Keynote Speeches on the Future of Work
Step viscerally into the Future of Work.
Those who think that the Future of Work is about generative AI are only seeing half of the picture. Our new world of work requires flexibility, innovation and culture change — each of these are perspectives, attitudes, and emotional-relational realities, not just cognitive frameworks or metrics to be managed.
To move into this future, today’s business leaders must step into a new form of relationship with ourselves. We must develop new ways of seeing, sensing, and communicating that combine data-driven analysis with the evolved human capacities for connection, collaboration, and re-imagination.
Jordan Bower’s keynote speeches move audiences to experience this new world. More than simply communicating ideas, Jordan’s keynotes skillfully demonstrate how this new world of work functions and feels.
Combining research-backed analysis with storytelling prowess, theatrical skills, and a facilitator’s deep understanding of group and human dynamics, Jordan will go beyond delivering a practical toolkit — he’ll help you imagine new possibilities, and show you how to go about achieving them for yourself.
Every keynote is customized
The secret to the Future of Work is that it’s different for everyone.
Always customized, my keynotes help translate the insights of the Future of Work into language and ideas that suit all kinds of professional audiences.
🟢 Mainstream Corporate Audiences
Peek into your future, identifying the urgent changes you’ll need to make while developing the practical skills, tactical plans, and emotional IQ that will move you forward.
🟦 Transformation and Change Leadership Teams
Evolve beyond conventional change management to discover new ways of leading culture change — even when you don’t have direct leadership authority.
🔷 Visionary Executives, Startups and Systems Change Consultants
Move people to buy-in to your vision of the future through emotional narrative and experience design, rather than linear analysis and logical argument.
🔷🔷 Paradigm-Shifting Speakers, Facilitators and Transformational Coaches
Time travel into your future, developing your creativity, EQ, and authenticity, so you can lead others with conviction during this moment of evolutionary change.
Keynote Topics
Always customized, Jordan's speeches discuss cutting-edge topics around leadership communication and the Future of Work. Past keynotes have included:
Storytelling for Leaders: How Our Strategic Narratives Shape Buy-In for Change
Today’s most important — and most difficult — leadership task is shaping meaning amid uncertainty.
In this insightful keynote, Jordan unpacks how narratives function as infrastructure in organizations to influence strategy, culture, and decision-making.
Learn how to use leadership storytelling not as spin, but as a strategic system for sensemaking, alignment, and momentum.
Perfect for: Executive offsites, leadership summits, innovation & change conferences
Backcast the Future: New Rules, Tools, and Human Capabilities for Navigating Uncertainty
What if we assumed the future was unknowable? How would that affect how we developed our budgets, goals and plans?
In this visionary keynote, Jordan introduces Backcasting, an innovative strategic planning methodology. Much more than “reverse engineering”, Backcasting helps leaders build the bridge between possibility and practicality — guiding your team into a world where they (and you) have never been.
Perfect for: Senior leadership teams, transformation summits, people & culture conferences