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Keynote SpeakerDuncan Wardle

Former Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney

As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, Duncan and his team helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences. He now brings his extensive Disney expertise to audiences around the world using a unique approach to Design Thinking, helping people capture... Read more

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Working in harmony with AI
Embedding a culture of innovation & creativity into everyone’s DNA
The magic of storytelling
Delivering customer experience magic
Design thinking for Innovation

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Biography

As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, Duncan and his team helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences.

He now brings his extensive Disney expertise to audiences around the world using a unique approach to Design Thinking, helping people capture unlikely connections, leading to fresh thinking and disruptive ideas.

Delivering a series of keynotes, workshops and ideation forums, his unique Innovation toolkit helps companies embed a culture of innovation into everyone’s DNA.

Duncan is a multiple TED speaker and contributor to Fast Company, Forbes & the Harvard Business Review. He teaches innovation Master Classes at Yale, Harvard, and Edinburgh University.

"One of the best presentations i’ve ever heard. you really opened my mind and I just want to thank you!" Coca-Cola

"Look no further than Duncan for one of the best investments you will ever make in your business." NBA

"Thank you for giving us the tools to set us up for change, innovation and success." NBCUniversal

"Duncan’s ideas and activities around innovation are methods we still use in our creative brainstorming exercises and have resulted in much richer results." Apple

"I attended your session in the transform to succeed program. it was an amazing to experience and understand the power of creativity." IBM

"You inspired me and took part in reassuring me how much I do believe in “magic” and the real possibilities of turning your passions into a business model." Pepsi

"Duncan Wardle 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." Lori Geoffrey, Director of Digital Experience, Pacific Gas and Electric

"Your webinar at Citi was brilliant, one of the best-spent hour in my adult life." Monika Wolska-Herman, Senior Vice President/Dyrektor - EMEA Compliance Assurance at Citibank Europe

Popular Talks by Duncan Wardle

Working in harmony with AI
Poised to replace millions of jobs, it’s easy to view AI as the enemy. But what if instead we embraced Artificial Intelligence as the key to unlocking our true creative potential?
Embedding a culture of innovation & creativity into everyone’s DNA
As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney for the last decade Duncan learned that there is a huge gap in the market. CEO’s everywhere would look to us – The World’s Most Creative Company – for guidance on how to create a culture of innovation, and provide their organization...

As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney for the last decade Duncan learned that there is a huge gap in the market. CEO’s everywhere would look to us – The World’s Most Creative Company – for guidance on how to create a culture of innovation, and provide their organization with the tools needed to leverage their most important asset: their people.
The magic of storytelling
Every single day, millions upon millions of influential Millennial and Generation Z consumers begin their day in the exact same place: Instagram Stories.
Duncan will empower your audience the tools they need to leverage the magic of storytelling, and lead with purpose. Tools that will not only help your...

Every single day, millions upon millions of influential Millennial and Generation Z consumers begin their day in the exact same place: Instagram Stories.
Duncan will empower your audience the tools they need to leverage the magic of storytelling, and lead with purpose. Tools that will not only help your brand resonate with new, hard-to-reach generations of consumers, but with employees as well. Because purpose isn’t just important for consumers it’s important for all stakeholders of your business.
Delivering customer experience magic
Disney’s ability to redefine and dominate nearly every industry it has ever entered is no coincidence. The continued success of Disney has been driven by a foundational trait of the company that goes all the way back to it’s founder, Walt Disney, who was merciless in his pursuit of innovating...

Disney’s ability to redefine and dominate nearly every industry it has ever entered is no coincidence. The continued success of Disney has been driven by a foundational trait of the company that goes all the way back to it’s founder, Walt Disney, who was merciless in his pursuit of innovating the customer experience.
Design thinking for Innovation
This 1-day workshop is an immersive program that teaches teams how to create an “innovation light switch” within their organization. One that can be turned on at any moment to access creative problem solving and innovative new ideas.
Specifically designed to address the 5 biggest obstacles to innovation and...

This 1-day workshop is an immersive program that teaches teams how to create an “innovation light switch” within their organization. One that can be turned on at any moment to access creative problem solving and innovative new ideas.
Specifically designed to address the 5 biggest obstacles to innovation and creativity in the workplace, workshop participants aren’t just told what needs to be done… they are given the chance to actually do. People learn by doing, not by listening! Participants take on a challenge using core Design Thinking principles to help them Think Different, and they then deliver innovative ideas that are embedded in core consumer truths, resulting in significant business results.