CONFERENCE SPEAKER | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MODERATOR | CORPORATE EVENTS
Keynote Speaker & Storyteller
Business Storytelling Keynote Talks
A highlight of my work is being invited as a business storytelling keynote speaker – when I get to share my passion and craft with people in such a way that they become multipliers. I consider it a privilege to engage and equip diverse audiences around the world.
I lecture on business storytelling as a creative leadership tool, from strengthening team dynamics and organizational culture to driving strategic change.
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90 percent of businesses fail to meet their strategic targets. Discover the power of storifying the entire cycle of your strategy development and implementation.
I help organisations energise the entire cycle – as a facilitator, catalyst, and speaker.
Sometimes, you want to break out from business as usual. Everybody loves an entertaining story, especially if it’s relevant and enlightening.
Strategy summit, teambuilding event or leadership conference – whatever the occasion, you can frame your conference with a creative keynote, or host a story exchange that will lead to new insights. Your participants will thank you!
“Jyoti, you are a master of your craft! You did a wonderful job in probing the issues and getting to the crux of the topic very quickly. And you surfaced some of the inherent potential and limitations in a powerful idea like Purpose!”
— Prof. Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School and author of Deep Purpose
“A master storyteller who captivated our audience with his very engaging style. It was a pleasure hosting Jyoti at Walmart.”
— Rohit Jalali, director, Walmart (HQ)
more Speaker Testimonials below
LEAD WITH A STORY
LEADERSHIP STORYTELLING KEYNOTE TOPICS
- Set a vision on Purpose
- Infuse values and culture with life
- Storify strategy so it’s implemented
SELL WITH A STORY
STORY-SELLING
KEYNOTE TOPICS
- Introducing yourself and building rapport
- Highlighting your unique value
- Handling objections
- Inspiring action
ENGAGE HEAD AND HEART
Storytelling sets the stage…
Events aim to take participants on a journey. That’s exactly what stories do. Authors have learned to create page-turners with the use of hooks, conflict and stakes.
A similar effect can be created with the ‘plot’ and the ‘players’ in your industry – its current peril and promise.
For your most important messages, have your audience leaning forward in their seats to catch every word.
As your keynote storyteller, I typically:
- Highlight the theme of the conference or initiative, helping orient your guests
- Write original flash fiction to provide a creative interlude
- Give a bird’s eye view of the history, development and trends of your industry by digging up the ‘forgotten stories’ that often surprise the specialists
Set your stage up for success with a storified event or strategy communication campaign.
Feedback
“I really enjoyed listening… a great speaker.”
—Tanya König, TV moderator CNN Money
& Host, TEDxZurich, Switzerland
“His captivating message reached the audience of IT professionals.”
—Milena Milićević, Founder, INAT Summit, Serbia
“Jyoti spoke at my conference ‘Reimagining Business’ – an inspiration. One of the finest speakers.”
—Dr. Mohan Agarwal, President, Indo-Gulf Management Association, Singapore
More Speaker testimonials
“After Jyoti’s business storytelling keynote and workshop, there was a two-hour queue of people who wanted to ask more questions and get their book signed. Inspiring and immediately actionable. Highly recommended as a speaker.”
— Sarah M, Informatics Engagement Lead, F. Hoffmann-La Roche
“At the BBC headquarters, Jyoti impacted the 100+ production, technical and other professionals from different broadcast organisations. Jyoti demonstrated the unchanging power of stories and their increasing importance for the latest technological advances to communicate, persuade and motivate.”
— Lalita Taylor, Director of Hybrid Learning Events, BBC
“An amazing presenter. Great feedback on his contribution to our IBM conference.”
— Dr. Clément Javerzac-Galy, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
“The students loved it and I also learned a lot.”
— Prof. Ernst von Kimakowitz, University of St. Gallen (HSG)
“Jyoti is an incredibly inspiring, knowledgeable and engaging storyteller who was a pleasure to work with and was a fantastic addition to the learning journey of the WPP NextGen Leaders Program. My team and I at WPP hired Jyoti to host an exclusive keynote session on Creative and Strategic storytelling. He received great feedback from participants and I witnessed first hand his ability to clearly deliver a robust discussion while keeping everyone engaged and curious. He took our direction and was able to craft a presentation that hit on everything and more! I was proud to have brought him on to unlock his wisdom to all our participants. He is a gold mine of knowledge and enthusiasm and I would recommend Jyoti to any organization looking for a speaker, consultant or partner.”
— Keith Glozzy, WPP
“All of his lectures led to very positive feedback … Jyoti always brought a new and creative perspective.”
— Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Head of the Global Fellowship Initiative,
Geneva Centre for Security Polity (GCSP)
“Thank you for your keynote, great flexibility, commitment and your many stories. Storytelling really works! A lot of what you said still resonates with me. However, I was most inspired by your ‘stage presence’, which I could even feel virtually, and your heart and soul for this topic.”
— Marion Keller, CEO, Zürcher Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Weiterbildung Lehrpersonen
“Very enjoyable to work with … outstanding presentation skills.”
— Christiane Steen, Editorial Director rotfuchs, Rowohlt
“Jyoti has an amazing ability to capture an audience and inspire people to use stories for more purpose, persuasion and profit – whether virtual or in person, English or German.”
— Dr. h.c. Nik Gugger, Member of Swiss Parliament, social entrepreneur
and former Supervisory Board member of Zürcher Kantonalbank
“Jyoti provided invaluable insights into crafting compelling and impactful messages. Nothing short of a game changer.”
— Slava Polonski, Google
“You do a great job! Your style and your demeanor are engaging and professional. Even more important, your questions are incredibly thoughtful, well put, and compelling.”
— Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School
on air at the Global Peter Drucker Forum in Vienna
Notable Past Appearances
Over 500 talks, on five continents, including:
- Keynote speaker for Celonis in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen
- Contributed to programs at Cornell Tech, MIT and Oxford
- Closing speaker for GenAI track at ETH’s AI+X conference, Zurich
- Opening and closing speaker at The Future of Quantum Businesses, a Hello Tomorrow conference hosted by EPFL (Switzerland) and IBM Research
- Story workshops for screenwriters, producers and directors (Hollywood, USA)
- International management conference The Global Peter Drucker Forum (Austria)
- Various talks at 7-week innovation camp by Deutsche Telekom (Berlin, Germany) and follow-up article commissioned on ‘The Future of Work’
- Executive education events at the GCSP, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
- The inaugural Youth Summit of Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum on issues of sustainability, reality and escapism
- ‘Building Human Capital and Intellectual Capacity’ at United Nations GAID (Global Alliance for ICT for Development), Geneva, Switzerland
- Also events in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Peru, Singapore, Zimbabwe
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