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Keynote SpeakerJohn Sills

Author of The Human Experience, Keynote Speaker, Managing Partner of The Foundation

John Sills is the author of The Human Experience, named Leadership Book of the Year, and Managing Partner at the customer-led growth consultancy, The Foundation. 25 years ago, John started his career on a market stall in London, and since then has worked in and with companies around the world... Read more

Biography

John Sills is the author of The Human Experience, named Leadership Book of the Year, and Managing Partner at the customer-led growth consultancy, The Foundation.

25 years ago, John started his career on a market stall in London, and since then has worked in and with companies around the world to improve the customer experience. He’s been part of front-line teams delivering the experience, innovation teams designing propositions, and leadership teams creating strategy.

Having managed customer experience and innovation for HSBC globally, John now works with companies such as Sky, BP, Heineken, Vodafone, Bupa, and Volkswagen. He regularly visits strangers’ houses to ask very personal questions, all in the name of understanding what really matters to their customers.

His first book on the topic was published by Bloomsbury in 2023, and his writing has been featured in The Guardian, The Financial Times, and Management Today, alongside his newsletter, which has over 10,000 readers.

"I found him super engaging, funny and delivered his points brilliantly. Sometimes speakers can be dull if just talking for 45mins, but his real life examples, images and humour really brought it to life and was relatable where you could actually take a step back and consider the business you work in." Sky
"We are delighted with the feedback which we have received: the delegation rated your session with an average score of 9.5 which is exceptionally good. Delegates commented you were: ‘Brilliantly funny, engaging, honest, and landed his message with impact." National Conference
"Just wanted to say, I used to be a public speaking coach and your presentation was perfect. You had a great use of slides, excellent content, real engagement and clear delivery. What a great start to the week. Bravo!" Save The Children
"It’s the best session I’ve attended in my 13 years with the Group!" Lloyds Banking Group
"The most engaging and entertaining call I’ve ever been on – had me laughing out loud in the office – absolutely loved it!!" Bupa
"It was brilliant and the feedback was superb – it was our highest ever rated session." HSBC

Popular Talks by John Sills

  • The Future of Customer Experience

    What’s going to change – and what’s going to stay the same – in the drivers of customers decisions in the next ten years.

  • Creating a customer-led organisation

    How to see the world from the outside-in and create a truly customer-led organisations.

  • Understanding what really matters to customers

    How to escape the epidemic of feedback requests and understand what really matters to your customers (not just their opinion of you).

  • Customer Experience

    How to create a meaningfully distant experience to get more customers choosing you, rather than relying on the myth of loyalty.