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Tim Sanders

Vice President of Customer Insights, Upwork
  • Internal & External Relationship Expert
  • Innovation and Collaboration Speaker
Speaker Fee:
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$20,000 - $30,000
Travels From:
Nevada
Tim Sanders
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Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee: $20,000 - $30,000

Tim Sanders Speaker Biography

As the Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Tim’s deep expertise in analyzing data to reveal trends, shows customers how to understand what’s actually happening in the market today, particularly as it relates to artificial intelligence. 

As an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, he works with the Digital Data Design Institute to package AI and digital innovation research for application by business leaders. 

Most recently, Tim was the VP of Client Strategy at Upwork where he focused on helping businesses solve their talent gap problems, with an emphasis on digital transformation.

Previous to that, he was the Chief Solutions Officer and a leadership coach at Yahoo, where he founded a ValueLab group which also produced research on industries, digital advertising effectiveness, search-data-as-predictor, and online promotions. Before Yahoo, he was an early-stage member of Mark Cuban’s broadcast.com, and a faculty member of the Global Institute of Leadership Development.

With more than 25 years of experience working with companies on innovation and change management, Tim is also the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller, Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. He has also served as Chairperson for private equity’s most important events over the last few years. 

As a keynote speaker, Tim shares insights on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, collaboration, and change management topics.

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Speech Topics

Go Faster Into the Age of AI – Accelerate Your Organization’s AI Journey
Kickstart your event with an energizing keynote designed to rapidly accelerate your organization’s transition into an AI-first powerhouse. Tim Sanders challenges attendees with a transformative vision: “What if you could be 3x better this year and 10x better the next?”
 
In this dynamic session, Tim shares his proven roadmap to AI excellence, demonstrating how teams can turbocharge performance with just a few strategic hours per week. He demystifies AI, showing practical ways to integrate generative AI into daily workflows.
 
Leaders gain clear strategies to accelerate organizational adoption, ignite innovation, and foster ongoing conversations around AI. Through vivid case studies, personal stories, and compelling data, Tim uniquely combines inspiration with actionable leadership strategies.
 
Attendees will leave empowered with insights on generating Learning Effects, bridging Trust Gaps, and leveraging human judgment as a critical advantage in an AI-driven world.
 
Perfect for: Events accelerating digital transformation, organizations scaling AI adoption, and forward-thinking meetings that aim to proactively harness AI.
 
AI Mega Trends from the Front Lines of the Business World 
Want to know how AI will disrupt—or turbocharge—your industry next year? Tim Sanders is your guide to the future. As the leader of Research Insights at G2 and an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School’s Digital Data Design Institute, Tim is at the forefront of AI-driven transformation. He spends his days in conversation with business leaders across industries, distilling insights that help organizations leverage AI for competitive advantage. 
 
In this high-energy, insight-packed keynote, Tim unpacks the most important AI trends shaping the business landscape, revealing their economic impact and real-world applications. He translates complex AI concepts into clear, actionable strategies that accelerate business growth—enhancing efficiencies, driving hyper-productivity, and boosting velocity across go-to-market functions.
 
Tim’s dynamic storytelling and creative use of metaphor make AI accessible to business leaders at all levels. His keynote is always tailored to the audience’s industry and learning objectives, ensuring relevance and immediate value. Attendees will walk away inspired and activated, ready to explore AI’s possibilities and integrate them into their business strategies.
 
Perfect for: Business leaders, executives, and decision-makers seeking to harness AI for growth and innovation.
 
Unleash Innovation with Disruptive Collaboration
 
“The bigger the challenge, the wider you need to spin your collaborative web!” That’s the pivotal perspective of tech industry veteran, acclaimed collaboration expert and top rated keynote speaker Tim Sanders. His key insight: Innovation starts with the motivation to think outside of the box, but only comes to life when you courageously work across the lines of your organization.
 
During his tenure as a senior executive and Board member, Sanders has studied leaders that practice what he terms ‘disruptive collaboration,’ a problem-solving style that leverages surprising alliances along the fault-lines of a company. He’ll reveal how the biggest leaps and turnarounds in history came from ‘collisions of thought,’ not safe work in our silos of excellence.
 
As a keynote speaker Tim’s eye-opening messages keynote will deliver actionable insights and tools that will boost productivity, drive agility and lead to breakthrough business outcomes.
 
Learning Objectives:
-Why Companies That Practice Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Outperform Rivals
-How to Leverage the Power of Multiple Perspectives to Solve Problems 3X Faster
-How to Bring Multiple Stakeholder Needs From “Me-to-We” in a Collaborative Project
-Why it’s Important to Build Relationships Across the Company long before you need them
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At the CCH User Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Tim Sanders exploded on twitter as the captivated audience members spread his message of #abundance instantaneously.

“I wanted to let you know that Tim Sanders spoke at the CCH User Conference today. What a great event. Our attendees were so positive about his speech – I’ve heard from many people that it was the best speaker we have ever had. Lots of positive tweets also, and the session feedback ratings are very high. Just wanted to let you know what a great success Tim was, and that it was a pleasure to work with him.”

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting

Earlier this week, Tim Sanders gave a talk for several hundred Directors Of Sales and Marketing at IHG. He talked about the three ways to build a culture that delivers sales – confidence, connections and contribution. From the mind to the mouth to your actions…this prescription will help you win the deal or, as he explained yesterday, build the Love Story with your customer. See below for comments from a very happy VP of Sales.

“The message you delivered to our sales teams yesterday was absolutely perfect! I have received so many comments about how much your topic hit home with them. I appreciate the homework you did to prepare for our session and I hope to cross paths with you again in the future.”

IHG Hotels

Tim’s speech energized and inspired our company. I was impressed with how quickly Tim understood our culture, strategy and challenges. He developed a speech that was both insightful and impactful. Many of our employees said Tim was one of the best speakers they have heard.

Centric Consulting

At the reception immediately following our event I saw firsthand the value Tim’s message offers as I witnessed several team members from different departments collaborating on innovative ideas we could use to improve our business offerings to our clients…this was an afternoon that was well worthwhile and I would highly recommend it to others!”

CEO, The Stellar Group