Carla Johnson
Carla Johnson equips leaders with innovative frameworks that turn stagnant cultures into dynamic playgrounds of creativity and collaboration.
Why you should book Carla Johnson for your next event
- Access cutting-edge methodologies crafted by Carla, designed to empower teams and stimulate growth, making innovation a core part of your organizational strategy.
- Ignite a culture of innovation within your organization, empowering every team member to think creatively and contribute their unique insights to drive success.
- Leverage insights from Carla’s bestselling books, which have guided countless organizations in enhancing their innovative capacity and achieving sustainable growth.
Unlock your organization's potential with Carla Johnson, the world's leading Innovation Architect. In a rapidly changing landscape, she empowers teams to embrace disruption and redefine innovation. With 20 years of experience and proven frameworks, Carla inspires bold thinking and transforms cultures into dynamic hubs of creativity and growth. Don’t just adapt—thrive in the face of change. Book Carla today to lead your organization into a future of limitless possibilities!
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Keynotes
Keynote by Carla Johnson: RE:Think Innovation TM
People think innovation is expensive, time-consuming, and complicated. That it takes special skills, special titles, and special budgets. Are we doomed to a life of status-quo thinking and underperforming results? Of wistfully dreaming we’re the golden unicorn who comes up with fantastical ideas at the drop of a hat?
What if, instead of struggle and frustration, there was a proven framework for consistently developing the great ideas that drive bottom-line impact? And what if everyone in your organization could learn it?
Audience Takeaways:
Reimagine the role innovative thinking plays in how teams and organizations get work done.
Understand why most groups fail at innovation even though they say it’s a key competitive priority.
Learn a proven, 5-step process to consistently come up with ideas for any situation that has a bottom-line impact.
Ideal for:
Demystifying how innovative icons deliver time and again.
Understanding why true innovation can come from anywhere in an organization and lead to measurable results in days, not years.
Learning how to introduce a new culture of innovation where people are excited to develop new ideas, make good ideas better, and support a mindset of innovation by everyone.
What if, instead of struggle and frustration, there was a proven framework for consistently developing the great ideas that drive bottom-line impact? And what if everyone in your organization could learn it?
Audience Takeaways:
Reimagine the role innovative thinking plays in how teams and organizations get work done.
Understand why most groups fail at innovation even though they say it’s a key competitive priority.
Learn a proven, 5-step process to consistently come up with ideas for any situation that has a bottom-line impact.
Ideal for:
Demystifying how innovative icons deliver time and again.
Understanding why true innovation can come from anywhere in an organization and lead to measurable results in days, not years.
Learning how to introduce a new culture of innovation where people are excited to develop new ideas, make good ideas better, and support a mindset of innovation by everyone.
Keynote by Carla Johnson: Applied Curiosity
The world around us is moving faster than ever before. While efficiency, productivity, and AI are the de rigueur of the day, teams are struggling to keep pace with change. What if, instead of being a time-consuming distraction, curiosity is the ultimate competitive advantage that’s right under our noses?
It’s time we understand the true fundamentals of curiosity and how to apply them so that we can not only do more, better, and faster, but also find a way to connect on a deeper human level. All while finding a renewed sense of excitement about the future and our collective contribution to it.
Audience Takeaways:Â
Discover the two fundamental criteria necessary for curiosity to flourish.
Learn the three ways of thinking that makes better results come faster.
Ignite a movement that values questioning, experimentation, and collaboration to elevate outcomes everywhere.
Ideal for:
Cracking the curiosity code and learning how to build your team’s curiosity muscles from the ground up.
Creating an ecosystem that ensures that the way we work is inspired, educated, collaborative, psychologically safe, and grounded in care and intention.
Building a shortcut to smarter innovation, deeper trust, and monumental growth.
Teams that can instantly deploy curiosity will be the ones that thrive in the future of work.
It’s time we understand the true fundamentals of curiosity and how to apply them so that we can not only do more, better, and faster, but also find a way to connect on a deeper human level. All while finding a renewed sense of excitement about the future and our collective contribution to it.
Audience Takeaways:Â
Discover the two fundamental criteria necessary for curiosity to flourish.
Learn the three ways of thinking that makes better results come faster.
Ignite a movement that values questioning, experimentation, and collaboration to elevate outcomes everywhere.
Ideal for:
Cracking the curiosity code and learning how to build your team’s curiosity muscles from the ground up.
Creating an ecosystem that ensures that the way we work is inspired, educated, collaborative, psychologically safe, and grounded in care and intention.
Building a shortcut to smarter innovation, deeper trust, and monumental growth.
Teams that can instantly deploy curiosity will be the ones that thrive in the future of work.
Keynote by Carla Johnson: The Muse and the Machine: How Human Creativity Propels an AI World Forward
While technology and Generative AI have exploded, the ability to think creatively is the one core human truth that will remain relevant in this brave new world. Instead of defaulting to using technology to think for us, do for us, and succumb to its dominance, it’s critical that we reawaken our childlike sense of possibility.
Gone are the days when we can compete by having a few innovative thinkers lead the collective. It’s more important now than ever to equip every individual, team, and department in your organization with the skills and tools to develop, champion, and execute on high-quality, highly relevant ideas in any situation.
Audience Takeaways:
Bust the belief that you’re ‘not the creative type’ and AI’s the answer.
Learn how to reignite your latent creative genius by bringing a renewed sense of fun, playfulness, and imagination to your work.
Discover how creativity fuels alignment, adaptability, and collaboration, creating the ultimate environment for greater growth and performance.
Ideal For:
Discovering why imaginative thinking is your ultimate competitive advantage in the world of AI.
Learning why rethinking the status quo is the least risky route to revenue growth.
Catalyzing your personal creative muscle, executing on your imagination, and knowing when and how to take smart risks with avant-garde ideas.
Gone are the days when we can compete by having a few innovative thinkers lead the collective. It’s more important now than ever to equip every individual, team, and department in your organization with the skills and tools to develop, champion, and execute on high-quality, highly relevant ideas in any situation.
Audience Takeaways:
Bust the belief that you’re ‘not the creative type’ and AI’s the answer.
Learn how to reignite your latent creative genius by bringing a renewed sense of fun, playfulness, and imagination to your work.
Discover how creativity fuels alignment, adaptability, and collaboration, creating the ultimate environment for greater growth and performance.
Ideal For:
Discovering why imaginative thinking is your ultimate competitive advantage in the world of AI.
Learning why rethinking the status quo is the least risky route to revenue growth.
Catalyzing your personal creative muscle, executing on your imagination, and knowing when and how to take smart risks with avant-garde ideas.
Keynote by Carla Johnson: The Six Faces of Innovation
People think to be innovative, you need to maximize your tech and your processes. They focus on KPIs, OKRs, and stacks of technology. The tools aren’t the answer, it’s the people using the tools that create sustainable impact. Processes and technology without the human connection just create bureaucracy and organizational silos. The result is that your efforts toward innovation actually stymie growth, rather than encourage it.
What if we gave the same time, attention, and detailed consideration to the human elements of innovation as we do the processes and technology? The real opportunity for growth lies in human integration.
Audience Takeaways:
Learn the six types of innovative thinkers and how they show up in the world.
Master the ability to identify why teams get stuck delivering uninspired work, and quick shifts that turn into original outcomes.
Increase collaboration, trust, and adaptability of teams as everyone rediscovers the joy of the work they do and the people they work with.
Ideal For:
Knowing and understanding the drivers of each member’s superpowers to allow teams to unlock and unleash the potential of everyone’s ideas.
Creating an ecosystem that draws on your team’s broader pool of expertise.
Building teams that solve bigger, more complex problems with greater creativity, faster execution, and better outcomes.
What if we gave the same time, attention, and detailed consideration to the human elements of innovation as we do the processes and technology? The real opportunity for growth lies in human integration.
Audience Takeaways:
Learn the six types of innovative thinkers and how they show up in the world.
Master the ability to identify why teams get stuck delivering uninspired work, and quick shifts that turn into original outcomes.
Increase collaboration, trust, and adaptability of teams as everyone rediscovers the joy of the work they do and the people they work with.
Ideal For:
Knowing and understanding the drivers of each member’s superpowers to allow teams to unlock and unleash the potential of everyone’s ideas.
Creating an ecosystem that draws on your team’s broader pool of expertise.
Building teams that solve bigger, more complex problems with greater creativity, faster execution, and better outcomes.
Carla Johnson
Disrupt the Status Quo for Growth
Carla Johnson is a renowned keynote speaker and a leading voice in innovation and creativity, recognized for her ability to inspire organizations to embrace disruption and transform their approaches to business. With over 20 years of experience collaborating with industry leaders, Carla has dedicated her career to empowering teams to think creatively and strategically in an ever-changing landscape. As a motivational speaker, she captivates audiences by challenging the status quo and encouraging them to redefine what innovation means within their organizations.
Carla’s dynamic presentations are rich with actionable insights, drawing from her extensive research and bestselling books. She equips leaders and teams with innovative frameworks that enable them to navigate the complexities of today's fast-paced business environment. Her engaging storytelling and practical examples resonate with diverse audiences, motivating them to adopt a mindset of continuous improvement and bold creativity.
When you book Carla Johnson for your event, you gain a transformative experience that drives alignment, enhances collaboration, and inspires teams to push beyond their limits. Carla’s unique approach combines visionary creativity with pragmatic strategies, ensuring that innovation becomes a shared responsibility across all levels of the organization.
By choosing Carla Johnson as your keynote speaker, you invest in a future where your organization is not just adapting to change but actively leading it. Don't miss the opportunity to empower your teams and elevate your event—Carla is your key to unlocking limitless potential and driving sustainable growth!
Carla’s dynamic presentations are rich with actionable insights, drawing from her extensive research and bestselling books. She equips leaders and teams with innovative frameworks that enable them to navigate the complexities of today's fast-paced business environment. Her engaging storytelling and practical examples resonate with diverse audiences, motivating them to adopt a mindset of continuous improvement and bold creativity.
When you book Carla Johnson for your event, you gain a transformative experience that drives alignment, enhances collaboration, and inspires teams to push beyond their limits. Carla’s unique approach combines visionary creativity with pragmatic strategies, ensuring that innovation becomes a shared responsibility across all levels of the organization.
By choosing Carla Johnson as your keynote speaker, you invest in a future where your organization is not just adapting to change but actively leading it. Don't miss the opportunity to empower your teams and elevate your event—Carla is your key to unlocking limitless potential and driving sustainable growth!
