Build Invincible Companies
Build Invincible Companies
Build Invincible Companies
Build Invincible Companies
Build Invincible Companies
Designing Innovation Cultures, Portfolios, and Structures That Thrive in Disruption
Designing Innovation Cultures, Portfolios, and Structures That Thrive in Disruption
Most companies talk about innovation but, few build it into their DNA. This keynote challenges leaders to stop relying on disconnected innovation activities and start designing systems that actually deliver resilience, reinvention, and results. You’ll learn how to embed innovation into your culture, structure your business for the future, and map your portfolio to survive whatever’s next.
Most companies talk about innovation but, few build it into their DNA. This keynote challenges leaders to stop relying on disconnected innovation activities and start designing systems that actually deliver resilience, reinvention, and results. You’ll learn how to embed innovation into your culture, structure your business for the future, and map your portfolio to survive whatever’s next.
Live Virtual | In Person
Live Virtual | In Person
Live Virtual | In Person
Live Virtual | In Person
Live Virtual | In Person
Duration: Based on your needs
Duration: Based on your needs
Duration: Based on your needs
Duration: Based on your needs
Duration: Based on your needs
Resources & guides
Resources & guides
Resources & guides
Resources & guides
Resources & guides
AI tools info, Leadership Guide
AI tools info, Leadership Guide
AI tools info, Leadership Guide
AI tools info, Leadership Guide
AI tools info, Leadership Guide
Experiential training
Experiential training
Experiential training
Experiential training
Experiential training
Q&A, Audience participation
Q&A, Audience participation
Q&A, Audience participation
Q&A, Audience participation
Q&A, Audience participation
Live AI Demos
Live AI Demos
Live AI Demos
Live AI Demos
Live AI Demos
Practical simulations & demos
Practical simulations & demos
Practical simulations & demos
Practical simulations & demos
Practical simulations & demos
Innovation Theater Isn’t Enough
Too many companies are stuck playing the part of innovators: hosting hackathons, running pilot projects, and throwing buzzwords around, without building the deep structures needed to sustain real innovation. They treat it like an event, not a system. Behind the scenes? Innovation teams are overwhelmed, under-resourced, and often disconnected from strategy, so why should they care? Senior leaders celebrate experiments that never scale. Promising ideas die in PowerPoint.
The truth? Most companies are not designed to survive disruption. They’re optimized for efficiency, not adaptability. For yesterday’s success, not tomorrow’s chaos. This keynote is a wake-up call for leaders: you don’t need another workshop, you need a complete reframe of how innovation lives inside your business. Because if you’re not building resilience on purpose, you’re exposing yourself to risk by accident.
Too many companies are stuck playing the part of innovators: hosting hackathons, running pilot projects, and throwing buzzwords around, without building the deep structures needed to sustain real innovation. They treat it like an event, not a system. Behind the scenes? Innovation teams are overwhelmed, under-resourced, and often disconnected from strategy, so why should they care? Senior leaders celebrate experiments that never scale. Promising ideas die in PowerPoint.
The truth? Most companies are not designed to survive disruption. They’re optimized for efficiency, not adaptability. For yesterday’s success, not tomorrow’s chaos. This keynote is a wake-up call for leaders: you don’t need another workshop, you need a complete reframe of how innovation lives inside your business. Because if you’re not building resilience on purpose, you’re exposing yourself to risk by accident.
Common Red Flags
Innovation Is Not Systematic
It lives in one department, runs off isolated budgets, and isn’t embedded into decision-making
Teams Are Busy, But Nothing Scales
There are pilots and prototypes everywhere, but no clear path to turn them into revenue or strategy.
Safety trumps innovation
People are told to take risks and embrace failure, but those who get promoted are the ones who play it safe.
The Core Business Is Untouchable
All innovation happens on the edges, while the most vulnerable parts of the business remain sacred.
Meet your speaker
Meet your speaker
Paris Thomas is a pioneering innovation strategist and executive advisor who specializes in helping organizations accelerate their innovation through AI-powered experimentation. As CEO of Talent Hacks and CEO/Co-Founder of RapidVisual.ai, he has guided over 300 founders and multiple Fortune 500 companies in transforming ideas into market successes, enabling transformation in a multitude of industries. A contributor to the best-selling book "Value Proposition Design," Paris has developed groundbreaking approaches to rapid experimentation and customer validation that blend AI with practical business strategies.
As a lifelong entrepreneur, his hands-on experience includes co-founding a European cleantech startup accelerator, developing the Prototype Concierge service, which helps organizations de-risk their business ideas through rapid experimentation, and currently bring the value of rapid prototyping to the innovation landscape through Rapid Visual AI.
With a unique challenging, ”sleeves-rolled-up”, and down to earth approach, Paris is known for making innovation accessible and practical, helping teams move from idea to evidence through smart experimentation and customer-centric validation.
Deano is a business psychologist who's CHRO and Chief L&D creator at Talent Hacks. As a facilitator, he focuses on coaching and helping business professionals find themselves through deep insight and tons of practical hacks. As an L&D expert, he's passionate about the power of edutainment in learning retention and enjoys blending deep content with humour and experiential elements.
Paris Thomas
Paris Thomas is a pioneering innovation strategist and executive advisor who specializes in helping organizations accelerate their innovation through AI-powered experimentation. As CEO of Talent Hacks and CEO/Co-Founder of RapidVisual.ai, he has guided over 300 founders and multiple Fortune 500 companies in transforming ideas into market successes, enabling transformation in a multitude of industries.
A contributor to the best-selling book "Value Proposition Design," Paris has developed groundbreaking approaches to rapid experimentation and customer validation that blend AI with practical business strategies.
As a lifelong entrepreneur, his hands-on experience includes co-founding a European cleantech startup accelerator, developing the Prototype Concierge service, which helps organizations de-risk their business ideas through rapid experimentation, and currently bring the value of rapid prototyping to the innovation landscape through Rapid Visual AI.
With a unique challenging, ”sleeves-rolled-up”, and down to earth approach, Paris is known for making innovation accessible and practical, helping teams move from idea to evidence through smart experimentation and customer-centric validation.
Paris Thomas is a pioneering innovation strategist and executive advisor who specializes in helping organizations accelerate their innovation through AI-powered experimentation. As CEO of Talent Hacks and CEO/Co-Founder of RapidVisual.ai, he has guided over 300 founders and multiple Fortune 500 companies in transforming ideas into market successes, enabling transformation in a multitude of industries. A contributor to the best-selling book "Value Proposition Design," Paris has developed groundbreaking approaches to rapid experimentation and customer validation that blend AI with practical business strategies.
As a lifelong entrepreneur, his hands-on experience includes co-founding a European cleantech startup accelerator, developing the Prototype Concierge service, which helps organizations de-risk their business ideas through rapid experimentation, and currently bring the value of rapid prototyping to the innovation landscape through Rapid Visual AI.
With a unique challenging, ”sleeves-rolled-up”, and down to earth approach, Paris is known for making innovation accessible and practical, helping teams move from idea to evidence through smart experimentation and customer-centric validation.
Paris Thomas is a pioneering innovation strategist and executive advisor who specializes in helping organizations accelerate their innovation through AI-powered experimentation. As CEO of Talent Hacks and CEO/Co-Founder of RapidVisual.ai, he has guided over 300 founders and multiple Fortune 500 companies in transforming ideas into market successes, enabling transformation in a multitude of industries. A contributor to the best-selling book "Value Proposition Design," Paris has developed groundbreaking approaches to rapid experimentation and customer validation that blend AI with practical business strategies.
As a lifelong entrepreneur, his hands-on experience includes co-founding a European cleantech startup accelerator, developing the Prototype Concierge service, which helps organizations de-risk their business ideas through rapid experimentation, and currently bring the value of rapid prototyping to the innovation landscape through Rapid Visual AI.
With a unique challenging, ”sleeves-rolled-up”, and down to earth approach, Paris is known for making innovation accessible and practical, helping teams move from idea to evidence through smart experimentation and customer-centric validation.
Build Invincible Companies
How Experimentation & Rapid Testing Drive Smarter Innovation
How Experimentation & Rapid Testing Drive Smarter Innovation
Candies Foster
Candies Foster
Candies Foster
Candies Foster
Candies Foster
Vice President of Manufacturing
Vice President of Manufacturing
Vice President of Manufacturing
Vice President of Manufacturing
Vice President of Manufacturing
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