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Scott Steinberg

Speaker

St Louis, Missouri, USA

Master of Innovation - World's Leading Business Strategist

Hailed as The Master of Innovation by Chase Bank + Fortune magazine, award-winning strategic consultant, trends expert, and professional speaker Scott Steinberg is a bestselling expert on leadership + innovation, as seen by over 1 billion people worldwide. One of America’s top futurists (per the BBC) and among today’s best-known business strategy and leadership training providers, the Fortune 500 calls him a “defining figure in business and technology” and “top trendsetter to follow.”

Keynote Speeches

Virtual Keynotes & Webinars
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2022's Top Business & Tech Trends

THE FAST-CHANGING FUTURE OF WORK – Despite job postings returning to pre-pandemic levels, over 85 million positions will go unfilled by 2030, costing organizations $8.5 trillion, even as workers’ priorities continue to shift. Going forward, business leaders must prioritize making investments in HR and talent management strategies every bit as much as investments in their businesses’ core products and solutions.

THE NEW AGE OF SMART – A 4th Industrial Revolution fueled by smart technology is now upon us. With over 45 billion devices now capable of communicating and sharing information with one another, we must all consider: How will AI + automation transform not only our business operations and customer experiences going forward, but also transform the very nature of the work we do?

 

TECHNOLOGY-FUELED INDUSTRY REINVENTION – Haven’t noticed the impact that high-tech solutions and machine learning are having on fields like finance and insurance yet? You will soon: As big data problems at their core, it’s no surprise that more firms are using predictive technologies to process loan applications, approve mortgages, and transform the concept of risk management.

A BOOM IN CYBERCRIME – Cybercrime is today’s fastest-growing form of criminal activity, recently costing enterprises $6.1 trillion. But 4 in 5 companies are still extremely concerned about hacks and data breaches happening. Given the skyrocketing amount of data now being shared online, it will only become growingly important for market leaders to strengthen digital defenses in coming years.

Perfecting the Pivot in 2022: How to Be More Agile and Adaptable

Scenario: Anything can change in an instant in today’s marketplace – businesses need to implement strategies and solutions that can help them quickly pivot, and stay flexible and agile, in the face of unforeseen circumstances and unexpected developments.

Insight: Using new technologies and analytics tools, it’s easier to get a sense of what’s happening in your industry, organization, or the marketplace, and stay more attuned and on top of what customers and doing and thinking.

Likewise, you can leverage these solutions, and simple shifts in leadership and business strategy, to more rapidly respond to unplanned events, or sudden shifts in your chosen field, in turn.

In addition, it’s also important to choose resources and capabilities that are highly adaptable and widely applicable to myriad tasks and scenarios.

Leading With Innovation: How to Future-Proof Yourself, Fearlessly Innovate & Succeed in the New Normal

Even the most successful organizations must continually reinvent their products, processes, and enterprises to remain market leaders in an age of growing change, connectivity and globalization. In this eye-opening presentation, audiences will learn how to thrive in the new operating reality, create competitive advantage, and successfully leverage new leadership strategies to adapt to changing times. From more powerful ways to unleash innovation to solutions for better capitalizing on cutting-edge advancements, discover how you and your organization can flourish in tomorrow’s world – and effectively apply its most crucial success strategies and skills in context.

 

Change Management: Creating a Culture of Innovation

Finding the courage to embrace change and take chances is the only way to succeed – and stay ahead of the curve. You can empower both individuals and teams to more effectively embrace paradigm shifts, improve organizational learning, and boost productivity with these proven new approaches to leadership, technology and time management. Bestselling business author and consultant Scott Steinberg explains how the market’s most innovative firms are embracing change management, and best practices and leadership pillars you can implement to breed a culture in which innovation thrives.

 

Redefining Value: How to Give Customers What They Really Want

With thousands of businesses and brands competing for shrinking audience awareness, the only guaranteed way to compete is to become an invaluable resource that consistently meets and exceeds customers’ needs. Here, audiences learn the tools and methodologies needed to connect and communicate with increasingly savvy and more informed audiences, and reshape products, services and outreach strategies to surprise and delight. In a world of faceless commodities, value growingly accrues to businesses and individuals that speak all customers’ language, including clients, strategic partners, media and employees alike. Using the insights gained within, you’ll learn to more effectively converse with all, influence perception, and enhance audience takeaway from every interaction.

Becoming Essential – Building and Maintaining Competitive Advantage
Change is the only constant modern professionals and organizations can rely on today. In this eye opening presentation, bestselling business analyst and author Scott Steinberg explains how to avoid becoming a commodity – or worse, obsolete – by preparing you to identify and greet the challenges and opportunities which progress presents. From more powerful ways to capitalize on business intelligence and grow brand equity to developing cutting-edge products, services and customer experiences, he demonstrates how you can create and maintain a competitive edge – and effectively apply it in context.

Becoming Essential - Building and Maintaining Competitive Advantage

Change is the only constant modern professionals and organizations can rely on today. In this eye opening presentation, bestselling business analyst and author Scott Steinberg explains how to avoid becoming a commodity – or worse, obsolete – by preparing you to identify and greet the challenges and opportunities which progress presents. From more powerful ways to capitalize on business intelligence and grow brand equity to developing cutting-edge products, services and customer experiences, he demonstrates how you can create and maintain a competitive edge – and effectively apply it in context.

Audience reviews:

  • Tremendously entertaining and insightful, Scott’s keynote speaking presentations consistently keep audiences on the edge of their seat. Among the most popular speakers at our events and workshops, trade associations, organizations, and meeting planners would do well to keep his number on hand.

    - Washington Interactive Network
  • Not only is Scott a knowledgeable, go-to tech guru, but he is also a PR pro’s jack-of-all-trades! Thanks to his assistance, we were able to conduct a very productive and incredibly valuable consumer event for my client. I look forward to working with him again soon!

    - Account Supervisor, Ogilvy Public Relations
  • Scott was phenomenal: We were very impressed by not only his content but also his presentation style. The session was fantastic - I suspect his speech will be a frequently downloaded presentation in our webinar archives.

    - Consumer Electronics Association
  • A polished and professional speaker, Scott’s ability to captivate investors and corporate leaders while making complex concepts simple has been of marked benefit to our programs.

    - Coleman Research Group
  • Scott was a great chairman for our Cloud Conference and led the audience through a highly insightful and relevant discussion throughout the two-day agenda. He’s professional, accurate and a real pleasure to work with.

    - FC Business Intelligence
  • Of all the so-called gurus out there, Scott is far
    and away the best! His knowledge, dedication
    and expertise are the reason that we at Procter
    & Gamble keep coming back!

    - Procter & Gamble

Speaker Biography

As a leading trends expert, Scott is often tapped to speak on business strategy, change, innovation, marketing, sales, customer service, education, finance, insurance operations, technology, teamwork and more. 

Award-winning futurist keynote speaker and strategic consultant Scott Steinberg was recently named The World’s Leading Business Strategist for his game-changing work with over 1000 leading brands. A go-to resource for four-star generals and Fortune 500 CEOs, and among the world’s 150 most influential speakers and futurists, he’s given over 500 keynotes and online webinar + virtual presentations to audiences worldwide. Ranked as a Top 25 business consultant for his work with today’s top household names, products that Scott has served as a strategic adviser on can now be found in 100+ million homes

With an understanding of business development, strategic partnerships and futureproofing with his management consulting and market research firm, he helps organizations of every size create competitive advantage and drive change, innovation and growth, and has consulted on dozens of industry-leading products and services. One of the world’s 150 most influential keynote speakers + futurists, as seen in 600+ outlets from CNN to TIME, he provides breakouts, training workshops and speeches at events, meetings and conferences, where his motivational speeches, leadership seminars and master classes show executives and educators how to lead in times of change – and become indispensable.

Noteworthy projects include being asked to help:

  • Redefine the Future of Leadership and Workforce Development for PwC and Hewlett Packard
  • Reinvent Tomorrow’s Cities by the League of California Cities
  • Reimagine the Shape of Retirement for Wells Fargo and its Partners

A noted content strategy, social media and communications expert, this eye for business analysis has led to his work as a strategic insider for 600+ media outlets from CNN to Rolling Stone. From EMC and eBay to Intel and MTV, he’s worked with many top brands to drive success. As a top management consultant and expert witness who advises corporate leaders, attorneys, venture capitalists and investors, he also offers sales, marketing and media training services, and hosts many executive summits. Recent works also include Parenting High-Tech Kids and The Modern Parent’s Guide to Facebook and Social Networks.