Shawn Kanungo is a globally recognized innovation strategist and bestselling author working at the intersection of creativity, business, and technology.
He is one of the world’s most successful keynote speakers, collaborating with Fortune 500 companies, associations, and leading governments. In addition to live keynotes, Shawn’s virtual keynotes are regarded as world-class interactive film experiences. Each performance is produced with an award-winning film crew in stunning theaters.
Shawn Kanungo Keynote Topics
- Strategy in a World of Disruption
In this talk, Shawn Kanungo explains how companies can act boldly and innovatively to stay competitive and relevant in a rapidly changing world. Faced with accelerating technological advancements and rising expectations, he explores ways for companies to rethink their structures and create better experiences for customers and teams through bold, experimental approaches.
- The Bold Ones: How We Innovate and Transform Ourselves
The “Bold Ones” keynote demonstrates how individuals can leverage radical change and innovation to become more dynamic and valuable. Shawn shares concrete techniques, including uncovering industry “secrets,” planning experiments, and building a personal flywheel, to achieve continuous growth and self-improvement.
- The Future is Open: The Metaverse, Web3, and You
In this keynote, Shawn Kanungo examines how the Metaverse and Web3 are shaping the next era of the internet, with profound impacts on culture, business, technology, and individual behavior. He highlights that this new interconnected digital world is not only a technological shift but also a cultural phenomenon. Embracing openness and integrating decentralized technologies like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs will be essential to unlocking the Metaverse’s potential—a future that rewards boldness and courage.
- Shaping the Future Together
In this talk, Shawn Kanungo demonstrates how companies can remain future-ready amid a dynamic and unpredictable world by adopting an ecosystem approach and engaging both internal and external talents. He highlights disruptive forces like AI and digital business models, showing how organizations can become more adaptable, experimental, and collaborative. Through stories, humor, and practical insights, he offers the audience a roadmap for building a better future together.
- Fearless Government
Shawn Kanungo shows how the public sector can act as a catalyst for radical change through automation, partnerships, and public engagement. He explores the demographic, social, economic, and technological trends that will shape future governance. Drawing from insights into leading organizations and his experience in public sector reform, Kanungo presents technologies, citizen expectations, and service models driving this transformation.
- Mavericks and Misfits: The Age of AI and Infinite Leverage
In this keynote, Shawn Kanungo reveals how generative AI, cloud technologies, and remote talent are sparking a revolution, laying the groundwork for “exponential organizations” – agile companies with immense leverage. He argues that, in this era of boundless opportunity, especially bold and unique leaders (“misfits”) are needed to stand out. Kanungo illustrates how these developments will profoundly reshape culture, the economy, and the workplace, creating a future favoring those willing to act boldly and unconventionally.
Innovation Expert & Keynote Speaker Shawn Kanungo
He spent 12 years at Deloitte, working closely with executives to help them become better prepared for opportunities in disruptive innovation. In his high-energy keynotes, Shawn Kanungo draws on his extensive experience to present audiences with an optimistic roadmap for the future – one that leverages unexpected approaches to stay competitive and relevant.
Since leaving Deloitte, Shawn Kanungo has collaborated with hundreds of organizations on their digital transformation journeys. He has led complex projects integrating artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, behavioral economics, Web3, and more. Today, Kanungo is a partner at Queen & Rook, where he advises leading organizations and executives on disruptive trends and invests in early-stage ventures.
Kanungo is the first innovation expert to release a streaming special, launched in August 2023 on Apple TV and Prime Video. It complements his bestselling debut book, The Bold Ones, a guide for individuals to become bolder and advance their careers and organizations. The book was recommended by McKinsey as one of the best decision-making books for leaders. His work has also been featured in the Globe and Mail, The Guardian, CBC, and CTV.
As a prolific content creator, Shawn Kanungo’s insights on innovation have garnered millions of views on LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook. He was recognized by Edify magazine as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” and named by Forbes in 2021 as “the best virtual keynote speaker I’ve ever seen.”