SHAWN KANUNGO

Shawn has been on the ground floor helping hundreds of clients on the art of strategy & innovation. As a keynote speaker, Shawn’s talks are packed with insightful anecdotes based on his own experiences, provocative concepts, and most importantly, actionable strategies. With his unique mix of charisma, humor, storytelling and motivation, Shawn brings a radically different take on disruption.

In 2018, Shawn was recognized as one of Inc’s Top 100 Innovative Leadership speakers. Shawn performs over 60+ keynotes annually across all sectors and industries.

#1 - Strategy in a World of Disruption

The business world has fundamentally changed forever. The growth and adoption of new technologies is at a dizzying pace. Customer and employee expectations have been pushed forward 10 years due to the pandemic. We are now looking for organizations to be fearless in a changing world.
These drivers are forcing everyone to reimagine their entire organizations. How do we sur-vive? How do we disrupt ourselves before someone else does? How do we deliver better experiences to our clients, customers, and teams? Today, we need to be bold, brave and experimental.
In this awe-inspiring talk, Shawn Kanungo provides an optimistic roadmap for the future. He explores how we can take unexpected approaches to innovation to remain competitive and relevant.

#2 - Bold Ones – How to Innovate & Disrupt Ourselves

The world is getting weirder, wackier and wilder by the minute. It has never been more cru-cial to adapt and evolve with the times. Yet, when faced with radical change, we tend to double down on what made us successful in the past. 
Bold Ones is an awe-inspiring and provocative keynote on how individuals can apply the innovations and disruptions occurring around them to become more dynamic and valuable. Specific, actionable techniques—from uncovering ‘secrets’ within your field, to designing experiments, to creating an unstoppable personal flywheel—that will help one evolve and excel will be shared.

# 3- The Future is Open: The Metaverse, Web3 & You

Are we ready for the next era of the Internet? An immersive, unified and interconnected digi-tal world is in the making. The Metaverse is no longer a science-fiction construct. It will re-write new models of interaction, digital-native assets, commerce and experience. Yet, this is much more than a technological shift, but a cultural phenomenon that will impact human expression and behaviour.

Big tech and gaming companies are arming themselves in this battleground for the future. However, the Metaverse may not reach its massive potential without being truly open. Its convergence with Web3, a decentralized internet enabled by the blockchain, and its compo-nents (crypto, NFTs and more) may be the key to building the backbone and connective tissue for this new world.

In this awe-inspiring keynote, innovation strategist Shawn Kanungo dives deep into why The Metaverse & Web3 will shape the future, and how it will impact culture, business, technology and individuals. The future will favour the bold and brave.

#4 - Creating the Future, Together

Today, we are undergoing a paradigm shift. The world is becoming more dynamic, inter-twined and unpredictable. Organizations must develop an ecosystem approach to innova-tion, leveraging talent both inside and outside of the company, to navigate the future.
Shawn Kanungo provides a bold, unique and contrarian view of the near term-future. He outlines some of the disruptive forces (AI, Digital Business Models, etc.) that are impacting every industry. He then explores how organizations can become more adaptable, experi-mental and collaborative.
Weaving together storytelling, humor, inspiration and actionable takeaways, audiences will walk away with a roadmap on how organizations can create a brighter future, together.

#5 - Fearless Government

For decades, we have designed the public sector to be operationally excellent. Today, the game has changed. We are now looking for government to be fearless and an enabler for radical change.
From leveraging automation, ecosystem partnerships and the crowd, Shawn Kanungo paints a vision of how governments can be a catalyst for others to help them drive innovation. He will also help to make sense of the rapidly changing demographic, societal, economic, and technological trends shaping the future of government.
Sharing insights from leading organizations and his own experiences on the ground floor of driving transformation in government – Kanungo reveals the technologies, citizen expecta-tions and service delivery models that will drive the revolution.

#6 – The Geeks & the Freaks: The Age of AI and Infinite Leverage

We are on the brink of a revolution based on the meteoric rise of ChatGPT and Generative AI. These exponential technologies are transforming the way we communicate, collaborate, and create, revolutionizing industries around the world. However, when everyone has an AI co-pilot, who will stand out? Shawn argues that we need more freaks – leaders that are both unique and bold. 

With the rise of generative AI, cloud technologies and remote talent, we also entering into an age of infinite leverage where our work can be replicated at no cost, and we don’t need per-mission to get started. As a result, we can build exponential organizations - a new breed of businesses that can be more nimble, flexible, and highly leveraged.

In this provocative and counter-intuitive keynote, Shawn dives deep into the age of artificial intelligence and infinite leverage. He explores why this will shape the future, and how it will impact culture, business, technology and individuals. Ultimately, the future will favor the bold.