Faculty
Co-Founder & Business Coach
As founder and CEO of The Creator Mindset® LLC, I help organizations, employees, and leaders foster a culture of innovation that drives real, measurable results at work.
I'm a top business speaker, bestselling author, and consultant leading innovation for high-performing leaders and companies around the globe. My creativity keynotes supercharge business models to improve profitability, increase sales, and strengthen customer connection.
I'm represented by six speaking bureaus and consistently ranked as a top innovation keynote speaker — speaking regularly to some of the world's most beloved brands, from Rolex and Porsche to the National Association of Realtors.
Co-Founder & Stagecraft
Every conversation happens in the nervous system before it happens in language. Most leaders never learn this. Jennifer Edwards did.
For over two decades, she has studied what happens when smart, well-intentioned people talk past each other. The answer is almost never the words. It is the brain. A brain in survival mode cannot collaborate. A flooded nervous system cannot hear logic. A threatened brain cannot be persuaded, no matter how good your argument is.
Jennifer's work sits at the intersection of behavioral neuroscience and real-world leadership. She has coached Fortune 100 executives, spoken on over big stages, worked in board rooms and authored a book on what she calls the invisible conversation: the neurological exchange happening beneath every word.
Her formula is deceptively simple. Event + Presence = Connection. The event is what happens. Presence is how you meet it: regulated, attuned, chosen. Connection is what becomes possible when you get it right.
That idea has changed how executives navigate boardroom standoffs, how healthcare leaders communicate under pressure, and how parents talk to teenagers who have stopped talking back. Jennifer does not teach people what to say. She teaches them how to talk to the brain in front of them. And that changes everything.
Co-Founder & Media
John R. Miles is an American entrepreneur, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and host of the "Passion Struck®" podcast and national radio show. His work, which he states focuses on unlocking potential and embracing authentic selves, merges insights from peak performance and behavioral science with an understanding of the human psyche.
Miles's message is based on nearly three decades of experience in military leadership, entrepreneurship, global business, and life coaching. He is the CEO and Founder of Passion Struck® and author of "Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles". His podcast has garnered 45 million downloads.
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