Transform Strategy Into Story-Driven Success
Transform Strategy Into Story-Driven Success
USA
Achieve extraordinary revenue gains with Mike Wittenstein, a keynote speaker who transforms company strategy into stories that spark action.
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Mike is simply the most creative business thinker I’ve ever met. He sees business opportunities far ahead of almost every one of the smart people with whom I interact on a daily basis.
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Keynote Speaker Mike Wittenstein is a recognized expert in transforming business strategies into compelling, story-driven experiences that spark growth and innovation. With over 25 years of experience across industries such as technology, retail, and healthcare, Mike specializes in helping CEOs and senior leaders achieve transformative revenue gains, often ranging from 25% to 100%. He shows organizations how to use storytelling to communicate complex strategies in a way that resonates with both internal teams and customers, driving alignment, engagement, and long-term success.
Transforming Vision Into Action and Revenue Through the Power of Strategic Storytelling
Discover how leveraging the principles of strategic storytelling can align teams, energize company culture, and drive revenue growth. In this session, I share the art of crafting and deploying compelling narratives that act as blueprints for decision-making, helping organizations achieve 25-100% growth. Attendees will learn actionable techniques to articulate their vision clearly and empower their teams to execute confidently.
Future Story is a unique approach that connects your current business realities with the aspirational future you envision. By mapping out a compelling narrative that bridges the gap between today’s status quo and tomorrow’s opportunities, Future Story motivates teams and helps identify strategic pathways to success. The Future Story method is more than just storytelling; it’s about creating a shared understanding of where the organization is headed and how everyone can contribute. Attendees will also learn how Future Story can overcome common growth barriers, enhance stakeholder engagement, and ensure that every team member is aligned with the company’s mission.
Why your company’s story is the ultimate strategic tool.
Stories aren’t just for branding—they’re vital to strategy. This talk explains why your company’s story is key to market expansion, customer loyalty, and team alignment. Learn how to craft and implement a story beyond marketing to serve as the backbone of your growth strategy. I’ll share examples and techniques that enable organizations to use their story as a guidepost for action and a driver of sustainable success.
Your story makes your company unique—it’s the essence of why you exist, how you serve, and where you’re headed. In this session, I’ll guide you on identifying your story’s core elements and turning them into strategic tools that empower every member of your organization. A well-crafted story isn’t just an internal alignment tool; it’s a powerful asset that can attract customers, partners, and investors. Attendees will learn how to use their company’s story to build a culture of purpose, inspire loyalty, and create a cohesive direction behind which everyone can rally. This approach makes your story active in your business model, driving day-to-day decisions and long-term growth.
Fuel Your Growth: The Power of Storytelling in Driving Revenue
Want 25-100% revenue growth? Start with a ‘what’s next’ story. A ‘what’s next’ story is a narrative that shows clients, customers, and your team what the future will look like when they join you. It paints a picture of the benefits and changes that will happen, making the path forward clear and inspiring. In today’s competitive market, growth depends on more than what you sell—it’s about how you tell the story of how your company delivers more value to clients. Attendees will learn how to connect with customers emotionally and integrate storytelling into marketing/sales, operations, and internal communications. Focusing on truth and painting a vivid future will inspire teams, customers, and stakeholders, reducing resistance and sparking transformation.
This talk will reveal how a compelling narrative drives exponential growth. Learn how storytelling fuels growth by offering a compelling vision of the future for everyone involved—customers, teams, and partners. Practical learnings include identifying the key elements of your brand story, using real details to show ‘how things will be’ for customers, and applying the Hero’s Journey framework to position your customer as the hero. Discover how to define your operational landscape so that your story resonates deeply and inspires action. When stories help others see themselves in your vision, they transform perspectives, build trust, and foster collaborative change, making storytelling an essential tool for driving seamless transformation.
Stories aren’t just for entertainment; they’re the key to revenue growth
Stories are more than just a medium for entertainment—they are a powerful tool for rapidly prototyping future strategies, brands, and services. Storytelling allows you to create vivid, compelling visions of what’s possible, allowing you to test, refine, and communicate ideas effectively. This session will demonstrate how storytelling can be a flexible, cost-effective prototyping tool to bring concepts to life, engage stakeholders, and drive growth. Learn how to leverage stories to shape strategies, develop services, and build brands that resonate with your audience, all while accelerating innovation and reducing risk.
Stories aren’t just for products—they can also be used to prototype strategies, services, and brand experiences. Storytelling helps everyone envision future possibilities, get on the same page, get involved, and share feedback before committing significant resources. It effectively aligns stakeholders, reduces resistance, and fosters a shared understanding of ‘what’s next.’ By prototyping future states through storytelling, you can explore different possibilities, iterate based on feedback, and ultimately drive growth through engagement and trust.
Mike is simply the most creative business thinker I’ve ever met. He sees business opportunities far ahead of almost every one of the smart people with whom I interact on a daily basis.
David Ing
Mike is so charismatic and knowledgeable. Everyone ‘gets him.’ Though his approach is soft, he asks the hard questions. It’s amazing how he prepared for our customer experience workshop and guided us through the process.
Austen Jackson
The speech was not only rated the highest but was widely appraised by the participants who not only appreciated its content but also the way of presentation: very interactive and empathic approach to the participants.
Aleksandra Schoen-Żmijowa
Our clients don't just enjoy listening to Mike when he speaks about the future of retail and customer experience--they take action! Mike really knows his stuff.
Gary Ambrosino
I’m a Professor of the Practice and Director of the Master’s Program in Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech. Each year, I organize a workshop in which graduate students meet with working professionals who give them advice on their resumes, portfolio presentations, and job search strategies. Mike has taken things to a new level by adding story analysis and personal presence training into the mix. The students who meet with him consistently tell me that they are excited to have a new angle on their story, that their resume is truly in line with their career objectives, and that they are feeling more confident. The benefit our students receive from their short interactions with Mike shows that he provides incredible value to his business clients.
Dick Henneman
Mike, it was truly a great pleasure to have you as a speaker for the Latin American Management Summit. Event organized by the ADEN Educational Group to benefit the International Red Cross. Your presentation was one of the most commented and appreciated by the community of executives who participated in the Summit!!! Thank you for your professionalism and active participation !!!
Andres Culasso
When we hired Mike to work with our mystery shopping and customer experience research firm, we were very fragmented with multiple offices, cultures, and nationalities. He showed us how to communicate better, respect each other’s differences, and come together as a team. Mike is so smooth and soft-spoken. He opens up your brain and makes you think in a different way. I’ve heard him speak many times and never take notes. It’s so easy to understand what he’s saying and act on it.
Vicky Martinez Dorr
Mike says, “All things being equal, customers buy from the company that offers the better experience. Tractors or cars. Accounting services or haircuts. The premise is equally true for B2B or B2C. As a company leader, one of the greatest gifts you can give your firm is the gift of a clearly guided brand supported by an experience your customers enjoy so much that they rave about it to their colleagues and friends. Listen to Mike, and you will discover how to do that.
Tom Cramer
F***, you're good. The value for monies paid was exponential!
Bob Westrope
Not only did you present an interesting and informative topic, your use of the audience really helped to drive home key points. I know everyone learned a lot about how to express themselves properly and I’m looking forward to seeing---and hearing—the results soon. Attendee said: Last night's event with Mike was worth 10 times what we paid. Thank you for putting this together and helping us "raise the bar" on our networking skills. –Suzanne, Water/Wastewater Civil Engineering.
Debbi Rodkin
The StoryMiners team’s presentation and workshop about Human Prototyping, a technique for taking user experience to a real-world level truly resonated with internal team. Participants were fully engaged in all aspects of the workshop and learned tools, approaches, and new ways of handling conversations that enable customers’ needs to rise to the top. Being able to immediately take in the reaction to a concept or idea on stage using Human Prototyping techniques leads to quicker iteration and more meaningful outcomes for customers.
Barbie Fink
As Canada’s fastest-growing national telecommunications company, we needed someone who aligned with our values, spoke our language, and would challenge our thinking. Mike Wittenstein helped us understand how creating more value for our customers ultimately creates more value for us. Then, he helped us turn that idea into programs we can act on. We defined our guideposts for future exploration, articulated our operating principles, and are following a step-by-step roadmap for design of The TELUS Experience 3.0. Mike is thoughtful, flexible and very organized. He skillfully managed a five-city video teleconference with our mid-managers and senior leadership. Mike jumpstarted our thinking, helped us stretch further than we thought we could, and allowed us to end the day with everyone on the same page.
Phil Schultz
The healthcare industry is continuously changing and challenges us to do a better job serving our customers. Through our Access to Care initiative, Mike helped us create a more centralized out-patient registration and scheduling process throughout our system of six hospitals and more than 100 sites of care. Mike helped us go beyond what we thought was possible. We benefit from all his other customer experiences in various industries. He inspired us to think differently about the impact we have on our customers’ lives.
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