DUNCAN WARDLE

Founder of ID8 and former Head of Innovation and Creativity at The Walt Disney Company

Embedding a Culture of Innovation & Creativity Into Everyone's DNA 

In the Embedding Innovation into Everyone’s DNA keynote speech Duncan shares how to create safe spaces for taking creative risks, techniques to ensure everyone on your team is empowered and thinking like an entrepreneur, and strategies to transition from the idea stage to action. He’ll also share a creative problem-solving tool which will prime your organization to discover innovative ideas each and every time you set out to tackle a challenge.


Keynote Takeaways:

  • A fresh outlook on daily tasks

  • An approach to tasks with new levels of creative thinking

  • A mindset that allows innovation to flourish at work

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. 

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