Frans Johansson

Innovation Thought Leader, CEO of The Medici Group and Author of The Medici Effect and The Click Moment

An author, entrepreneur, and acclaimed international keynote speaker, Frans Johansson has addressed hundreds of thousands of people on six continents, and virtually every industry.  After spending three years talking to individuals and teams at the intersection of different disciplines and cultures, he combined the results from those interviews with decades of existing research in psychology, economics and management of creativity and innovation.

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

    $30,001 - $40,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English, Swedish

  • Travels From

    New York, USA

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

    $30,001 - $40,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English, Swedish

  • Travels From

    New York, USA

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Diversity Drives Innovation

The world is changing fast. People today are more global than ever and move often between many cultures and countries. Companies, cities, and nations must compete on a global basis. In this new order of rising economies and beleaguered first-world nations, diversity is more ...

The world is changing fast. People today are more global than ever and move often between many cultures and countries. Companies, cities, and nations must compete on a global basis. In this new order of rising economies and beleaguered first-world nations, diversity is more important than ever for innovation. Frans explains how today’s most innovative companies form culturally diverse talent pools and teams as a specific strategy to innovate. These companies have become #1 brand leaders, R&D centers—and very profitable. In this program, Frans clearly and persuasively shows what happens when companies make diversity their most powerful innovation tool.

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The Medici Effect: Ground-Breaking Innovation at the Intersection of Disciplines and Cultures

What do goat milk, spiders, and fishing lines have in common? Fiber optics and concrete? Ant hills and architecture? Most of us would assume nothing. But out of each of these seemingly random combinations have come radical innovations that have created whole new fields. In ...

What do goat milk, spiders, and fishing lines have in common? Fiber optics and concrete? Ant hills and architecture? Most of us would assume nothing. But out of each of these seemingly random combinations have come radical innovations that have created whole new fields. In this talk, Frans Johansson takes us on a fascinating journey to The Intersection™—a place where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide, ultimately igniting an explosion of extraordinary new innovations. Through the Medici principles of innovation, see how companies become global leaders; how products and services yield huge margins; and how the most unlikely of people have outdone the experts in their own fields.

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The Rise of the New Intersectional Leader

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With global economies, business and people more connected than ever, unpredictability and volatility are the new normal. This is true whether you are a bellwether company, category leader, or innovator with history behind you. How can leaders navigate in this uncertain climate? Frans Johansson believes that tomorrow’s most successful leaders will be Intersectional Leaders who tear down silos, embrace diversity, and plan for the unexpected. This new class of Intersectional Leaders will spark organization-wide culture change to drive growth for their firm. In this talk, the audience they will discover how they can develop their leadership abilities to inspire change, breakthrough innovation and growth, even when the answer is not so obvious.

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About Keynote Speaker Frans Johansson

An author, entrepreneur, and acclaimed international keynote speaker, Frans Johansson has addressed hundreds of thousands of people on six continents, and virtually every industry.  After spending three years talking to individuals and teams at the intersection of different disciplines and cultures, he combined the results from those interviews with decades of existing research in psychology, economics and management of creativity and innovation. The result was his debut book, The Medici Effect, the first book to fully explore the concept of cross-field and cross-cultural combinations and to offer clear guidance on how to make such an approach work effectively. Available in 22 languages, The Medici Effect was named one of the “Best Books on Innovation” by BusinessWeek and one of the top 10 best business books of the year by Amazon.com. His follow up book, The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World, focuses on the ideas and moments that successful leaders must leverage to unleash innovation and growth. The Click Moment was named by Fast Company as one of the top 10 best business book of 2012 and charged with “destroying … the 10,000 hour rule.” In his books and presentations, Johansson explains that three driving forces-the movement of people, convergence of scientific disciplines, and leap in computational power-are increasing the number and types of intersections we can access. From CEOs, derivative traders, scientists, to fashion designers, authors and public health administrators, Johansson shows audiences how to find the intersection and unleash the Medici Effect.

Johansson has advised executive leadership from the world’s largest companies, including BAE Systems, Caterpillar, MetLife and Nike; as well as startups, venture capital firms, government agencies, and universities around the world. He has been featured on CNN, ABC and CNBC among others.

Raised in Sweden by his African-American/Cherokee mother and Swedish father, Johansson has lived all his life at the intersection. He has founded a software company, an international healthcare firm, and a hedge fund. He has written articles on healthcare, information technology and the science of sport fishing. Frans holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He is currently the founder and CEO of The Medici Group. Johansson is a recipient of the New York Hall of Science 2017 Creative Entrepreneurship Award

Testimonials

Captured the tremendous business value of cultural diversity and its impact on innovation—in a very fun way! Frans’ presentation was one of the highlights of our conference

Sam Palmisano

Former Chairman and CEO, IBM

The creative spark that Frans started still burns hot today… six months later

Jay Lenstrom

CEO, The Radiate Group

Engaging, inspiring and very thoughtful!

Stefan Johnsson

SVP and CFO, Volvo

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