Innovation & Design Consultant
USA
A highly sought after innovation and creativity expert who designed his own Design Thinking toolkit whilst working for almost 3 decades at Disney. His unique approach can unlock the creative potential in anyone.
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Duncan Wardle’s three decade long career at Disney started when he became an intern in their London office shortly after he graduated college in 1987. During the next 30 years, he held a number of executive positions including VP Global Public Relations; VP International Marketing and Sales, and finally as VP Innovation and Creativity.
He gained a wide range of experiences from his different roles around the world, especially the one related to innovation and creativity. It was here that he developed his own unique methodology involving creative behaviors and tools to help foster innovative thinking and problem solving among the staff at Disney.
After he left Disney, he set up his own iD8 & innov8 company to help other companies to embed a culture of innovation in their staff. He has given many speeches and trained 1,000s of people at some of the top companies in the world. He also contributes to publications such as Forbes and Harvard Business Review, and has twice been a TED speaker. He teaches his Innovation Master Classes at Yale, Harvard and Edinburgh University among others.
Duncan has received a number of awards, including an Honorary Doctorate, The White House American Citizen Award, Duke of Edinburgh Award and was 2022 Speaker Contest Winner at the Nordic Business Forum.
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The best brands in the world may have great products and service, but they thrive because of an unrelenting passion and focus on customer experience. Through this engaging and interactive Keynote, Duncan will share how to transform your business from product-centric to customer-centric and reap the rewards that come when customers believe the work you do is truly magic.
Keynote takeaways:
None of us are going back to “Business as Usual”, and the secret sauce to success lies in the culture you create at work. But innovation is not something that happens by chance. It’s the result of building an environment in which it can thrive, and you have to give people a set of tools that you may use every day to grow.
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You’ve got the power!
The ability to think creatively is the one core human truth that will remain relevant in the brave new world of Artificial Intelligence. Everyone has the power to be creative!
One of the best presentations i’ve ever heard. you really opened my mind and I just want to thank you!
Look no further than Duncan for one of the best investments you will ever make in your business.
Thank you for giving us the tools to set us up for change, innovation and success.
You inspired me and took part in reassuring me how much I do believe in “magic” and the real possibilities of turning your passions into a business model.
Duncan’s ideas and activities around innovation are methods we still use in our creative brainstorming exercises and have resulted in much richer results.
I attended your session in the transform to succeed program. it was an amazing to experience and understand the power of creativity.
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