include discussions on change management, feedback, corporate culture, leadership, and collaboration.

Steve offers a “people-first” view of innovation, empowering audiences to realize that they can drive change and new ideas through curiosity, creativity, and how they collaborate with others. His insightful and actionable stories remind us that even at a company like Google, technological acumen and big budgets are in no way prerequisites to building an innovative culture.

Steve’s Innovation Keynote in 100 Seconds

Innovation Keynote Titles:

Innovation Leadership:

Inspiring People to Think Differently

Innovation Through Culture:

Stories From a Decade at Google

The Innovation Framework:

How to Build a Flexible, Fast, Ambitious Culture

In this high-energy, insightful, and fun exploration of innovation, Steve Lerch, a former Google Executive and Innovation Evangelist, reveals the strategies driving the most innovative organizations, and how those strategies can be applied to any business, regardless of size, industry, or budget.

Lerch emphasizes that innovation is not about technology; it's about empowering every individual to contribute. To voice their unique perspectives and ideas. It’s about moving fast, learning as you go, and always iterating. Through captivating stories and real-world examples, he’ll challenge your audience's assumptions about what’s possible, for themselves, their teams, and the world.

This isn't just a lecture; it's an interactive experience filled with humor, inspirational stories, pop culture, and thought-provoking questions that will leave you feeling energized and ready to transform your organization's approach to innovation.

If you're looking for a speech that will motivate your group, spark creativity, and provide practical strategies for fostering a culture of innovation, then look no further. Steve Lerch's Innovation Leadership keynote is the key to unlocking your audiences true potential.

Sample Innovation Keynote Synopsis:

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See Steve in Action

Videos Clips from Past Innovation Speeches

Act Fast, Learn, & Improve

Innovation requires speed, flexibility, and nimbleness. Move fast. Test fast. Learn fast.

Humans Hate Change

Embracing change is important, but it’s not as easy as we’d like to believe

Practice Plus Feedback

Our knowledge & abilities are limited. The limit expands when we get input, ideas, & feedback from others.

Ask for Innovation

We all want new ideas. We all want our teams to be innovative. But what steps do we actually take to establish a culture of innovation.

Innovation - Now or Never

Our rapidly evolving world makes “doing things the way we’ve always done them” more risky than ever.

Steve has given keynote speeches on innovation and facilitated innovation workshops for:

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