Tucker Bryant

Poet and Innovation Expert, Helping Leaders Unlock Innovation Using The Poet’s Keys™

Topics: Creativity, Storytelling, Business, Business Leadership, Change, Communication, Employee Engagement, Innovation, Inspirational & Motivational, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, TED Speakers, Corporate Culture

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Biography

What Tucker Bryant learned during a decade spent between Stanford and Google surprised him: even people on the cutting edge of innovation often struggle to take risks. The truth is that we all want to step out of our comfort zones, but we also have comforts so deep-seated that we aren’t aware they even exist. And our instinct to protect that unconscious comfort suffocates our creativity, disengages us from our work, and stunts our ability to lead.

As a nationally renowned poet and storyteller, Tucker Bryant’s experience in Silicon Valley has driven him to pursue an answer to one question: how can we tear down the comfort zones that keep businesses from writing their best poetry?

Tucker Bryant delivers keynote performances that reveal how The Poet’s Keys™ enable leaders to overcome our universal barriers to change and unlock the doors to innovation in the areas of our businesses that need it most.

Tucker Bryant’s work, which has garnered millions of views online, has been featured at TEDx, the New York Times, and dozens of other organizations across the globe. He has had the privilege of sharing stages graced by Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and Bill Belichick, as well as founders and executives from scores of Fortune 500 companies.

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Videos

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The Poet's Keys: The Artist's Guide to Unlocking Innovation

The last few years have been a merciless reminder to businesses that complacency will ruin us. Our competition is ferocious, customers expect more from us than ever, and the world is constantly one disruption away from shaking the very foundations of our successes to their bones. The truth is that we now have to live on the razor’s edge to even stand a chance of not being left in the dust. And yet, despite the challenges that these cataclysmic changes pose, McKinsey has found that only 6% of leaders feel fully tapped into their teams’ potential to nurture original thinkers who take an active role in authoring the future of their businesses.

After spending a decade alongside world-class innovators at institutions like Stanford and Google, Tucker Bryant has discovered an unexpected perspective professionals can adopt to confront the future with confidence: the outlook of a poet. As a nationally renowned poet, Tucker has identified five powerful tools poets have relied on for millennia to unshackle themselves from their comfort zones and innovate through language - tools that offer business leaders the expanded perspective we need to weather our murkiest tomorrows.

In this signature keynote performance, Tucker reveals how The Poet’s Keys™ empower leaders to unlock the doors to enhanced creativity, collaboration, and competitive advantage in the areas of our businesses that matter most. Audiences leave equipped with the tools to build a culture of creative disruption and bold exploration in every arena of their organizations so we’re set up to shape our business landscapes as industry leaders instead of remaining stuck in models of thinking that are bound for obsolescence.

Storycraft Mastery: Using Your Voice to Inspire Action

From boardrooms to living rooms, our ability to drive change hinges on how well we craft and share stories. In this skills-based experience, Tucker shares the highest-leverage storytelling concepts developed during his decade as an artist and tech marketer that enable us to transform our presentations into performances and leave an impact that far outlives our time on the figurative stage.

Audience members leave this experience with a firm grasp on a highly versatile blueprint for crafting a resonant story and with a toolkit of tactics for dynamic and engaging presenting that will enable them to immediately distinguish themselves as impactful storytellers.

Testimonials

A priceless and moving charge for leaders facing uncertainty.

– Jase Wagner - CEO, Compeer Financial

I was literally working to book Tucker for our next event before he could leave.

– Tim Kopp – CEO, Terminus Software

Brought us to tears and led our execs to an idea we can’t wait to implement. I was floored.

– John Rivers – CEO, 4Rivers Smokehouse

The most impactful, most deeply touching and meaningful hour I’ve ever spent at a conference.

– Mark Brezinski – CEO, Bizzy LLC

I have been to dozens of conferences in my career as an executive, panelist, and entrepreneur. Tucker's performance was the most impactful, most deeply touching and meaningful 30 minutes I have ever spent at a conference, anywhere at anytime! Tucker had the room of about 1,500 people completely captivated with his message challenging industry leaders to be innovative, honest, and real in our work. I am so grateful for Tucker's ability to connect with all of us through our hearts when so many speakers try to gain entry through our heads. Thank goodness we have the balance that Tucker brings to the table.

– Mark Brezinski - CEO, Bizzy LLC

Tucker led an unbelievably powerful session for our executives that took everyone by surprise and was universally loved. His insights unlocked an opportunity for us to reimagine our approach to leadership and will have a real, lasting impact on our company's culture of courageous experimentation.

– Ray Walsh - CEO, Market Force Information

I have been to a lot of conferences and Tucker's keynote was one of the best I’ve ever seen. His message about bringing more curiosity and creativity to our daily lives (including at work) and reimagining what we thought was (im)possible left me inspired about the work I do, and the impact I want to have on the world.

– Sonya Dreizler - CEO, Choir

We were so impressed with Tucker's performance as a featured presenter. As tough as business owners and professionals can be, they were mesmerized and touched. Highly recommended.

– Ron Wills - CEO, National Association of Business Owners and Entrepreneurs