Erik Wahl

Author, Artist, Creativity Expert

Erik Wahl is an internationally recognized artist, top TED speaker, and No. 1 bestselling author. His breakthrough experience as an artist and entrepreneur has translated into making him into one of the most sought-after corporate speakers on the circuit today. On stage, Erik’s keynote experience creates a dynamic multidimensional metaphor for how to systematically embrace innovation and risk.

  • Erik Wahl Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Erik Wahl Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Erik Wahl Virtual Film

The full length customized keynote is professionally produced and filmed in a studio in San Diego. The keynote is captured with 3 cinema level cameras and then professionally edited into a visually beautiful and powerful film to be delivered to you for use in digital format. ...

The full length customized keynote is professionally produced and filmed in a studio in San Diego. The keynote is captured with 3 cinema level cameras and then professionally edited into a visually beautiful and powerful film to be delivered to you for use in digital format. The 2 paintings Erik creates during his keynote, are your to keep and will be shipped to you post production. The film may be used to share at your virtual event,  and then to re-share internally within your organization for up to two calendar years.

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Virtual Keynote: Unlocking Zoom

What happens when the world is upside down? When business is anything but usual? When we aren’t sure what the future looks like or how the next few weeks will unfold?  Innovation, creativity, and disruption happen. Thought leader, Author, Artist and Speaker Erik ...

What happens when the world is upside down? When business is anything but usual? When we aren’t sure what the future looks like or how the next few weeks will unfold?  Innovation, creativity, and disruption happen.

Thought leader, Author, Artist and Speaker Erik Wahl is here to help harness the chaos and unlock your organization’s creativity—all to allow for once-in-a-lifetime breakthroughs during this unprecedented time.   Our country is currently experiencing Dis-ease.  Dis-ease politically, economically and socially. We don’t know what will happen, but we can be prepared for how to handle what ever does happen.

What your company will learn:
All of Erik’s virtual topics are fully customized to your group’s specific needs, topics include:
·      Shift Happens: Constant Creativity Through Chaos
·      Disruption = Innovation
·      Building a Better Brand in the Time of Adversity

A  20 -30 minute customized keynote for your audience. Based on the customization questionnaire,  the keynote is specifically tailored for your audience. Customization starts with a conference call between you and our team to discuss the meeting in detail. Based on the customization call and questionnaire, Erik creates the keynote to address your audience,  the theme of your meeting, as well as providing actionable takeaways for your attendees.  Additionally our team  will work with you to create a list of “Props” each audience member can be supplied, that allows for an interactive and connected keynote experience.

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The Art of Vision

The Art of Vision is a one-of-a-kind program designed to challenge organizations to discover their untapped potential. The format is fast-paced, entertaining, and full of surprises. No matter what kind of organization-from small companies to large ...

The Art of Vision is a one-of-a-kind program designed to challenge organizations to discover their untapped potential. The format is fast-paced, entertaining, and full of surprises. No matter what kind of organization-from small companies to large corporations-employees at all levels will better embrace the future by becoming more innovative, more productive and ultimately more profitable. This 45-60 minute multi-media keynote experience is ideally suited to open or close your meeting on a dynamic high note.

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The Art of Leadership

Today’s leaders face a pressure to innovate—or else perish—unlike any other time in history.  Advances in social, mobil and cloud technology, coupled with fierce global competition has made the business landscape nearly unrecognizable from what it was a mere 10 years ...

Today’s leaders face a pressure to innovate—or else perish—unlike any other time in history.  Advances in social, mobil and cloud technology, coupled with fierce global competition has made the business landscape nearly unrecognizable from what it was a mere 10 years ago.

Erik Wahl’s entertaining and invigorating Art of Leadership presentation paints a compelling new portrait for what the successful leaders of tomorrow will look like. He inspires audiences to shed old ways of thinking and “business as usual” processes that are outdated, inefficient and detrimental to productivity. Audience members learn new ways to build an emotional connection to drive future employee engagement.  Erik’s presentation stretches traditional assumptions on leadership. The end results include:

  • innovative solutions to further your organization
  • attracting and engaging quality employees
  • new efficiencies and the end of detrimental redundancies

Growth and comfort cannot co-exist. When leaders come from a place of authenticity, curiosity, exploration and purpose, this leads to more meaningful connections among team members and with clients and customers—and ultimately, a more profitable organization. An engaged employee equals an engaged customer.

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UNthink

UNthink is the signature keynote experience from Erik’s bestselling book. It is dynamic multi-media keynote experience specifically designed to challenge audiences to achieve superior levels of performance. It will inspire them to let go of ...

UNthink is the signature keynote experience from Erik’s bestselling book. It is dynamic multi-media keynote experience specifically designed to challenge audiences to achieve superior levels of performance. It will inspire them to let go of their traditional thought patterns and better understand how to create disruptive strategies of innovation. Creativity is in all of us. We simply need to rediscover the keys that will unlock our untapped potential. UNthink will Unleash organizational excellence and help your audience better understand that they are all capable of so much more than they have been conditioned to believe.

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The Spark and the Grind: Ignite the Power of Disciplined Creativity

As a world renowned speaker on innovation and change, Erik’s message is incredibly relevant in today’s marketplace. “Disruption is coming politically economically and socially. Disruption creates opportunity. You can view this disruption as a negative, or you can ...

As a world renowned speaker on innovation and change, Erik’s message is incredibly relevant in today’s marketplace. “Disruption is coming politically economically and socially. Disruption creates opportunity. You can view this disruption as a negative, or you can see it as  tremendous new opportunity. Only a few will have the flexibility to adapt adjust unlearn unthink unleash. Chaos is coming – are you prepared?”  Erik Wahl

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About Keynote Speaker Erik Wahl

Erik Wahl is an internationally recognized artist, TED speaker, and No. 1 bestselling author. His breakthrough experience as an artist and entrepreneur has translated into making him into one of the most sought-after corporate speakers on the circuit today.

On stage, Erik’s keynote experience creates a dynamic multidimensional metaphor for how to systematically embrace innovation and risk. His message: disruption is the new normal and businesses must embrace creativity in a wholesale fashion, or risk being left behind. Erik’s presentation inspires organizations to be increasingly agile and outlines how to use disruption as a competitive advantage. Some companies will be disrupted others will choose to be the disruptor. Choose wisely.

His new book, The Spark and the Grind, activates the essential components of translating ideas into action. His breakthrough thinking has earned praise from the likes of top influencers in both art and business.

Erik’s previous book, a bestseller called Unthink was hailed by Forbes Magazine as The blueprint to actionable creativity, and by Fast Company Magazine as “provocative with a purpose.”

The Warhol of Wall Street, the Renoir of ROI, The Picasso of Productivity, the Jobs of … Well, Jobs.

Erik discovered an alarming truth early in his career as a partner in a corporate firm: organizations that encouraged the mental discipline of creativity did better than those that did not put innovation as a priority mission. So he set out to challenge companies to change their way of thinking.

In the meantime, inspired by street art, he became an acclaimed graffiti artist—though he has since stopped selling his works for personal gain, and instead uses his art to raise money for charities. His keynote is where his passion for business growth and art converge into a fascinating performance.

Erik’s list of clients includes AT&T, Disney, London School of Business, Microsoft, FedEx, Exxon Mobil, Ernst & Young, and XPrize.

Interested in learning more or watching Erik in action? Take a look at theartofvision.com

Testimonials

“Erik’s presentation was outstanding and it was exactly what we were looking for. BigSpeak and Erik hit it out of the ballpark.”

LexisNexis

 

“Erik was INCREDIBLE. He was extremely well received… Standing ovation. Thank you!”

United Healthcare

 

“Erik did an excellent job at the HP Health & Life Sciences Symposium… In fact, he had a standing ovation. His message was on-target, inspirational and entertaining. Everyone had very positive feedback. It was a great way to end our event. I would highly recommend Erik to my other industry colleagues.”

Harry Kim

Hewlett-Packard

“Your presentation was once again, outstanding! After seeing you at the National Realtors conference and now our National conference, I am amazed at your ability to customize your message for both corporate and educational audiences.”

National Parent Teachers Association

 

“We continue to receive numerous emails, voicemails and handwritten notes….all in praise of you, your presentation, and most important…your message!”

Walt Disney Entertainment

 

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