James Taylor

Award-Winning Entrepreneur and Internationally-Recognized Leader in Business Creativity and Innovation, SuperCreativity Podcast Host

Topics: Innovation, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Change, Entrepreneur, Future of Work, Futurist, Productivity, Professional Development, Storytelling, Strategy, Technology, TED Speakers, Thought Leadership, Business Leadership, World Affairs

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Biography

James Taylor M.B.A. F.R.S.A. – who started his career managing high-profile rock stars – is now an in-demand keynote speaker and internationally recognized leader in creativity, sustainability, innovation, and artificial intelligence. For over 20 years, he has been advising CEOs, entrepreneurs, educators, governments, and leaders from Silicon Valley to Dubai on designing innovative organizations, unlocking creative potential, and building a sustainable future.

As the host of multiple global summits, he has personally interviewed over 750 of the world’s leading creative minds, including Silicon Valley tech CEOs, New York Times bestselling authors, and artificial intelligence pioneers. Hundreds of thousands of people in over 120 countries have learned about creativity and innovation through his online courses, videos, media interviews, and keynote speeches.

His clients have included Fortune Global 500 companies, government policymakers, and industry associations, and he was recently the subject of a 30-minute BBC documentary about his life and work. Companies including Apple, Cisco, Deloitte, Accenture, Caterpillar, UPS, Novartis, EY, Visa, McDonald’s, ADNOC, and Dell have all brought in James Taylor to inspire and educate through his thought-provoking keynotes and interactive workshops.

James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (F.R.S.A.), whose Fellows have included global innovators and leaders, including President Benjamin Franklin, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Bob Dylan, Adam Smith, Nelson Mandela, and Professor Stephen Hawking.

Videos

Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker James Taylor: SUPERCREATIVITY™

Top Virtual Keynote Speaker & Virtual Emcee

Unlock Your Creative Potential & Building a More Creative Culture by James Taylor in Thailand

The Creative Process (Five Stages)

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ETHICAL FUTURISM™️: Sustainability, AI, and the Future of Business

Topics: Sustainability, Environment, Climate Change, ESG,

Trends, Leadership, Future of Work

Perfect for: Global Conferences, Client-Facing Events, Corporate Meetings, Associations

In this inspiring, entertaining, and highly visual keynote, James Taylor will take you on a journey to discover how the world’s most ethical and sustainable companies are transforming their industries and achieving sustainable growth while also balancing profit, people, and the planet. Today, consumers want to buy from brands that align with their values and care about saving our planet. Talent wants to work for organizations that do the right thing. Purpose-driven companies want to do well but also do good. The success of your organization relies on using data and creativity to accelerate your sustainability transformation and in the process, find new opportunities and avenues for growth. It relies on inspiring and motivating your people to build a better future together.

SUPERCOLLABORATION™️: Cyborgs, Centaurs and The Rise of Human-AI Collaboration

Topic: Collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Change, Artificial Intelligence, Future Trends

Perfect for: Global Conferences, Client-Facing Events, Corporate Meetings, Associations

Today's business landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and robotics. They are transforming industries ranging from finance, retail, and healthcare to engineering, construction and logistics. In this dynamic, entertaining, and interactive keynote, James Taylor will guide you through a captivating exploration of how leaders and organizations are adapting to technological change. In this new world, you will discover that your most valuable competitive advantage as a leader lies in your ability to foster creative collaboration between humans AND machines. This tailored and entertaining presentation inspires and equips you with the insights and strategies needed to be future-ready.

SUPERCREATIVITY™️: Accelerating Innovation In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

Topic: Creativity, Innovation, Change, Artificial Intelligence

Perfect for: Global Conferences, Client-Facing Events, Corporate Meetings, Associations

Business is changing at the speed of light. Exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics create disruptive business models almost overnight. In this new world, one where McKinsey & Co. predict that 45 percent of jobs will be automated over the next 20 years, there is one distinctly human competitive advantage you and your people must leverage – your
creativity. In this tailored, entertaining, and highly visual one-of-a-kind keynote, James Taylor takes the audience on a journey to discover the backstage secrets of the world’s most creative
individuals and innovative organizations.

Testimonials

James Taylor is more than a great keynote speaker. He’s a great partner who truly cares about your business, your goals and your audience.

– Jessie States, Head of Meeting Innovation, Meeting Professionals International

James Taylor was a fantastic keynote speaker. His presentation was an insightful and entertaining closing keynote for the event audience. James also hosted a small group presentation for the G3 Company Sales Meeting earlier in the year that was also great. If you are looking for a speaker to inspire your employees to “reclaim their creativity” look no further than James Taylor.

– Kristi Kawana, Events & Marketing Director, G3 Communications

Easy to work with, powerful content, dynamic and engaging. What more can you ask for in a speaker.

– Group Event Director, Informa

In my 20 years of planning conferences and working with keynoters to help them understand our unique audience, I’ve never seen a keynote speaker prepare at the level James did. All that preparation showed during the keynote; it was full of relevant and entertaining stories as well as highly visually engaging. Our members were blown away.

– President, ABPM

Thank you for bringing us a unique session on boosting our creativity in the age of artificial intelligence at our annual event. Your keynote was authentic, inspirational and entertaining, truly engaging the audience from the beginning. Participants and customers provided us with many delighted comments.

– Carine Vaeremans, CEO, Profacts

James Taylor inspires and empowers enthusiastic audiences of business owners.

– FOX News

A former advisor to Grammy award-winning rock stars, global celebrities and high profile Silicon Valley CEO’s, James Taylor has helped hundreds of thousands of high performers and leaders maximize, monetize and market their creative ideas and take advantage of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation.

– Silicon Valley Business Journal

An inspiring, entertaining and motivational keynote speaker.

– Yahoo Finance

He delivers a deeply insightful yet powerful message to global business audiences from Silicon Valley to Singapore and across multiple industries.

– Dow Jones

James has been phenomenal and very engaging in the session. He really managed to captivate everyone's attention and the feedback from the team has been super good. I would hire James again. He is a great speaker and a very nice person to work with.

– Anna Deppi, Red Hat, Inc (IBM)