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Discover a world in flux with April Rinne, renowned change navigator and global influencer. Embrace uncertainty and cultivate a “flux mindset” for leadership success.
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April lives in the future then helps create it now. Her grasp of the forces that create systemic change, innovation that matters, and how to accelerate into the future have helped us as we navigate our work towards a low carbon, equitable sustainable future. Be ready to innovate, at scale, fast when inviting her into your world!
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April Rinne isn’t just a motivational speaker; she’s a seasoned change navigator with over 25 years of experience exploring over 100 countries, gaining unparalleled insights into global trends and dynamics. Her keynote addresses are meticulously crafted to empower leaders and teams alike with the essential tools needed to thrive in today’s ever-evolving business landscape.
When you book April Rinne for your event, you secure access to strategies honed by a Forbes Top 50 Futurist and distinguished Harvard Law graduate. Her transformative insights, encapsulated in her bestselling book “Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change,” serve as a practical roadmap for transforming challenges into opportunities. April’s counsel is grounded in real-world wisdom, fortified by her role as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies, startups, and governments globally.
By inviting April Rinne to speak at your event, you invite your audience to explore innovative approaches to leadership, resilience, and strategic foresight. Her dynamic presentations inspire actionable insights, equipping your organization with the mindset and strategies to navigate uncertainty with confidence and clarity.
Whether you’re planning a corporate retreat, industry conference, or leadership summit, April Rinne delivers keynote speeches that resonate deeply, leaving a lasting impact on attendees. Elevate your event and empower your team—book April Rinne today and embark on a transformative journey toward embracing change as a catalyst for growth and success.
See keynotes with April RinneThere’s an epidemic of change exhaustion, yet more change and uncertainty are ahead. When – and how – will this ever improve?
Being adaptable and flexible have always been hallmarks of effective leadership, well-being, and a fulfilling life. But in a world of ever-more change, an ever-faster pace of change, and relentless uncertainty, flexibility and resilience can be stretched to their breaking points. The quest becomes how to find calm and lasting meaning in the midst of enduring chaos.
A world in flux calls for a new mindset, one that treats constant change and uncertainty as a feature, not a bug. In this talk, April Rinne helps you open this mindset — a Flux Mindset — and develop eight “flux superpowers” that flip conventional ideas about leadership, success, and well-being on their heads. You’ll learn to see change in new ways, craft new responses, and ultimately reshape your relationship to uncertainty from the inside out.
Whether you’re leading a team, strengthening your culture, inspiring engagement, sizing up your own career, reassessing your priorities, or simply want to show up more fully in the world, opening a flux mindset and activating your flux superpowers will keep you grounded even when everything around you is shifting. You’ll learn to see that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel… and it’s not an oncoming train.
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What does the shape of a successful, meaningful career look like in today’s workplaces full of change – and how can you (and HR) design your best one?
Across the professional spectrum, people are reassessing what they want from their careers – and lives. This has led to unprecedented job-hopping (without the stigma), freelancing, quiet quitting, and career pivots as well as exhausting debates about hybrid work. And this was all happening before the breakneck ascent of generative AI and the uncharted territory it entails. Taken together, it’s a lot.
One of the keys to future-ready professional development and sustainable, thriving work cultures is to rethink the shape of our careers. The one-way, up-or-out 20th century “career ladder” isn’t just creaky. It’s breaking. For talent and HR alike, this has profound implications – and represents a new world of opportunity for more useful career shapes and dynamics.
April Rinne has been working on “career portfolios” for more than 25 years, including her own. She helps organizations change how we think about work and individuals unleash their best, full selves. This isn’t about outsourcing one’s job or hiding side hustles. Rather, a portfolio approach is about seeing talent and career development with a fresh lens. Whether you’re running a Fortune 100 company, series A (or E) startup, venture capital fund, accelerator, association, think tank, or government, it’s a key tool for talent acquisition, retention, and thriving organizational cultures. It’s how to identify and nurture all of the skills on a team. Moreover, a career portfolio is essential for success in a world in which skills are evolving and changing fast. Creating your career portfolio is also one of the 8 Flux Superpowers in April’s bestselling book Flux.
Just because the future looks really chaotic doesn’t mean your approach to it has to be.
For leaders everywhere, success hinges not only on understanding the macro forces that will affect your business and team, but even more so on how you see these forces: Your mindset towards change and uncertainty and your tolerance of the unknown. Imagine the time, effort, or resources you could’ve saved if you’d seen the full implications of smartphones back in 2006, hybrid work back in 2015, the covid pandemic before it hit, or generative AI today? Today, you can develop this vision – these superpowers and savviness – moving forward. Not only can you: Given the relentless pace of change, it’s safe to say you ought to!
April Rinne’s gift is to see key shifts early amid chaos and disruption, and to help leaders and teams navigate the unknown in ways that catalyze inner peace, growth, and future-fit perspective. As the world’s leading Humanist Futurist, April speaks with both head and heart. Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience in 100+ countries as well as insights from her bestselling book Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change, she’s your #1 guide to today’s uncertain world. She helps you see what you’ve been missing, overcome your stumbling blocks, and boost your capacity to harness uncertainty to your advantage. With your team and for your organization, you’ll learn how to stop fighting uncertainty, transform not-knowing into wisdom, and be the flux – ready and excited for whatever changes are ahead.
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How might we learn from Finland about happiness, a skill they seem to possess in abundance?
April’s Finnish roots put her in a unique position to share wisdom from the land of sisu — inner strength — and satisfaction. For the past six years running, Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world. Not only that, their lead over #2 Denmark and other countries appears to be growing. How is that possible? In this talk, April guides you through Finland’s culture and pillars of happiness, drawing on her personal Finnish heritage, global perspective, and unique experiences as a Finnish happiness coach and advising the Finnish government. Prepare to be surprised, refreshed, inspired – and able to find and maintain your own happiness better than ever before!
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April lives in the future then helps create it now. Her grasp of the forces that create systemic change, innovation that matters, and how to accelerate into the future have helped us as we navigate our work towards a low carbon, equitable sustainable future. Be ready to innovate, at scale, fast when inviting her into your world!
We have had the pleasure of working with April on more than one occasion, and to say that she delivers every time is an understatement. Her wealth of knowledge is unmatched, her delivery is friendly and engaging, and she takes the time to fully understand who she’s talking to and what the end message needs to be. On top of all of that, she is an absolute joy to work with. Can’t recommend her enough!
Drop the April bomb... and good things happen.
Engaging and insightful. A real dynamo. Home run!
April is absolutely incredible. Meaningful, authentic and builds relationships with every word.
April brilliantly balances the personal and the professional, heart and head, to bring original insights to individuals and organizations about how to not just survive but thrive in change. In a word: wow!
April's thoughtful approach was just what we needed. She uses her rich global citizenship to connect to the audience in a meaningful way. We've had extremely positive feedback from across our audience.
Yesterday was a total success and April was a very big part of that. She was a fantastic speaker and an absolute pleasure to spend time with. Thank you for everything!
As the world moves ever faster, April helps organizations create the space for team members to look within themselves to better move forward, work positively through change, and develop a ‘fluxy’ outlook on the future.
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