Bruce has worked with great companies including Nike, Discovery Channel, HBO, Hasbro, Bacardi, and the Miami and Kissimmee Visitors Bureaus. He has spoken for lots of great companies and universities, has been on NPR, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC and been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company and The Wall Street Journal. He helps his clients and audiences uncover creative solutions and messaging strategies that can futureproof their brands in a world of constant disruptive upheaval.
He has an overarching theme for his talks: it’s “all about them.” Bruce instructs the audience members to focus on their customers, not their products or services, helping them open their minds and discover their creativity. Drawing from his 30-plus years of ad agency experience, Bruce helps the audiences understand how to make their brands attractive to their customers, as well as how innovation can differentiate them from their competitors.
Bruce is captivating and insightful on stage. Satisfied audiences from Bruce’s talks at MIT, Harvard, CHRIS and TEDx, and attendees at hundreds of corporate and industry events all agree that Bruce’s message, entertainment value, and inspiration stick around long after the session is over. That’s when your participants go back to work and think differently. Bruce was recently listed within the World's Top 30 Brand Professionals for 2021 by Global Gurus.
Bruce founded Turkel Brands, a global brand consultancy that has worked with clients including Discovery Networks, Bacardi Limited, Miami, Jewish Health Systems, and more.