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Josh Linkner
Disciplined Dreaming

Josh Linkner is The New York Times Bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 10 business books of 2011. Josh is the CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners. Together with business partners Earvin “Magic” Johnson and NBA team owner Dan Gilbert, Josh is actively rebuilding urban areas through technology and entrepreneurship. Josh is also Adjunct Professor of Applied Creativity at the University of Michigan.

Josh is the Founder, Chairman and former CEO of ePrize, the largest interactive promotion agency in the world providing digital marketing services for 74 of the top 100 brands.

Prior to ePrize, Josh was the founder and CEO of three other successful technology companies. He has been honored as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is a President Barack Obama Champion of Change award recipient. Josh is a regular columnist for Fast Company and Inc. Magazine, and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, and The New York Times. Josh is also a Berklee-trained professional jazz guitarist performing regularly in jazz clubs throughout the United States.

Most importantly, Josh is on a mission to make the world more creative.

 
Speaking Topics
 

Unleashing Creativity

We now live in a world of dizzying speed, exponential complexity, and ruthless competition. As most of the advantages of the past have become commoditized, creativity has become the currency of success; in both business and life. In this interactive talk, Josh shows participants how to jump-start their creativity to drive meaningful and immediate results. Attendees will learn specific techniques to unleash their most valuable resources – human creativity, imagination, and original thinking.

Executing Imagination: Turning Creative Fire into Real Results

Organizations often have an abundance of raw creativity, but lack a systematic process to harness it. In an era where ideas only count when they drive results, how do you focus your team’s imagination into practical outputs? Josh Linkner helps you make the leap from whiteboard to tangible results. How do you ensure your best ideas don’t get lost during execution? How do you maintain a creative culture through the realities of your hyper-competitive world? How do you drive everyday creativity and direct it toward specific, measurable gains? You will be energized by the answers to these questions and more in this fast-moving, fun, and interactive session.

7 Steps to a Creative Culture

Despite today’s ultra-competitive environment, companies like Zappos, Groupon, and Facebook have enjoyed tremendous growth and profitability. The leaders of hyper-growth companies often credit a culture of innovation as the primary driver of their success. In this interactive session, Josh shares proven philosophies and practices to help you build and maintain a creative culture. In turn, you will enjoy breakaway growth and success by unleashing your organization’s most powerful hidden natural asset: human creativity.

5 Big Ideas from Starting 5 Companies

Celebrated five-time entrepreneur Josh Linkner shares five big ideas that can transform your organization and career. Expanded from his highly acclaimed TED talk, Josh takes audiences through a journey of entrepreneurship. From triumphant victories to crushing defeats, audiences will be gripped with drama, insights, and inspiration throughout this exciting talk. These philosophies can be immediately implemented to drive breakaway success and seize your full potential.

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Key Topics
  • Creativity
  • Innovation
  • Programs
  • Unleashing Creativity
  • Executing Imagination: Turning Creative Fire into Real Results
  • 7 Steps to a Creative Culture
  • 5 Big Ideas from Starting 5 Companies
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    Detroit, MI
    Fee Info (subject to change)
    $10,000-$20,000
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