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John K. Coyle

  • Olympic Medalist
  • Emmy-winning NBC Sports Producer
  • Seasoned Executive & Design Thinking/Innovation Expert
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John K. Coyle, International keynote speaker, is a champion athlete (Olympic medalist) with a degree in Product Design & Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from Kellogg, a seasoned executive (former head of customer experience and innovation for a Fortune 500 wireless telecom) an Emmy-winning NBC Sports Producer, a five-time TEDx speaker, professor and guest lecturer at three universities and an award-winning author (an Eddie and Azbee)...

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John K. Coyle, International keynote speaker, is a champion athlete (Olympic medalist) with a degree in Product Design & Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from Kellogg, a seasoned executive (former head of customer experience and innovation for a Fortune 500 wireless telecom) an Emmy-winning NBC Sports Producer, a five-time TEDx speaker, professor and guest lecturer at three universities and an award-winning author (an Eddie and Azbee) of two books. He is also a world-leading expert in the fields of Innovation, Design Thinking, Strengths, Resiliency and “Chronoception” – the neuroscience and psychology of time perception. Ask him how to design “endless summers  . . .”
Superseding these achievements is John’s mastery of the art of storytelling. John frames his talks and workshops through the lens of the Hero’s Journey (or “monomyth”) while elegantly mixing-in data-driven frameworks based on the latest research and science. John is able to emotionally grip his audiences from the opening words and yet leave them empowered with actionable steps and changes.

John’s hair-raising tales from his adventures, athletics, businesses and travels – examined through the lens of neuroscience, technology and psychology have created raving fans all around the world. John has been the lead keynote speaker in more than 20 countries for clients that include a who’s who of successful enterprises: Arab Bank, Allstate, American Airlines, Aon, BP, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, EO, Google, IDEO, JFK International Terminal, Kellogg, McDonalds, Optum, Pepsi, PwC, Stanford, Texas Health, YPO and the Dubai, Omani and Jordanian Royal Families.
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Speaker Programs

Resiliency 2.0: Applying Design Thinking to Stress and Resiliency
Humans are naturally resilient beings, but what causes some to rise to repeated challenges, and others to shrink? Explore a new model of resiliency based on modern neuroscience. Learn how to design proactive challenges to ...more
Humans are naturally resilient beings, but what causes some to rise to repeated challenges, and others to shrink? Explore a new model of resiliency based on modern neuroscience. Learn how to design proactive challenges to build capacity for ever-greater performance under increasing pressure and adversity. Understand how focusing on strengths, mindfulness and gamication can create increased capacity to perform at higher levels under greater pressure. This program reframes standard operating procedures into new challenges. By pursuing a resilient life, using the 3R’s: “Reduce, Recover and Reframe” method, we can fundamentally change our relationship with stress. The program includes science-backed data, entertaining real life stories, introspective self-analysis, and optionally, personal roadmap planning and development. ...less
Strengths 2.0: Applying “Design Thinking” To Individual (And Team) Strengths and Weakness
Consider the adage that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Is it time to change your approach? Through the metaphor of sport, you will ...more
Consider the adage that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Is it time to change your approach? Through the metaphor of sport, you will learn a strategy to reframe your approach and solve old problems in new ways. Olympic medalist John K. Coyle, shares the story of how he eschewed his coaches’ advice and quit trying to fix his weaknesses. Instead, he applied “Design Thinking” to his training, focusing on his core strengths, which led to a world-record-breaking performance. Individuals, teams and companies can learn this method to identify and leverage their unique strengths (and design around weaknesses). By restructuring individual approaches and team collaboration to maximize native strengths, organizations can leap from incremental improvement to breakthrough performance. ...less
Time 2.0 - How to Design Memorable Moments
Consider the adage that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Is it time to change your approach? Through the metaphor of sport, you will ...more
Consider the adage that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Is it time to change your approach? Through the metaphor of sport, you will learn a strategy to reframe your approach and solve old problems in new ways. Olympic medalist John K. Coyle, shares the story of how he eschewed his coaches’ advice and quit trying to fix his weaknesses. Instead, he applied “Design Thinking” to his training, focusing on his core strengths, which led to a world-record-breaking performance. Individuals, teams and companies can learn this method to identify and leverage their unique strengths (and design around weaknesses). By restructuring individual approaches and team collaboration to maximize native strengths, organizations can leap from incremental improvement to breakthrough performance. ...less

Reviews

"John's ability to grip an audience, to craft a business story on very human terms, to tie it back to the success of his team's efforts is one of the best I have ever seen.”

- David Rosen, Head of Customer Innovation and value, TIBCO

"I have had the pleasure of attending several events where John has been the key speaker - both in front of 100 people and crowds of thousands. He is truly riveting - his talent is weaving facts, examples and intellectual principles into engaging stories which bring his topics to life for his audiences. Even on…

- Lynn Costlow, Senior Vice President Customer Care, ADT

“John is more than just a dynamic and memorable speaker. He will leave you with thoughts, tips and techniques that genuinely will change the way you live your life… If you work with John, prepare to be dazzled.”

- Nick Nielsen, VP of Sales, Great America Financial

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