Frans Johansson

The Seven Traps of Innovation

There are seven traps that can kill any innovation effort. Johansson has worked with over 2,000 teams worldwide to help anticipate and avoid these traps and will share his insights in this talk packed with critical take-aways.

The Medici Effect

In this classic talk, Johansson urges individuals and organizations to break down the silos and step into the Intersection – a place where different fields, disciplines, departments, and cultures converge to create new, remarkable breakthroughs.

The Innovation Experience®

A four-hour, intense and immersive experience where Johansson takes an audience through a stunning session of creativity and innovation in the wild. It incorporates a mix of keynotes, fast-paced interactions, vivid imagery, music and memorable techniques specifically designed to provide deep take-aways.

The Innovative Leader: How to Break out of the Pack

How do you innovate your business and your career while the demands of non-stop performance are constantly increasing? Johansson will reveal how to rise to the tremendous challenges leaders today face around innovation and standing apart from everybody else.

Overcoming the Fear of Failure

Even exceptionally capable leaders hold back out of fear that they will fail – and what the consequences of such a failure could be. In this talk, Johansson focuses on what leaders can do both strategically and mentally to overcome this fear and unleash their true potential.

Speed is the New IP

The shelf-life of traditional IP is trending towards zero. Instead an organization’s ability to move fast, respond to changing conditions, capitalize on unexpected success and scale rapidly is becoming the key to future growth. Transform your company and drop the time of executing from 12 months to 12 weeks, even 12 days.

Hypergrowth: Boosting the Engine of Regional Economies

Johansson demonstrates how his Renaissance ideas have driven regional growth throughout the world, such as medical City in Orlando, startup incubators in Sweden, the economy of Trinidad and Tobago – and how you can do the same in your region.

Diversity Drives Innovation

Johansson demostrates why diversity is a key driver in innovative success and how you can capitalize on this fact. This talk has singlehandedly catalyzed organizational change across industry after industry.

Reinventing Diversity and Inclusion

Johansson calls for a complete overhaul of how an organization delivers on its diversity and inclusion promise. He outlines the steps an organization must take to turn diversity and inclusion into a strategic force. It is a perfect follow-up talk after Diversity Drives Innovation.

Testimonials

“Frans Johansson is an exceptional speaker and thought leader. I brought him to speak to my leadership and his powerful message and memorable delivery helped change how we thought about innovation. He returned many times to MasterCard and, in addition, his workshops enabled us to spread the thinking throughout the enterprise.”
– Ajay Banga, CEO, MasterCard

“Captured the tremendous business value of cultural diversity and its impact on innovation – in a very fun way! Frans’ presentation was one of the highlights of our conference.”
– Sam Palmisano, CEO, IBM 

“One of the only persons that I know of that teaches the practical steps of how to make innovation happen.”
– Lori Valle-Yañez, Chief Diversity Officer, MassMutual

“Frans Johansson is a leading thinker in the realms of innovation and diversity. He delivers cogent and relevant insights in a thoroughly engaging way.”
– Roger Ferguson, CEO, TIAA 

“Frans delivered one of the most powerful and engaging keynotes I have ever witnessed. We were all hooked from the very first minute until the ending that came in the form of a pounding techno-beat. Unforgettable!”
– Sean Bratchett, EVP Sales & Marketing, ESPN