Duncan Wardle

As Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan helped teams at Disney Parks, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, Imagineering and Animation to innovate, creating magical new storylines and amazing experiences for consumers around the globe.

He now brings his Disney experience to audiences around the world, delivering a series of keynotes, masterclasses, and ideation forums, that help people capture unlikely connections, leading to both fresh thinking and revolutionary ideas. Duncan creates an engaging, immersive keynote that leaves the audience with a unique set of tangible tools they can actually use to embed a culture of innovation and creativity across their own organizations.

He is a multiple TEDx speaker and contributor to Fast Company Magazine. He teaches Innovation and Creativity Masterclasses at Yale University, UNC and U.F. He also holds the American Citizen Award presented at the White House, an Hons. MBA and Hons. Doctorate from Edinburgh University and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, presented by her majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

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’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

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

Add to My List Request Availability

Topics

Related Speakers

Nancy Harhut Getting people to take action is what Nancy’s all about. Her specialty is blending best-...

Chris Barton Spend time with inventor Chris Barton and you’ll be inspired to believe anything is poss...

Deedre Daniel Deedre Daniel is the founder of The Interesting Conversations Company®. Before starting ...

Eric Saperston Eric Saperston has spent the last 25 years cold-calling and taking the most successful peo...

Bill Taylor Bill Taylor is a bestselling author, celebrated entrepreneur, and groundbreaking thinker w...

We’ll secure a speaker your audience raves about for years

Schedule a Call

Nothing short of impeccable! From start to finish The Keynote Curators provided exactly what we needed. Bravo!

– Diana B.
Insurance Association

We had a speaker cancel at the last-minute. Without missing a beat, The Keynote Curators offered several options to choose from. The replacement hit it out of the park. We avoided a potential disaster and looked good doing it. Thanks to The Keynote Curators.

– Yvette S.
Credit Union

Everything that was promised was delivered and more. The VIP Meet & Greet that was arranged was the difference make for our sponsor. It could not have gone any better. Thank you to The Keynote Curators for being a true partner.

– Grace H.
Financial Services

For the last ten years we have worked with Seth in booking our speakers. Each year he outdoes the previous year. Excited to see who we have next year.

– Cecily R.
Medical Devices

We have used several different agencies, but The Keynote Curators is the one that goes the furthest in understanding our meetings’ goals and messaging. This is the difference maker for us and is the reason why we continue to work with them.

– Nancy M.
Agriculture Association