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Disruptive Innovation Speakers

Disruptive Innovation Speakers

Book disruptive innovation speakers — founders, WEF Technology Pioneers, and operators who have built attacker mindsets and shipped category-changing businesses, not theorised them.

Paul Behrens - Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Change, Keynote Speaker
Dr Paul Behrens Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Change
  • Climate Change
  • Energy Transitions
  • Food Futures
Peter Hinssen - Serial Entrepreneur, Adviser And Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speaker
Peter Hinssen Serial Entrepreneur, Adviser And Keynote Speaker
  • The Never Normal
  • The Era of Augmented Intelligence
  • The Phoenix and the Unicorn
Pinar Seyhan Demirdag - Founding Partner at Seyhan Lee | Generative A.I. Expert | Creative and Visionary, Keynote Speaker
Pinar Seyhan Demirdag Founding Partner at Seyhan Lee | Generative A.I. Expert | Creative and Visionary
  • Hollywood and A.I.: How generative A.I. art is disrupting film, marketing, and entertainment industries
  • What is consciousness? What sets humans and machines apart
  • The skillsets we need to remain relevant in the age of A.I.
PROFESSOR COSTAS MARKIDES - World’s Leading Expert in Business Strategy and Strategic Innovation, Professor at London Business School, Keynote Speaker
PROFESSOR COSTAS MARKIDES World’s Leading Expert in Business Strategy and Strategic Innovation, Professor at London Business School
  • Don’t Defend—Exploit The Disruption
  • Leading Organisations in a VUCA World
  • Succeeding with Radical Change
Professor Peter Cochrane - OBE, CEng, BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc, CGIA, FREng, FRSA, FIEE, FIEEE, FITP, Keynote Speaker
Professor Peter Cochrane OBE, CEng, BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc, CGIA, FREng, FRSA, FIEE, FIEEE, FITP
  • Agility & Growth
  • Future & Mobile Working
  • Change & Transformation
Rachel Botsman - Author & Trust Expert, Keynote Speaker
Rachel Botsman Author & Trust Expert
Rafe Offer - Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of global music start-up Sofar Sounds, Keynote Speaker
Rafe Offer Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of global music start-up Sofar Sounds
  • Creating, developing and improving your company culture
  • The essential ingredients behind maintaining successful and progressive customer service
  • How to create and maintain a world class experience
Ramon Vullings - Speaker, Cross-Industry Expert & IdeaDJ, Keynote Speaker
Ramon Vullings Speaker, Cross-Industry Expert & IdeaDJ
  • Cross-industry Innovation
  • Be an IdeaDJ: Implement a Remix Strategy
  • Become an ideaDJ: Fashion as Interface for The Future
Ray Hammond - Business Leader, Serial Entrepreneur, Futurist, Keynote Speaker
Ray Hammond Business Leader, Serial Entrepreneur, Futurist
  • Digital Disruption: Changing Customer Expectations
  • Understanding Government Digital Delivery
  • The Impact Of Digital Technology On Healthcare
Richard Turrin - Best-selling Author of 'Cashless' and 'Innovation Lab Excellence' | Consultant | Innovator, China Fintech Expert, Keynote Speaker
Richard Turrin Best-selling Author of "Cashless" and "Innovation Lab Excellence" | Consultant | Innovator, China Fintech Expert
  • Digital Yuan
  • Innovation
  • AI
Richard Watson - Futurist Speaker, Scenario Thinker, Lecturer at London Business School, Keynote Speaker
Richard Watson Futurist Speaker, Scenario Thinker, Lecturer at London Business School
  • Digital vs Human (Latest book)
  • A Broad Overview Of Future; What Lies Ahead?
  • Future Scenario Planning
Robert Tercek - Business Futurist, Technology Strategist and Digital Media Pioneer. Award-winning author, “Vaporized” (2015). Former President of Digital Media, Oprah Winfrey Network, Keynote Speaker
Robert Tercek Business Futurist, Technology Strategist and Digital Media Pioneer. Award-winning author, “Vaporized” (2015). Former President of Digital Media, Oprah Winfrey Network
  • The Next Trillion Dollar BusinessHow the Metaverse, NFTs, Radical Decentralization, 3D and the Cloud will be Combined to Create the Next Global Computing Platform.
  • An Owner’s Guide to the Future(s)How to Use Forecasting and Backcasting to Improve Your Strategic Planning
  • VAPORIZEDSolid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World
Rohit Bhargava - Expert on Marketing, Digital Disruption, Innovation and Trend Curation, Keynote Speaker
Rohit Bhargava Expert on Marketing, Digital Disruption, Innovation and Trend Curation
  • Innovation & Culture
  • Non-Obvious Megatrends 2020 :How to Be an Innovator and Predict the Future
  • Leadership & Marketing :How to Be Trusted in a Skeptical World
Ross Dawson - Futurist | Parallel Entrepreneur | Global Keynote Speaker | 5 x Bestselling author  including Thriving on Overload, Keynote Speaker
Ross Dawson Futurist | Parallel Entrepreneur | Global Keynote Speaker | 5 x Bestselling author including Thriving on Overload
  • Thriving on Overload
  • Reinvention for a post-pandemic future
  • Excellence in virtual work and organizations
Ruud Hendriks - Co-Founder Startupbootcamp, Innoleaps & The Talent Institute, Keynote Speaker
Ruud Hendriks Co-Founder Startupbootcamp, Innoleaps & The Talent Institute
  • The State of Tech
  • Test, Iterate, Scale and Accelerate
  • How to Think and Act Like a Startup
Sam Maule - Head of Business Development @ Moov.io, Keynote Speaker
Sam Maule Head of Business Development @ Moov.io
  • AI & Machine Learning The AI revolution and the innovation wave driving innovation in banking for the next generation.
  • The Digital Consumer An overview of the key emerging trends imapcting the digital consumer.
  • Reinventing Banking The impact of the 4th Industrial Revolutionon the Financial Services industry.
Scott Steinberg - Keynote Speaker | Bestselling Futurist + Trends Expert | Thought Leadership for 1500 Brands | Top 25 Consultant | CEO Intl Assoc Business Development, Keynote Speaker
Scott Steinberg Keynote Speaker | Bestselling Futurist + Trends Expert | Thought Leadership for 1500 Brands | Top 25 Consultant | CEO Intl Assoc Business Development
  • THINK LIKE A FUTURIST: HOW TO SEE TOMORROW TODAY
  • LEADING THROUGH DISRUPTION: HOW TO THRIVE AMID UNCERTAINTY
  • WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF WORK: TOMORROW’S BEST PRACTICS, OPERATING MODELS, AND WORKFORCE TRENDS
Seval Oz - Executive Board Advisor, Pioneer Electronics, Keynote Speaker
Seval Oz Executive Board Advisor, Pioneer Electronics
  • Innovation
  • Digitalization
  • Machine Learning
Stefan Lindegaard - Growth Mindset and Innovation Thought Leader | Author | Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speaker
STEFAN LINDEGAARD Growth Mindset and Innovation Thought Leader | Author | Keynote Speaker
  • The Growth Mindset for Shaping the Future and Networked Innovation
  • Psychological Safety
  • Leadership and Teamwork
Stephen Attenborough - Commercial Director at Virgin Galactic, Keynote Speaker
Stephen Attenborough Commercial Director at Virgin Galactic
  • Opening access to space for the benefit of humankind
  • Making the impossible, possible
  • Keeping wealthy customers on your side and by your side, regardless of terrain

Frequently Asked Questions About
Disruptive Innovation Speakers

Cevap: Disruptive innovation speakers sit in the corporate category, so the fee floor is £5,000. Most practitioner bookings — including sector-specific founders and innovation executives — land between £5,000 and £25,000. Speakers with Silicon Valley founder credentials or WEF Technology Pioneer status typically occupy the upper portion of that range. Top-tier global figures reach £50,000; celebrity speakers are generally 2–3x that figure. For a full breakdown by tier and format, see what a keynote speaker costs in the UK.

Cevap: For in-demand practitioners with global schedules, 3 to 6 months is the standard lead time. Flagship annual conferences benefit from 9 to 12 months' notice to secure first-choice availability. Last-minute bookings under 6 weeks are possible through the wider 1,190+ global network, though availability at the proven practitioner tier is more constrained than for generalist speakers — the more specific the credential requirement, the earlier you should brief.

Cevap: A keynote — typically 45 to 60 minutes — reframes the room's thinking and sets the strategic narrative for the event. A workshop — typically 2 to 4 hours — builds specific tools: attacker-mindset frameworks, innovation governance models, or market-creation methodologies. The two formats are not interchangeable. Establish the event objective first; the format follows from that, and the speaker profile follows from the format.

Cevap: Yes. Most practitioners on the roster customise content to the audience's sector, competitive context, and disruption stage. A pre-event briefing — typically 2 to 3 weeks before the date — is standard practice and covers industry-specific case studies, audience composition, and any live competitive dynamics the speaker should reference or avoid. Speakers with cross-sector experience, such as those spanning platform technology and sustainability, can bridge audiences without explicit repositioning.

Cevap: Yes. Most speakers across the 300+ UK roster and 1,190+ global network are equipped for virtual keynotes and hybrid formats. For practitioner speakers, remote delivery works well with leadership teams already aligned on the strategic context. In-person delivery is generally stronger when the session objective is to break established thinking patterns in a room of sceptics. Technical setup and a rehearsal run are included as standard in the booking.

Cevap: A standard booking covers the keynote or workshop session itself, a pre-event briefing with the speaker, full logistics coordination, and a post-event debrief summary. Optional add-ons available on request include a breakout Q&A, panel participation, bespoke content development aligned to the client's specific strategic challenge, a separate workshop for a second audience cohort, and a follow-on session for the next strategic cycle.

Cevap: The pre-event briefing resolves this directly. We brief speakers on the audience's industry, their current competitive position, and the specific strategic questions they are working through — not just the event theme. Practitioners who have built or led through disruption firsthand can anchor to live competitive context in ways a theorist cannot. That specificity — grounded in the audience's actual situation rather than a generic framework — is the primary criterion we apply when building the shortlist.

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