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Award Winning Expert on Enhancing Team Performance During Change & Building Future Ready Cultures

Gregg Brown

Gregg Brown is a globally recognized change and leadership expert, professional speaker, and bestselling author who empowers teams to be future-ready through storytelling, interactive audience engagement, and research-based insights. His dynamic, high-energy keynotes have captivated audiences at Fortune 500 companies like Johnson & Johnson, TD Bank, and Suncor, as well as audiences at global organizations such as the UN, Habitat for Humanity, and the CDC. Named one of the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on Change Management, Gregg’s insights have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Entrepreneur, and on Global News, and CTV’s The Social.

Biography

Gregg Brown is a globally recognized change and leadership expert, professional speaker and best selling author who combines storytelling, audience engagement and research-based insights to empower teams to be future ready and thrive in the future of work.

His dynamic, high energy, interactive keynotes have engaged thousands of individuals on hundreds of stages in some of the world’s leading organizations – at Fortune 500 companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, TD Bank, and KPMG through to governments, associations and humanitarian organizations worldwide including the UN, Habitat for Humanity and the CDC.

Gregg was recently named one of the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on Change Management. His ideas are in publications such as Forbes, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Entrepreneur, and on Global News and CTV’s The Social.

With a Master’s of Social Science degree from the University of Leicester, UK, his Project Management Professional Designation (PMP) and as an associate member of the American Psychological Association, Gregg brings a wealth of insights and high energy – and a dose of everyday humour to his keynotes.

Gregg is not the only expert in the room. He works with you to tailor the keynote, so the audience leaves with actionable takeaways they can immediately use.
While he is unsure where he will find the time, Gregg has just started his Doctorate of Education at Purdue University.

Gregg’s latest book, Spark Action: How to Lead Change That Matters is recommended as one of the top thought-leader books to read in 2024 by Thinkers360 and is an Amazon #1 Bestseller.

You are more future-ready than you think!

Published Books:

Spark Action book by Gregg Brown — Spark Action: How to Lead Change that Matters

Expertise

Change Management
Future of Work
Leadership Development
Workplace Culture
Business Innovation Speaker

Videos

Keynote Topics

The Evolution of Leadership in the Age of AI

As AI continues to reshape the workplace and the future of work, leadership is having to evolve to meet new demands and rising expectations from employees. With knowledge workers shifting away from routine, repetitive tasks, the very nature of leadership must change. According to a recent Future of Work survey, 73% of leaders believe their skill sets will need to change completely, or almost completely to thrive in this rapidly changing landscape. Amidst talent shortages and concerns about AI replacing jobs, leaders are now challenged to refine their abilities and envision a future where humans and machines collaborate to achieve remarkable outcomes. Leadership will be key to fostering this partnership, driving innovation, and empowering teams.

In this engaging and insight filled keynote, Gregg will share research based insights combined with actionable strategies so the audience will:

Discover the critical leadership skills required for the future of work.
Explore how to build trust with the rise of the other AI – “Artificial Intimacy”
Learn how to reimagine the workplace so employees feel empowered not displaced
Uncover strategies to boost engagement and build long-term team commitment.
Master techniques to inspire teams to embrace the future of work with agility and enthusiasm.

This session will equip leaders with the insights and tools they need to lead in a world where Humans and AI work hand in hand.

Future-Ready Leadership: Leading in the Future of Work

In a fast-paced, complex, and uncertain environment, organizations are being pushed to do more—and do it faster. The key to navigating these rapid changes lies in future-ready leadership, especially in today’s AI-powered digital age. To move teams from where they are now to where they need to be, leaders must be equipped to guide them through this transformative journey.
Instead of worrying about what the future of work holds, Gregg offers a different and proactive approach. He will show you how to prepare yourself, your teams, and your organization to not only manage whatever comes next, but how to drive new initiatives with confidence.

In this dynamic and inspiring presentation, participants will:
Develop a growth mindset to inspire leadership and align teams for future success.

Learn how to leverage brain science to build trust and prepare teams for the future.
Explore strategies to keep teams engaged and foster a culture of innovation.
Discover methods for cultivating execution confidence so teams can take bold action despite uncertainty.
Examine how to strengthen resilience and increase agility through any type of change.

Attendees will leave with practical tools and actionable techniques to lead in the future of work, inspire their teams, and build a resilient, agile, and future-ready culture

The Future of Work: A Roadmap to Build Change-Ready Organizations

In the future, when you look back on this unpredictable time, you will know that crises are where people find their greatness. Why? Because they push us in ways we haven’t been pushed.

You will also know, you are more change-ready than you think you are. These truths are at the heart of Gregg’s message, which has been inspiring organizations around the world to thrive in transformative change.

To keep our organizations agile and innovative in the future of work, we must spark action in our teams to be future ready. Yet how do we do that, with what we’ve all just been through?

What are the organization’s secrets that make them change ready and thrive today?

From CEOs to entrepreneurs and all of us in between, we can apply the lessons learned from their inspiring stories to our everyday lives.

In this dynamic experience, the audience discovers practical ways to:

Align and inspire teams for growth.
Instill the critical discovery mindset needed to accelerate multiple organizational changes
Help teams shift to the new vision that is being asked of the
Maximize agility to tackle the changes that are coming down the pipe that you can immediately use.
Break out of status quo change management thinking and discover people-centric approaches that actually work.

Be Future Ready: Ignite Transformative Change

Navigating disruptive change, getting people engaged in our ideas and inspiring them to thrive all at the same time can be overwhelming!

We may think we are ‘future ready’ because of our expertise and experience. Yet, no one is ready for change that might have a negative impact on them or increase the amount of work they have on their plates – and that is the future of work!

With Gregg’s experience in leading change with diverse populations, he will leave the audience with new insights, relatable stories and solid takeaways all told with a healthy dose of humour.

In this engaging experience, participants will:

Discover three ways to accomplish more and be innovative when under pressure.
Embrace the principles of brain science and use them to your advantage
Discover a simple technique to ignite transformative change
Unleash a powerful process to move into a discovery mindset
Identify strategies to reduce overwhelm and support peak performance.

Testimonials

Gregg Brown’s use of humour to approach challenging topics made the keynote relatable and relevant.

Director, Sun Life Financial

Gregg Brown is an exceptional keynote speaker. Gregg was an absolute delight to work with from the planning stages to the delivery of our keynote address. His ability to create a personalized, meaningful and inspirational presentation is second to none. He truly captured the attention of the audience from start to finish. Looking forward to working with Gregg again!!

Senior Manager of National Conferences and Events, Habitat for Humanity

Gregg was a rockstar and a hit. He did a phenomenal job! It was the last day of the summit and he managed to reenergize the team. They were engaged and so inspired. Our President was impressed as well and there was so much great context that resonated with our group.