Lisa Bodell

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Founder, CEO of FutureThink; Best-Selling Author of "Why Simple Wins" Futurist; Global Speaker on Innovation, Simplification & Change

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Lisa Bodell Biography

Lisa Bodell, a global leader on simplification, collaboration, and innovation, helps organizations transform performance by reimagining the work. By trading complexity for simplicity, organizations find new ways to unleash creativity and spark the energy so essential to innovate and compete. It also lifts morale, increases engagement, and improves employee well-being and retention. Bodell is the author of two groundbreaking books, Why Simple Wins and Kill the Company. She ranks on the “Top 50 Speakers Worldwide” list and captivates audiences with her insights, energy, and humor. Bodell inspires them to question the status quo and make small changes that have profound impact – giving them time and energy to focus on the work that matters most.

After earning her business degree from University of Michigan, Bodell launched her career at Leo Burnett in Chicago, where she discovered a gift for uniting strategically-driven ideas with forward-thinking themes. She went on to build two successful businesses before moving to New York and focusing on the simplification and innovation space with FutureThink. Founded in 2003, FutureThink works with leading brands worldwide and has become one of the largest sources for simplification and innovation research, tools, and training in the world.

Bodell brings a compelling perspective to the sought-after topics of simplification and innovation to thousands of people each year. A thought leader and serial entrepreneur, her transformational message has inspired executives at top-ranked organizations such as Google, SAP, Citigroup, and the Department of National Intelligence to lead change in their organizations.

Bodell has contributed her expertise to a wide variety of media. She is a monthly contributor to Forbes and has frequently appeared in other media including: Fast Company, WIRED, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and CNN. She has also been featured in many major books such as Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question, Adam Grant’s Originals, and AfterShock, the 50-year celebration based on futurist Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock.

Bodell has taught innovation at both American University and Fordham University and has a TED popular talk on the topic. She serves on the board of advisors of several organizations, including the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum, the United States National Security Agency, the Association of Professional Futurists, and Novartis.

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Lisa Bodell Speaking Topics

  • UNLEASH THE POWER OF SIMPLIFICATION

    People are drowning in the work of doing work and it’s sabotaging organizations. Our days are continually hijacked by the unplanned and unnecessary – unproductive meetings, outdated rules, irrelevant reports, and endless emails that dampen morale, creates feelings of futility, and can be detrimental to mental health. In this presentation, Lisa Bodell shows audiences a new way to unleash energy, collaboration, and innovation by embracing a mindset of simplification. This is not about getting organized or efficient – it’s about how small changes to make things simple can have a profound impact. Lisa’s insights, storytelling and interactive exercises make the case: adopting simplicity as an operating principle is the surest path to organizational transformation.

    “Our systems are designed for a world that’s manageable and predictable. That world is gone. It’s time to look with fresh eyes at how we work. When we simplify, we unleash energy and creativity that is being lost by adhering to the status quo.”

    You will learn:

    • Why simplification is not just a method but a mindset and a habit – a key to resilience and adaptability and improved mental capacity and focus
    • How to spot and eliminate organizational and individual busywork that’s outlived its time.
    • Phone-based interactive polling and dynamic interactivity helps audiences discover surprising insights about what keeps them from doing their best work.
    • Why subtraction is more important than addition. There’s only so much time
    • How killing stupid rules enables organizations and teams move faster and with more focus

  • Leading Simplicity - A Roadmap

    Embracing simplicity as an operational mindset will unleash the power of people and create a sustainable competitive advantage. But building a culture of simplicity requires advocates and leaders who send a message that simplicity is a strategic priority and that it’s OK to challenge the status quo. In this presentation, Lisa Bodell delivers real-world insights leaders can use to inspire their teams, ignite disruptive thinking, build speed and agility, and turn problems into possibilities. With energy, humor, and revealing interactive exercises, Lisa shows how simplicity is the catalyst that accelerates innovation, collaboration, engagement, and growth. Building simplicity into organizational DNA creates a sustainable competitive advantage because it’s the absolute foundation of resilience in the face of never-ending change.

    “We’ve got to give people permission to challenge how they work. People know what’s driving them crazy. Simplification changes everything and unleashes them to focus on transformative work.”

    You will learn:

    • Why culture comes down to the work people do every day. If you get the work right, you get the culture right.

    • How to make it normal to challenge the norm, creating space for change and true innovation to happen.

    • Drive an agenda that makes simplification a seamless part of your operating system; placing equal importance on eliminating work as adding it.

    • When people aren’t drowning in the work of doing work there’s more engagement, less frustration, increased well-being, and improved retention.

    • Set the groundwork for enduring change and improved problem-solving by reducing stress and giving teams the space to think and do the “work of work,” not just busy work.

  • Unleash Innovation

    In most organizations, the very structures put in place to help them grow all too often hold them back. As structures languish unchecked, people become overwhelmed with outdated processes, policies, reports, committees and meetings that frustrate them and hijack their workdays. Is it any wonder innovation becomes a challenge? In this presentation, simplicity expert Lisa Bodell shows how to increase the capacity for innovation by banishing unnecessary complexity. Making work simpler is the key to unshackling people to spend time and energy on their most important work. Lisa helps shift the organizational mindset – engaging everyone in the process of questioning the status quo. The tools and insights she provides help solve problems that stand in the way of breakthrough innovation.

    “Getting the work right liberates people to apply their time and imagination in ways that drive performance and innovation.”

    You will learn:

    • How to make work simpler and reignite critical aptitudes such as curiosity, inquiry, and creative problem-solving.

    • How companies are killing stupid rules to eliminate hurdles and focus people on work that leads to breakthrough innovation.

    • Practical yet provocative techniques for reinvention and innovation with current products and services.

    • Real-life examples of how even the smallest changes can have big impact.

    • Discover what is hijacking people’s time through Lisa’s interactive audience polling.

Lisa Bodell Videos

  • The Benefits of Simplicity
  • How Complexity Happens
  • How Simplicity Leads to a Better Workplace Culture & Improved Mental Health

Lisa Bodell Books

  • Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters
    Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters
  • Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution
    Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution

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Lisa Bodell is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as UNLEASH THE POWER OF SIMPLIFICATION, Leading Simplicity - A Roadmap and Unleash Innovation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Lisa Bodell for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Lisa Bodell generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erica Dhawan, Cassandra Worthy, Daymond John, Liz Wiseman and Shawn Achor. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Lisa Bodell for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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