David Kidder

Speech Topics

• Whole-Human Growth: The Board of Life Framework

  Success is not just about professional achievement—it’s about integrating personal and professional growth with intention. In this session, David introduces The Board of Life™, a transformative system designed to: ● Establish a personal board of directors for accountability. ● Align personal purpose with professional performance. ● Drive tangible, sustainable growth across all aspects of life.

• The Power of the Premortem: Unlocking High-Performance Decision Making

  Leaders and teams often fail because they don’t anticipate and mitigate risks early enough. David introduces the "Premortem" methodology, an essential tool for: ● Identifying hidden assumptions that can derail success. ● Making high-stakes decisions with greater precision and confidence. ● Building antifragile teams that thrive in uncertainty.

• The Refounders: How to Reset and Rebuild Your Organization

  Growth starts with a reset. Leaders must become "Refounders"—visionaries who challenge outdated assumptions and redesign their organizations for the future. This keynote covers: ● The critical shifts required to move from stagnation to reinvention. ● How to rediscover an organization’s proprietary gifts. ● Strategies for embedding a permanent culture of growth and resilience.

• New Era of Generative Growth: How AI is Accelerating the Possible

  In a world of exponential technological advancements, leaders must harness AI and generative innovation to stay ahead. This session explores: ● How AI is reshaping industries and unlocking new value streams. ● The role of venture mindset in AI adoption. ● Practical steps leaders can take to integrate AI into their organizations.

• From New to Big: How to build an Always-On Growth

  Organizational change doesn’t just happen. It takes a radical spark at a company’s highest level to ignite growth revolutions. It takes a radical spark at a company's highest level to ignite growth revolutions. In this keynote, David will discuss the growth mindsets, culture, and systems of the Bionic Growth Operating Model that leads to transformational outcomes in some of the largest enterprises in the Fortune 500. Bionic has pioneered the growth mindsets and scalable capabilities that are required for businesses to thrive through disruption. David will share the foundational ideas that empower an organization to rediscover its proprietary gifts, discovering and meeting the customers' new needs, and build an always-on growth engine at the highest organizational levels. In this keynote, you’ll hear David speak about: •The values that growth leaders must adopt •What it means to move from “for” to “with.” •The fundamentals of growth discovery •How to get a growth mindset...by changing just one letter •What makes an ambidextrous leader •The new metrics of resilience

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