D.i.Y. Innovation

Themes: Owning Innovation, Humanizing Leadership, Risk-taking, Change Management, Successful Failure, Collaboration/Diversity, Technology/A.I.

“Innovation is the difference between ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ and ‘Why didn’t I think LIKE that?’” As businesses scurry in pursuit of “big I” Innovation – A.I., robotics, and other exponential technologies – Sekou focuses on empowering your leadership with “little i” innovation, helping you to innovate from within. Offering incredibly fresh perspectives on embracing failure, bold thinking and the innovator’s mindset, Sekou teaches how to harness the power of collaboration, purpose, storytelling, community, and inspirational leadership to create a culture of innovation.

Length: 40 – 60 min

Disruption Mindset Shift

Themes: Owning Disruption, Harnessing Change, Overcoming Adversity, Transformational Mindset, Thriving through Uncertainty, Disruptive Technology, Empowerment

“Disruption is not just a concept, it’s a feeling … it’s a mindset.” This roller coaster-of-a-speech is the embodiment of that idea. It begins with a deliberate cacophony that consistently turns on a dime while offering valuable insights from the “voices” of consumers, technology, millennials and more. Soon the experience evolves from cacophony to symphony as Sekou brings it all together, teaching you how to disrupt yourself through mindset shifts that deliver powerful business results.

Length: 40 – 60 min

The Audacity of “What If?”

Themes: Impact/Purpose, Collaboration, Creative Thinking, Re-defining Business, Emotional Intelligence, Social Responsibility, Storytelling

“What if there is a better way?” As the innovator of an audacious new category of public speaking that brought poetry to industry in unprecedented ways, Sekou has mastered the art of audacity. His 20-year career helping global brands humanize messaging began with two words: “What If?” This inspiring and interactive speech will help you ignite that same audacity needed for you to defy convention, deny limitations, and define yourselves for yourselves.

Length: 40 – 60 min

The NEXT, Next Level

Themes: Resilience, Growth Mindset, Adaptability, Wellbeing/Mental Health, Sustainable Growth, Transformational Leadership, Human Capital/Community

“The next level is not about reaching new heights, but reaching new depths.” Ever since we were little, we’ve been obsessed with growth. But in order for the transformational leader to keep reaching the proverbial “next level,” you must first transform your concept of the word “growth” in a sustainable way. This unique keynote experience will help you unlock your ability to adapt and innovate, fortify your well-being, connect more deeply with your community and purpose, and lead with inspiration.

Length: 40 – 60 min

Note To Self

The Golden Hour of AI

Themes: Artificial Intelligence, Humanizing Technology, Inspirational Leadership, Innovation, Ethics, Emotional Intelligence, Future-Readiness

“The ultimate purpose of technology is not just to become more connected and aware and human — but to make us more connected and aware and human.” In the first hour after birth, a baby pressed to its mother’s skin activates an extraordinary chain reaction of connection. We are now in that same golden hour with AI — part exhilarating, part terrifying — and how we raise it will define us both. This keynote reframes AI not as a threat to outrun, but as a creation to parent, challenging leaders to model the best of humanity so that the intelligence we build falls in love with the species that built it.

Length: 40 – 60 min

The Science of Wavemaking

Themes: Challenging Convention, Bold Thinking, Leading Change, Inspiring Communication, Power of Partnership, Advocacy, Harnessing Imagination

“It’s not that we don’t understand the science behind waves… it’s just that we like YOUR version better.” Big ideas and bold thinking are not traits exclusive to pioneering leaders. They have been lying dormant within each of us since childhood, waiting to be reignited. This speech is the spark that rekindles your access to the imagination and creativity required to stir the waters and make waves in your industry.

Length: 30 – 60 min

The Lightning Machine

Love Affair With Healthcare

Themes: Caregiving, Reigniting Passion, Reconnecting to Purpose, Inspiring Health, Work-Life Harmony, Celebrating Impact, Humanizing Healthcare

“When is the last time you wrote a love poem at work… ABOUT work?” What if you could remind your audience of the moment they fell in love with healthcare? What if you could reignite the passion in providers – caregivers, executives and housekeeping alike – to connect with patients on a human, heartfelt level? If you could do that – write a love poem to healthcare that makes your audience fall back in love with it – this keynote is how it would sound.

Length: 30 – 60 min

The Pinky Promise of Care

Themes: Transforming Healthcare, Patient-Centricity, Patient Safety, Leading Change, Innovation in Healthcare, Bold Thinking, Recommitment

“You made me an UNspoken but UNmistakably UNderstood pinky promise when I was admitted into your care…” The provision of quality healthcare is a beautiful topic. Patient safety and medical error?… not so much. So, in true poetic voice fashion, Sekou transforms this important and uncomfortable subject into a roller coaster ride of laughter, tears and valuable insight that holds every team member accountable to giving the highest quality, most human, and safest care possible.

Length: 30 – 60 min