Co-founder of Tour de Cure, creator of The Ideas Vault, and author of six books on creativity and innovation
Gary Bertwistle has spent more than 25 years working in the innovation industry, shaping retail, music, and radio businesses and helping individuals and organisations unlock creative thinking. He is the author of six books — The Keys to Creativity, Who Stole My Mojo?, What Made You Think of That?, The Vibe, My Dad's Got Mojo, and What I Wish I Knew About Cancer — and the founder of The Ideas Vault, a creative thinking venue opened in 2002 at The Entertainment Quarter in Sydney and used by some of Australia's largest organisations for meetings, seminars, and strategic ideation. He is co-founder of Tour de Cure, a cycling charity funding cancer research, which has raised more than $118 million since its formation in 2007.
Gary's angle on innovation is democratic and practical rather than theoretical. His core argument — that every person in a business, from receptionist to Managing Director, holds creative potential that organisations routinely fail to unlock — shapes sessions that are deliberately interactive and challenge traditional hierarchies of idea generation. His Marketing Warfare and The Vibe keynotes give organisations a concrete model for building a brand that genuinely connects with customers, while What Made You Think Of That? addresses the specific psychological barriers that prevent new ideas from surfacing. The sessions are full of case studies drawn from every industry and are designed to leave audiences with an actionable plan, not just fresh enthusiasm.
Gary suits innovation summits, sales conferences, leadership offsites, and any event where the aim is to break habitual thinking and generate new commercial energy. He was named TEC Speaker of the Year in 2007, 2008, and 2012.
Gary Bertwistle is a keynote speaker based in New South Wales who speaks on business strategy, change management and innovation. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
• The secret behind generating great ideas lies in knowing how to tap into the creative talent we all possess.
• This session is designed to help challenge the thinking within you, your team and your brand to remove the barriers that are preventing the creation of new ideas within your business.
• From the receptionist to the managing director, everyone in your business should be encouraged to challenge their current way of thinking to allow the generation of usable, practical and profitable ideas. Learn how to unlock your greatest asset.
• If you as a leader are not ready to create a team, company or culture around innovation, then this is a speech that you need to hear.
• Every organisation talks about innovation and creativity, but very few know how to do it. Based on content from Gary's book, What Made You Think Of That?, this session will give you useable, practical and powerful tools to help you unlock the many great ideas that exist within the minds of your team members, but as yet have not seen the light of day.
• Full of case studies from every industry, in every category, of every size, this session should be an essential part of every leader's toolbox.
• Based on Gary's best selling book, Who Stole My Mojo? - this session is about introducing simple and easy tips and tools for putting the spark back into your day.
• This session will not only help you get the most out of your day both in and out of the workplace, it will also give you the necessary zest and passion to drive you towards your aspirations and goals. There is no doubt that the pace and degree of life is stealing our mojo. Business is under fire and companies are losing their mojo.
• This session explores how your thinking works to help you be your best and create great ideas. You will walk away with all you need to raise the bar, seize the day and put the mojo back in your day, your team and your company.
• Based on his bestselling book, The Vibe, Gary illustrates the process of building your brand to make an authentic connection with your customers and clients.
• This speech clearly articulates the essential steps required to differentiate your brand in the market. You will have at your disposal a simple and easy to execute model to step you through the necessary procedures to win in this competitive market. It is time to stop wasting valuable cash, time and energy on what we think is marketing, and instead learn what really works.
• This full day session is about developing a brand plan to take your business forward.
• With more businesses competing for the same dollar in every category, those who are able to master the fundamentals of a brand and create a compelling reason for customers to use their product or services over their competitors, are the ones that will thrive and survive. To be able to do this, you must have a plan of attack, which is one of the essential outcomes of this presentation - creating a brand plan that your team can follow when going into battle with your competitors.
Thank you very much for a fantastic presentation, the feedback has been sensational a real hit with our audience. Your presentation style was engaging and your content certainly delivered what we had advertised... so a big thank you.AMI Institute
Thank you so much for speaking at our conference last week – Great job! You were engaging, you aligned perfectly to the messages that we discussed in our briefing and you gave our team the tools to ensure everyone reignites themselves to be successful.Treasury Wine Estates
Gary is a great teacher and presenter, and engages his audience from his very first word. Gary shows you that we can all think creatively and gives you the tools and confidence to do it every day.Southern Cross Austereo
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