Cris Beswick

Cris Beswick advises ambitious CEOs and governments on aligning strategy, leadership, and culture to create innovation-led organizations equipped to shape the future, not just survive it.

Request price and availability Request price and availability

Top rated!

4 Client reviews

Non-binding request for Cris Beswick

Call us

+1 347 223 5128 +44 20 3744 5675

Cris was a delight to work with on Future Business Forum, delivering an inspiring and insight filled keynote as well as taking part in a fireside chat. Cris was flexible, proactive in helping promote the event, and easy to work with! We wouldn't hesitate to recommend him as a speaker!

Bruce Walker

CEO & Co-founder, FutureX

Read all reviews

Book Cris

Non-binding request for Cris Beswick

Call us

+1 347 223 5128 +44 20 3744 5675

Why you should book Cris Beswick for your next event

A trusted advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and government leaders, Cris has helped solve the world’s most complex innovation challenges through bold, strategic interventions.
Recognized thought leader and Visiting Professor, Cris brings academic depth and practical application through his work with global business schools and innovation boards.
As a Senior Fellow at The Conference Board, Cris shapes the innovation agendas of global enterprises, helping C-suite leaders embed innovation into long-term strategic planning.

Non-binding request for Cris Beswick

Cracking the Code of Innovation

Internationally acclaimed innovation strategist and bestselling author, Cris Beswick helps Fortune 500 leaders and ambitious organizations embed innovation into their DNA. Through his pioneering “innovation equilibrium” approach, where strategy, leadership, and culture align, Cris transforms innovation from a vague aspiration into a measurable, enterprise-wide capability. His high-impact keynotes challenge executive thinking, spark strategic clarity, and empower companies to lead transformation, not just survive disruption.

Keynote speaker Cris Beswick is globally recognized as a leading authority on innovation strategy, leadership, and organizational culture. With a background as a successful entrepreneur, Cris now works with some of the world’s most ambitious companies, helping executive teams transform innovation from a vague aspiration into a core business capability.

Through his pioneering concept of the "innovation equilibrium", where strategy, leadership, and culture align, Cris equips organizations to not only respond to disruption but actively shape their industries. As co-author of the bestselling book Building a Culture of Innovation, Cris provides a practical, results-focused methodology trusted by Fortune 500 companies and government bodies alike.

When you book Cris Beswick for your event, you gain more than a speaker—you gain a catalyst for change. His keynotes challenge outdated thinking, inspire bold leadership, and deliver actionable frameworks tailored for senior decision-makers seeking innovation-led growth.

Whether your organization is struggling to embed innovation, align leadership around change, or future-proof your strategic vision, keynote speaker Cris Beswick delivers the clarity and tools needed to make innovation stick.

Cris’s thought-provoking, high-energy presentations consistently resonate with executive audiences worldwide, turning inspiration into action.

Book Cris Beswick for your event and empower your leadership team with insights that drive measurable impact, cultural transformation, and competitive advantage in an age of constant change.

Customer Reviews

Bruce Walker CEO & Co-founder, FutureX

The most practical content and applicable tools you ever need for the implementation of innovation culture in your organization is what you get from Cris' sessions. The most though-provoking, and inspirational speech EVER! You made our event a HUGE success Cris.

Sepher Tarverdian CEO, Impacters Global Events

What makes this such a vital read is that it’s not just another innovation book but an essential practical guide for anyone who is looking for the framework to move from talking about innovation in the workplace to actually making it a reality. The pioneering organization is transformed by leadership that can lead on innovation, managers who then manage innovation and a community that are more effectively engaged in the culture of innovation. The authors clearly have an abundance of hands on experience across this innovation value chain and draw on this to deliver a digestible and practical guide for practitioners at all levels.

Andrew Graham Co-founder, Mr & Mrs Smith Hotels

Right from the outset Building a Culture of Innovation helps demystify innovation and how to embed it into the culture of the big, complex corporate company. It helps set innovation, and even the very definition of it, in the context of the individual organization and most importantly helps outline how to measure innovation itself as well as, and more importantly, your progress along your innovation journey. It’s a refreshing change from the usual innovation books that reinforce why we need to innovate, this time the authors have shown us how to communicate innovation, engage people in it and ultimately, make it happen.

Nkki Wray Head of People Faculty, Qinetiq

Keynotes

Keynote by Cris Beswick:

The Innovation Code: How Leaders Crack Their Top Priority

Shattering the myth that culture always trumps strategy.

In today's hyper-disrupted landscape, the old adage "culture eats strategy for breakfast" is dangerously outdated. Cris reveals why innovation-led organizations create an innovation equilibrium where strategy, leadership, and culture reinforce rather than compete with each other.

Drawing from his work with Fortune 500 leadership teams, this provocative keynote exposes the critical mistake 84% of executives make when pursuing innovation-led growth. Audiences discover how to architect systems where breakthrough thinking becomes business as usual, moving beyond innovation theatre to build genuine competitive advantage.

Key Takeaways: Executives leave with a clear roadmap for creating the innovation equilibrium that transforms organizational DNA and delivers sustainable competitive advantage.

Request a quote

Keynote by Cris Beswick:

Innovation Unleashed: The Blueprint for Innovation-led Culture

Moving from buzzwords to breakthrough performance.

Most organizations are stuck in "innovation theatre"—displaying the right posters, using correct terminology, establishing labs—while failing to address the core elements that enable innovation to thrive. This hard-hitting keynote exposes why 78% of corporate innovation programs fail to deliver expected outcomes.

Cris introduces his proven ODC Framework (Own-Drive-Contribute) that clarifies the distinct roles different organizational layers must play in building innovation-focused cultures. Audiences discover the psychological foundations, practical tools, and leadership behaviors that separate genuine innovation cultures from elaborate staging.

Key Takeaways: Leaders gain actionable frameworks to stop wasting resources on innovation activities that look impressive but deliver disappointing results, and learn the systematic approach that creates measurable innovation capability.

Request a quote

Keynote by Cris Beswick:

The Innovation Sweet Spot: Where Needle-Shifting Opportunities Really Hide

Why the biggest opportunities lie between incremental and radical.

While most organizations oscillate between safe incremental improvements and unrealistic "moonshots," the real competitive battleground lies in what Cris calls Differentiated Innovation—the overlooked middle ground where sustainable growth and cultural transformation happen simultaneously.

This keynote reveals why middle managers are your most critical—and most underutilized—innovation asset. Cris demonstrates how empowering this "Drive" layer to lead differentiated innovation creates competitive advantage that's nearly impossible to replicate, while building organization-wide innovation capability.

Key Takeaways: Executives discover the sweet spot where customer-focused innovation scales across their organization, creating both immediate competitive advantage and long-term cultural transformation.

Request a quote