John K. Coyle

John is a champion athlete (Olympic medalist) with a product design degree from Stanford and an MBA from Kellogg. He is also a seasoned executive (former head of innovation for a Fortune 500 wireless telecom), an Emmy Winning NBC Sports Producer, a 5-time TedX speaker, a professor at 3 universities, and an award-winning author of three books, and a world-leading expert in the fields of innovation, design thinking, strengths, resiliency, and “chronoception” - the neuroscience and psychology of time-perception. Ask him how to design “endless summers…"

Superseding these achievements is John’s mastery of the art of storytelling. John frames his talks and workshops through the lens of the Hero’s Journey (or “monomyth”) while elegantly mixing in data-driven frameworks based on the latest research and science. John has been fortunate to cultivate as friends and mentors leading experts like David Kelley, Steven Kotler, David Eagleman, Daniel Coyle, Moran Cerf, Chip Conley, and others who have contributed to his books, articles, and talks. John can emotionally grip his audiences from the opening words and yet leave them empowered with actionable steps and changes. 

John's hair-raising tales from his adventures, travels and multiple walks in life, examined through the lens of neuroscience, technology, and psychology have created raving fans all around the world (check out his 95+ LinkedIn recommendations here). In the last 2 years, John has been a lead keynote speaker in more than 15 countries across the globe including UAE, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Canada and dozens of cities and states in the USA. 

John’s key (and repeat) clients have become a who’s who of successful enterprises including Google, Cisco, Stanford, IDEO, American Airlines, Optum, Kellogg, Allstate, PwC, McDonald's, Coke, Pepsi, and the Dubai, Saudi, Omani and Jordanian Royal Families. John has been known to bring the super-hot chilies he cultivates to client engagements for impromptu tastings, and may arrive at engagements via unorthodox transport mechanisms to increase the adventure factor - plane, train, car, RV, bike, onewheel, motorcycle, or even Uber scooter.

Categories: Design Thinking, Innovation, Time, Change, Communication, Leadership, Mentoring & Coaching, Motivation