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INNOVATION SPEAKER

DUNCAN
WARDLE

IGNITE A CULTURE OF INNOVATION AND
CREATIVITY WITHIN YOUR COMPANY

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ideate, innovate, elevate.

With his acclaimed keynotes, workshops, and ideation sessions, innovation speaker Duncan Wardle will empower your organization with the skills needed to consistently drive innovation, giving your company the edge it needs to compete in today’s time of disruption.

Keynotes

With 25+ years spent in leadership roles at Disney, Duncan’s talks are anything but ordinary. Sharing real world stories and lessons learned from the innovation battlefield, Duncan leaves audiences inspired, motivated, and ready to innovate for their own organizations.

Workshops

By sharing the tools and techniques needed to generate more frequent, consistent “a-ha!” moments for your business, Duncan’s hands-on workshops turn teams into innovation powerhouses, driving immediate, measurable impact for organizations across the globe.

Ideation Sessions

Forever change brainstorming: Let Duncan guide your team through a structured Ideation Session and make the sparks fly. Learn the format that’s been proven to elicit the most meaningful new ideas from every level of your company, and change the way your team innovates.

on a mission to eradicate the
status quo.

Duncan challenges everyone to claim their own creativity, thus creating a culture of innovation never possible before. The former Head of Innovation and Creativity for Disney, Duncan is now one of the world’s most highly regarded innovation speakers and consultants, teaching companies, brands and individuals across the globe to overcome their own expertise and get out of their own way. To think differently and creatively.

In an age where meetings and projects and presentations have your employees feeling like they are “too busy to think,” Duncan teaches how to create an innovation “light switch.” A way to turn on their creative brain and access the ideas that turn ordinary companies into industry leaders.

It takes time and money to find, hire, and build your teams. So why not leverage the full potential of their creativity and harness the full spectrum of their innovation? Through his pioneering consulting services, Duncan teaches organizations how to do just that, maximizing the ROI they receive on their most valuable resource: their people.

Based on his 25 years of innovations leadership at Disney, Duncan’s Imagination
Emporium will empower your entire organization to redefine how they think about
problems and solutions. Teams leave with the tools they need to start innovating
today and to immediately drive positive growth for your organization.

Are you ready to see the ideas that are unleashed by fostering a culture of innovation
and creativity within your organization?

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OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO

As a world-renown innovation speaker, Duncan travels to dozens of countries each year, reaching thousands of individuals through his keynote speeches, ideation workshops and creative consulting.

Duncan believes that creativity has no borders. No matter where your organization is located, he can deliver an impactful message that’s tailored to your local environment, and built upon the lessons he learned as a global creative executive for The Walt Disney Company.

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Company Duncan Keeps

If your company is looking for ways to continuously improve, engage your employees to think differently and have fun along the way, you’ll find inspiration in Duncan’s Innovation Emporium., Not only have our teams returned from Duncan’s workshops with a newfound excitement and a belief that they have what it takes to be innovative, they’ve also generated tangible ideas that are moving into the implementation phase.

-Laurie Giammona, Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer - Pacific Gas and Electric Company

We've had the pleasure of having Duncan speak at three different events in 2017. Each time, he was the audience favorite, hands down. His presentations are work sessions designed to be fun, interactive, and fast-paced. Duncan is true wealth of creative knowledge and inspiration, and he helped our members stretch their out-of-the-box thinking.

-Mike McMahon, President & Executive Director, Path to Purchase Institute

Duncan has amazed all of us and our audience during his visit to Colombia. Addressing to an audience of over 1,000 people he was able to land innovation and creativity in very simple and practical steps, and in a very fun way also! It is obvious that his over 20 years of experience with outstanding results in his back has given us also proven results of his proposed methodology. As a speaker, he comes across very simple, clear but with an incredible passion that is so contagious, you don’t realize how time goes by in his presentation!

-MARCELO CATALDO, CEO, Tigo Une

While Duncan spoke to a large and packed room, people were inspired and hung on his every word. Many claimed it was one of the best presentations they'd ever experienced. If you're looking for an amazing speaker who can motivate others to innovate, then look no further than Duncan Wardle."

-Michael Stelzner, Founder Social Media Examiner and Social Media Marketing World

Duncan’s power comes from his engaging exercises, energetic delivery and the memorability of his tools. When a 100 year old brand starts replacing stagnant approaches with expansive language like “how might we?” or “Yes, And,” - you know the culture is beginning to shift.

-Lori Geoffrey, Director of Digital Experience Pacific Gas and Electric

Duncan’s workshop sparked our creative minds and gave us tools that will pay dividends for years to come. My team was thoroughly captivated, fully engaged, energized and inspired. Look no further than Duncan for one of the best investments you will ever make in your business.

-Lisa Cotter, Vice President of Marketing, Orlando Magic

Duncan Wardle's interactive presentation breathed a new life of excitement into our Driven Brands Marketing teams. Immediately following his innovation seminar, we all created desktop screensavers with little tidbits or quotes from his lessons ensuring we would be reminded every day to "find the yes" or "get out of our river of thought"... and to "share early and often". We started having breakfast meetings where we idea shared. Ultimately Duncan's teachings continue to remind us that innovation is such a vital part of jobs and we can also have a lot of fun doing it.

-Hannah Ross, Sr. Marketing Manager, Carstar

Duncan was an inspiring part of TEDx. His knowledge and experience are matched by his enthusiasm for delighting the audience with his wit and charm. I look forward to working with Duncan again- learning & exploring, in-depth, through his design workshops!

-Cassaundra Melgar-C’de Baca, Executive Producer, TEDxLadyBirdLake

In true Disney fashion, Duncan’s teaching methods are educational and entertaining. He has successfully introduced new ways of thinking into our company, paving the way to invigorating and enhancing our culture of continued innovation and creativity.”

-George Scammell, Director of Interior Design, Princess Cruises

In one word I would explain Duncan’s creativity training as transformative. One day with Duncan created more than a year of conversation and fresh approaches to brainstorming throughout our agency.

-Tom Coyne, CEO of Coyne PR

Duncan has a unique way of connecting with an audience and challenging them to approach creativity in a radically different approach. Considering that many of the people in the audience are creative people by nature and job description, that is fairly remarkable. Duncan’s insights and sense of humor keep the audience engaged from start to finish.

-Paul Noland, President & CEO International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions

Duncan’s Musings

Contact Me

Is your organization ready to unleash
the power of your team’s creativity?

(407) 569-7050

ignite@duncanwardle.com

  • Yesterday we announced our Dallas Masterclass and ticket sales have begun! Wondering what you and your team would get out of attending my 8 hour #Masterclass? First off, this is more than just an #innovationmasterclass. It’s verifiable a game changer for participants. Through an entertaining, interactive 8-hour day, you will learn a unique Design Thinking process, one that unlike traditional workshops is not focused on theory but the actual practice of HOW to #innovate! After this Masterclass, you will have the power to: 💯Infuse a culture of innovation and a “start-up mindset” inside even the most traditional workplaces 📗Use the Imagination EmporiumTM Innovation Toolkit to systematically drive creative progress within your organization (Tangible tools such as workbooks and creativity cards provided to all masterclass attendees) 🚀Identify the most powerful techniques to uncover the levers inside your company that fuel innovation 🔨Use tools from the unique iD8&innov8 Design Thinking Process to uncover insights for innovation and create ideas and concepts that deliver tangible business results 💡Implement game-changing ideas and get to market faster, allowing you to compete with even the most agile competitors 💗Create an entrepreneurial mindset in your teams Whether you already work in a “creative” industry, or your looking for creativity and innovation as a means to drive new competitive advantages for your business, The Theory of Creativity™ Innovation Masterclass will provide you with the tools and insights you need to take action, inspire your teams, and start building a culture of creativity today. Link in bio at @DuncanJWardle
  • Would you like to join me for a my day Innovation Masterclass? ____ On Wednesday November 13th I will be bringing my 8 hour “Disrupt - Innovation Masterclass” to Dallas, Texas. We will spend the day learning my Design Thinking Toolkit and you will walk away with tangible tools that will help you be more innovative and creative at work. ___ To learn more about this course or to get your early bird ticket visit the link in my bio at @duncanjwardle ____ Honoured to be partnering with @armandoraynal to bring this class to Dallas! ____ #InnovationMasterclass #Dallas #Innovation #Creativity #DesignThinking #Ideation #TimeToDisrupt #Disrupt #MarketDisruption
  • Thank you @MPI for inviting me to attend #WEC19 in #Toronto today! A great event, and a city full of excitement! 🍁 #MPI #MPIFoundation #EventProfs #Speaker #KeynoteSpeaker #InnovationKeynote #InnovationKeynote #CreativitySpeaker #CreativityKeynote #Keynote #Innovation #DesignThinking #Ideation
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  • How Walt used “Daddy’s Day” to create Disneyland… Every Saturday was “Daddy’s Day” and he would take his daughters to a local park, and he’d watch them play on the merry go round while eating peanuts on a bench. It made him want to create a place where families could come together and play together, every single day. Watch this video of Walt talking about his inspiration. Link in bio at @duncanjwardle ____ Happy Father’s Day! #HappyFathersDay #FathersDay #waltdisney
  • Are you looking to spark innovation at work but don't know where to start? "What Happens" is a tool you can easily use in your office today! "What Happens" is a tool from my Design Thinking Toolkit that will allow you to access random stimulus to come up with extraordinary ideas. The "What Happens" tool has been used by leaders including Steve Jobs with the invention of the MacBook Air, to a New York Hoteliers looking to increase visitors during the offseason. Take the tool to work and comment below or message me if you have any questions! Link in bio at @DuncanJWardle #Innovation #Creativity #DesignThinking #SparkInnovation #Ideation #Brainstorming #CorporateCulture #Disrupt #InnovationSpeaker #CreativitySpeaker #InnovationKeynote #CreativityKeynote #SteveJobs #WhatIf