James Taylor
James Taylor – 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 CEO’s, entrepreneurs, educators, governments, leaders, writers and rockstars on how to design innovative organizations, unlock creative potential and build a sustainable future. His forthcoming book is “SuperCreativity: Augmenting Human Creativity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”.
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"In my 20 years of planning ABPM Conferences and working with keynotes 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 his keynote; it was full of relevant and entertaining stories as well as highly visually engaging. Our members were blown away."
"I recently saw James Taylor deliver a keynote in Singapore and ‘wow’ what a powerful message he delivered. He engaged the audience right from the start and he gave us some great thought-provoking content in a really practical way. I love the passion James shares and his very warm speaking style and he also has a really good connection with the audience. I’d highly recommend James."
"We were pleased and thrilled to have James speak at our Summit. Multiple attendees told me they appreciated his insightful advice. In addition, his informative but laid-back style made him a charismatic speaker."
"It was an awesome presentation and I have three or four pages of notes. Thanks James."
"It was a pleasure working with James for HR Summit & Expo Asia. He was accommodating and always looking for ways to deliver more. James also gave off a great vibe and you could see the enthusiasm as he speaks. Would recommend working with James!"
"From the incredible insights to your infectious enthusiasm, couldn't be more thankful for your time today James!"
"I have had the privilege of interacting and working with many great speakers and trainers and I can honestly say that James Taylor is indeed one of these. James truly cared about making the event a success and worked closely with me throughout the whole process. He has a great ability to keep the audience’s attention and keep them motivated throughout the day, giving examples from his business experience which made an important topic even more interesting. We received excellent feedback from our participants. I would truly recommend James as a speaker and trainer."
"It was a pleasure to host James Taylor at our event. He is a charismatic, energetic and engaging speaker with a unique interactive style. His inspiring speech captivated and engaged everyone attending. Would recommend working with James!"
"We recently had James Taylor speak at our annual Conference. Not only was he well received by the audience, he was easy to work with, personable and spent extra time listening to the other speakers and interacting with the attendees. His high energy and enthusiasm were amazing. We learned a lot from the speech where the audience was encouraged to: 1. To share opinions openly with others 2. Properly preparing for and before every meeting 3. Communicate the purpose, aim and expectation of the meeting with all attendees to give them a chance to come ready 4. Not to pretend that we know everything 5. Write minutes 6. And strictly implement the outcomes You won’t be disappointed when hiring James for your next event."
"Inspiring,,. it has allowed us not only to understand the implications of the metaverse in our industry but also to reflect on the changes and trends that will affect our lives and relationships. Thanks James."
"It was a real pleasure to host James Taylor at our event. He is a charismatic, energetic and engaging speaker with a unique interactive style. His inspiring speech captivated and engaged everyone attending. Would recommend working with James!"
"Thank you James 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."
"Easy to work with, powerful content, and dynamic, engaging speaker. What more can you ask for in a keynote?"
"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."
"He was the perfect choice to speak about the future of jobs in the artificial intelligence age. We are very pleased to cooperate with you and in upcoming opportunities."
"James Taylor is more than a great keynote and facilitator. He’s a great partner who truly cares about your business, your goals and your audience. He tailors his message to your end user, he creates videos and marketing materials to help promote your event and he shares knowledge and best practices he’s encountered that can help you host better meetings."
"Thank you very much for your keynote at our event. It was indeed very well received and we had some fantastic feedback from the colleagues. I would also like to thank you on behalf of Al-Futtaim for spending time with us and inspiring our team members."
"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."
"The accounting profession is at a real crossroads as it looks to embrace ever increasing technological advances. James led a thought provoking and engaging session that provided valuable insights and actions for the attendees to help them fully embrace creativity to be more relevant to their client’s future needs."
"James was one of my all-time favorite speakers. He has an unusually broad understanding of how to build a business. James is the total package. I look forward to hearing him speak again someday soon."
"James Taylor is a very powerful speaker with a strong message. Feedback obtained from participants gave us solid messages transmitted by James. Highly recommended speaker."
"James Taylor led a powerful 1-day workshop on how to “Unlock Your Creative Potential” at M Academy. He transformed the audiences with the right mindset, tool sets and skill sets to fully unlock their creativity potential. His engaging, insightful and interactive style is unique, exciting and totally inspiring. Thank you James for your wonderful job!"
"Your presentation was one of the most interesting topics at the conference. It was an honor for us to have you as one of our keynote speakers. We believe that the knowledge you have shared will help immensely in the development of the Internal Audit sector. We know your time is precious and we are grateful you shared some of it with us. We look forward to your participation in future events."
"He’s an amazing creativity keynoter, an expert in his field. Not only does James know his stuff, but he is so pragmatic and practical that it makes working with him easy and immediately productive. But, most importantly, James is a genuinely good person – authentic and real – and has such a can-do, supportive spirit. If you have the opportunity to hire James, don’t pass it up! You won’t regret it."
"James delivered to the Family Business Network FBN Levant in Beirut, Lebanon, a keynote speech and a workshop on the topic: Unlock your creativity, increase your productivity and accelerate the innovation. The session content was of high relevance to participants who had the opportunity to interact and learn. I would highly recommend James as a speaker & facilitator."
"I had the pleasure of working with James on an event in Tokyo and his presentation contributed heavily to our success. I would certainly recommend him and welcome the opportunity to work with him again."
"James is a delight to work with. He brings energy, enthusiasm, a generosity and wealth of ideas as well as considerable social media savvy to his engagements and is an audience favorite."
"Creative, thought provoking, inspirational and well-presented."
"James spoke with fantastic clarity, distilling a range of complex subjects into easily digestible take-home pointers. It was a pleasure to work with James."
"I have no hesitation in recommending James. Confident, fun, worldy-wise, and always focused on delivery. You’ll enjoy working with him."
"I thought it was phenomenal. He gives you a process to map out your creativity and gets your creative juices flowing. Top notch."
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James Taylor's 2024 biography
Meet James Taylor
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 CEO’s, entrepreneurs, educators, governments and leaders from Silicon Valley to Dubai on how to design innovative organizations, unlock creative potential and build 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 CEO’s, 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 policy makers, 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, McDonalds, 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.
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James Taylor's 2024 talks & topics
ETHICAL FUTURISM™: SUSTAINABILITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS
Topics: Trends, Leadership, Future of Work, Sustainability, Environment, Ethics, Diversity
Perfect for: Global Conferences, Client-Facing Events, Corporate Meetings, Women Leadership Events
How we do business is evolving as we face a climate and sustainability crisis. Meanwhile workplaces are transforming through diversity and inclusion. Industries are being disrupted by artificial intelligence and robotics. The future depends on what we do in the present but it depends on making the right choices.
The Ethical Futurists™ is a unique pairing of two of today’s leading thinkers; Alison Burns and James Taylor. In their inspiring, entertaining and highly visual co-keynote they will take you on a journey to discover how the world’s most ethical companies are transforming their industries and achieving sustainable growth.
Alison Burns is an award-winning performer, keynote speaker and expert in business ethics, sustainability and ethical leadership. For over 30 years, she has been a trailblazer in the fields of engineering, entertainment, technology and the law. Today as an Ethical Futurist™ she helps organisations and individuals think and act more ethically through her entertaining and inspiring keynote speeches on sustainability, environment, future trends, diversity, inclusion and the ethical implications of technology. James Taylor – who started his career managing high profile rock stars – is now an in-demand keynote speaker and internationally recognized leader in business creativity, innovation and artificial intelligence. For over 20 years, he has been advising CEO’s, entrepreneurs, educators, governments, leaders, writers and rockstars on how to design innovative organizations, unlock creative potential and build a sustainable future.
Whether you’re striving to develop an inclusive culture based on diversity and collaboration, or searching for insights from the world’s most ethical and sustainable organisations, The Ethical Futurists™ can help you on that transformation. Today consumers want to buy from brands which align with their values. Talent wants to work for organisations that do the right thing. Purpose-driven companies want to do well but also do good. The success of your organisation relies on you being an ethical leader. Inspiring and motivating your people on how we can all do well by doing good.
Your audience will learn:
- The link between sustainability, business ethics, company culture, and trust.
- How exponential technologies can help organisations achieve their sustainability goals.
- How to develop and implement technologies like AI in an ethical way.
- Why ethics are increasingly important from the boardroom to the customer.
- How to develop your own Ethical Purpose Statement™ to make a positive impact in the world.
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 are creating new 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.
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 organisations are adapting to technological change. You will discover that, in this new world, 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 is designed to inspire and equip you with the insights and strategies needed to be future-ready.
SUPERPRODUCTIVITY™: Accelerating Growth During The Great Reset
As we recover from a global pandemic, too many countries and companies remain locked in a cycle of low or flat productivity growth. The old methods for increasing productivity just don’t work in our hyper-connected world.
In SuperProductivity™, award-winning creativity and innovation keynote speaker James Taylor shares how any organisation can improve productivity by 20-25% through maximising collaboration. Only when our people are aligned and connected around a shared vision and mission can they achieve higher levels of productivity and unlock their full creative potential. In SuperProductivity™ James shows how to:
Learning Outcomes
- Boost your productivity by 10% while 6x employee engagement levels
- Build a more innovative, productive and creative organisational culture
- Discover why your top talent is up to eight times more productive than average employees.
- Develop new skills and mindsets to adapt to change, overcome challenges, lead effectively, and build trust amongst your team and stakeholders.
Unlock Your Creative Potential
Topic: Creativity, Collaboration, Innovation
Perfect for: Internal Conferences, Offsite Retreats, Team Events
James Taylor’s immersive in-person or virtual workshops will help your team unlock creative potential, accelerate innovation, increase productivity and adapt to change. If your people have these challenges then James is perfect for your next corporate workshop:
- My team doesn’t collaborate well
- Our people need to be better creative problem-solvers
- We have good ideas but can’t make them happen
- Our business needs new ideas to grow sales
- We need to identify new opportunities
Workshop Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the five step process for developing your creativity
- Discover techniques for generating and developing innovative ideas
- Learn creative thinking skills to better evaluate new ideas
- Lead your team to unlock their creative potential
- Build a more innovative and creative culture at work
THE ETHICAL FUTURISTS [EVENT EMCEES, HOSTS OR PANEL MODERATORS]
Why not invite top emcees, hosts and panel moderators Alison Burns & James Taylor (AKA The Ethical Futurists™) to co-host your next conference, meeting or event . Alison Burns has hosted for broadcasters including the BBC and Channel 4, as well as acting as MC and host for both live in-person and virtual events. Meanwhile James Taylor has acted as virtual emcee for global clients including Cisco, Globant, Fractal Analytics, Micro Focus and multiple event production companies. Together they have hosted intimate events for 30 people all the way through to large multi-speaker virtual and hybrid conferences for tens of thousands. The experienced choice for:
- Conferences and Summits Emcees and Hosts
- Fireside Chats
- Panel Moderation
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James Taylor's 2024 speaking fees
- United Kingdom
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