Carla Johnson
- The World’s Leading Innovation Architect
- CEO of RE:Think Lab
- Consistently ranked one of the top event speakers around the world
In Person-Fee 🛈
Fee Range
$20,000 - $30,000
Virtual Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Travels From
Colorado
Carla Johnson Speaker Biography
It used to be that the status quo was the way to go. It kept your company running. And it kept you employed. But in a world that changes at the speed of a TikTok, standing still makes you a sitting duck. Volatility lurks around every corner. Startups have become rock stars. Founders are celebrities. Customers are fickle. Employees are leaving. Disruption is inevitable. But if anyone’s going to disrupt your industry, your company, or your team, shouldn’t it be you?
As the world’s leading Innovation Architect, Carla Johnson’s been breaking the status quo all her life. In 20 years of working with leaders, she’s learned that the safest bet is often the riskiest move. Through years of research and authoring numerous best-selling books, she’s developed frameworks and processes that teach people how to redefine what innovation means in their company, and then equips teams to make innovation everybody’s business.
Carla’s approach transforms organizations by fusing visionary creativity with pragmatic innovation strategies to inspire teams to think bigger and bolder so they can bust out of the status quo. The result is a company culture that becomes a playground of limitless potential while also experiencing unprecedented alignment and growth.
RE:Think InnovationTM
People think innovation is expensive, time-consuming, and complicated. That it takes special skills, special titles, and special budgets. Are we doomed to a life of status-quo thinking and underperforming results? Of wistfully dreaming we’re the golden unicorn who comes up with fantastical ideas at the drop of a hat?
What if, instead of struggle and frustration, there was a proven framework for consistently developing the great ideas that drive bottom-line impact? And what if everyone in your organization could learn it?
Applied Curiosity
The world around us is moving faster than ever before. While efficiency, productivity, and AI are the de rigueur of the day, teams are struggling to keep pace with change. What if, instead of being a time-consuming distraction, curiosity is the ultimate competitive advantage that’s right under our noses?
It’s time we understand the true fundamentals of curiosity and how to apply them so that we can not only do more, better, and faster, but also find a way to connect on a deeper human level. All while finding a renewed sense of excitement about the future and our collective contribution to it.
The Muse and the Machine: How Human Creativity Propels an AI World Forward
While technology and Generative AI have exploded, the ability to think creatively is the one core human truth that will remain relevant in this brave new world. Instead of defaulting to using technology to think for us, do for us, and succumb to its dominance, it’s critical that we reawaken our childlike sense of possibility.
Gone are the days when we can compete by having a few innovative thinkers lead the collective. It’s more important now than ever to equip every individual, team, and department in your organization with the skills and tools to develop, champion, and execute on high-quality, highly relevant ideas in any situation.
The Six Faces of Innovation
People think to be innovative, you need to maximize your tech and your processes. They focus on KPIs, OKRs, and stacks of technology. The tools aren’t the answer, it’s the people using the tools that create sustainable impact. Processes and technology without the human connection just create bureaucracy and organizational silos. The result is that your efforts toward innovation actually stymie growth, rather than encourage it.
What if we gave the same time, attention, and detailed consideration to the human elements of innovation as we do the processes and technology? The real opportunity for growth lies in human integration.
July 28, 2023
We enjoyed working with Carla Johnson as much as we enjoyed her presentation! She accommodated our organization through the arrangements she was flexible on as well as tailoring her presentation to meet the needs of our community. She is truly a down to earth motivational speaker who has innovative ideas herself as well as inspires and sets the framework for her audience to follow her wheel of innovation to develop innovative ideas themselves.
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