Creative and communications strategist — co-author of Selfish, Scared and Stupid and Forever Skills.
Kieran Flanagan is an award-winning communications strategist, creative leader and international speaker, and the co-author, with Dan Gregory, of Selfish, Scared and Stupid and Forever Skills. She is a co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Impossible Institute, and a co-founder of The Behaviour Report, which she runs with Gregory. Her work sits at the intersection of creativity, behavioural science and organisational influence — a combination that addresses one of the most persistent challenges in business: why organisations that know they need to be more creative still struggle to produce genuinely new thinking. Her work is grounded in the science of how people actually make decisions, not how they say they do.
Flanagan's practice centres on the conditions, habits and structures that allow individuals and organisations to generate and act on new ideas, rather than retreating to what is known and safe. Her keynotes and workshops blend psychology, strategy and storytelling, and her programs — among them Unleash your Younique and The Communication Equation — deal with positioning, persuasion and the psychology of influence. She has worked with global brands including Coca-Cola, Unilever, EY and the United Nations, helping leaders turn insight into influence, and has been rated a Top 25 C Suite Speaker to Watch in the USA.
For innovation conferences, marketing and communications events, leadership programs and organisational culture initiatives, Kieran Flanagan delivers sessions that are rigorous, practical and often surprising. She has a gift for making ideas from behavioural science feel immediately applicable rather than academically remote — and for challenging audiences to question the assumptions they have been treating as fixed. Teams leave with new tools for thinking differently, and with a clearer understanding of how to make those tools stick inside their organisations.
Kieran Flanagan is a keynote speaker based in New South Wales who speaks on business strategy, change management and innovation. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Creativity is increasingly seen as the #1 skill for success in 21st Century business. Yet most of us are leaving our creative potential untapped. In this highly engaging and interactive keynote, Kieran shares research-backed strategies for generating ideas on demand, thinking differently, and solving problems creatively.
You'll discover: why creativity isn't a talent (it's a skill); the neuroscience of creative thinking and how to hack your brain for better ideas; practical tools and frameworks to think differently and generate breakthrough ideas; and how to build a culture where creativity is a competitive advantage.
Participants leave with a toolkit they can use immediately to unlock their creative potential and that of their teams.
We like to think of ourselves as rational beings. We're not. Our decisions, choices and behaviours are shaped by unconscious biases, emotions and shortcuts that we're largely unaware of.
In this fascinating and highly applicable keynote, Kieran reveals the hidden forces driving human behaviour and shows how you can use this knowledge to become more persuasive, to influence behaviour change, and to make better decisions.
You'll discover: the surprising shortcuts our brains use to make decisions; the most powerful levers for changing human behaviour; how to use psychology to become more persuasive and influential; and how to overcome your own biases to make smarter choices.
Equal parts fascinating science and practical strategy, this session will change the way you understand yourself and the people around you.
In a world of accelerating change and disruption, the capacity to innovate is the ultimate competitive advantage. But most organisations struggle to move beyond incremental improvement. In this energising keynote, Kieran shares a practical framework for generating transformative ideas and executing on them.
You'll discover: what separates truly innovative organisations from the rest; a practical framework for human-centred innovation; how to generate, evaluate and execute on transformative ideas; and how to build an innovation culture in your team or organisation.
Drawing on his extensive work in innovation consulting and research into the world's most innovative organisations, Kieran delivers a session that is equal parts inspiring and actionable.
The ability to communicate with influence – to inform, inspire, and persuade – is the #1 career skill. Yet most of us never learn how to do it intentionally. In this practical and highly engaging keynote, Kieran shares the research-backed strategies used by the world's most influential communicators.
You'll discover: the neuroscience of persuasion and what actually changes minds; the structure and elements of communication that influences; how to use storytelling as a leadership and communication tool; and how to communicate with authority, empathy and authenticity.
Participants leave with a communication toolkit they can put to work immediately.
Kieran absolutely nailed the brief. His keynote on creativity was engaging, relevant and incredibly practical. The team walked away inspired and with a clear toolkit to put into practice. We've already had multiple requests to bring him back.Head of Innovation / Coca-Cola Amatil
Kieran's ability to make complex science feel accessible and immediately applicable is extraordinary. His session on human behaviour and decision-making was the talk of our conference. Funny, smart, practical – he had our people in the palm of his hand.VP Marketing / Mars
One of the best speakers we have ever had at our conference. Kieran's content is world class, his delivery is extraordinary and his ability to connect with an audience is rare. We received standing ovations and outstanding delegate feedback.CEO / Australian Marketing Institute
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