Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant Speaker Biography

Andrew Grant is an innovation for transformation specialist. He is the director of Tirian and author of ‘The Innovation Race: How to change a culture to change the game’ along with ‘Who Killed Creativity?... And How Can We Get it Back? He is a highly experienced, humorous, and engaging presenter, who facilitates leaders & teams to enhance collaboration and innovation, using creative solutions.

Andrew Grant has worked with world leaders in innovation to drive cultural change. An accomplished author, he has featured in global media and his educational programs and resources are used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Andrew’s significant success comes from the fact that he is not only able to talk intelligently and engagingly about the important elements of creative thinking and innovation, but it is easy to see in everything he does. He is a highly experienced professional presenter and facilitator, who will challenge leaders and their teams to think differently about innovation, collaboration and creative thinking. He is both globally minded and culturally fluent, resulting in sessions that are always relevant and sensitive to both the local mindset and diverse audiences.

Andrew can present to an audience that is wanting outcomes delivered engagingly in an intelligent and interactive way (avoid the traps of pure entertainment, dry talks, childish games and gimmicks). Topics are presented with a unique blend of research and live playful humor, previously not experienced, with a specialization interactive focus. There is also the option of hybrid integrated workshops & gamified simulations to get people talking, collect audiences’ input and develop action plans.

Andrew is a thought leader recognized internationally by executives from corporate MNCs to educational institutions and not-for-profit. Andrew has been engaged to be a facilitator / keynote speaker headlining many important events by clients including: AWS, Accenture, Four Seasons Hotels, Google, Singtel, Salesforce, Daimler, SIAC Motors, Estee Lauder, PwC, Accenture, Disney, Boeing, Dyson. He has presented at the YPO Global Leadership Conference, the APEC CEO Summit, TEDx, for the Aust Gov (ATO / DFAT / Aus Trade), UAE Prime Minister’s Office (Future Leaders), and most of the world’s biggest finance companies. (Munich-Re, Allianz, Citi, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Alipay, HSBC, NAB, ANZ, Visa Card, and S&P Global.)

Andrew Grant and his partner Dr Gaia Grant (PhD) (University of Sydney Business School) have spent 3 decades travelling the world to look at creativogenic cultures, and why is it that some societies & companies seem to have raced ahead with innovation, while others appear to have been left behind. As a result, they have developed a CSI-style gamified simulation to help teams diagnose their creativity, AND validated the Innovation Climate Indicator (iCLi) to assess the innovation readiness so as to manage tension in executive teams embracing change, to ensure innovation can be sustainably implemented & to become future-ready. To add an even higher level of dynamics, Andrew can partner up and co-present with Dr Gaia Grant, ensuring a highly interactive session.

Andrew has been featured in a number of international media, including BBC and ABC TV, along with commercial TV, Reuters, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and the Wall Street Journal. Outside of their corporate work, Andrew and Gaia have also worked on breakthrough pro bono education projects across Asia, including designing educational material that has been targeted to reach over 25 million people in developing countries worldwide.

As an executive-level global culture consultant and facilitator, Andrew has been engaged by market innovation leaders to help create a culture of innovation:
• Google: C-level & country managers, for strategic team development (Asia).
• AWS to help prepare teams to manage change. (Asia).
• Nestle (sustainable solutions for emerging markets in Switzerland)
• Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts (preparing the CEO, exec team & GMs for the future of the hospitality industry)
• Disney (creating compelling ideas for marketing, HK),
• Mercedes Benz (leadership & innovative brand positioning, China)
• Estee Lauder (reimagining regional retail models),
• Salesforce (looking at the future of marketing and the customer journey)
• UAE Prime Minister’s office (to help UAE develop future leaders in innovation / Dubai.)
• Boeing – Leading and Recovering from Crisis (during Covid)
• Many large finance institutions (Future of work, & how to innovate in a complaint-driven world.)
• Duke University Corporate Education - Educator and facilitator
• YPO - Top-ranked global facilitator recognized resource

In his role as a keynote speaker, Andrew has been in high demand internationally, including
• APEC CEO Summit & APEC University Leaders’ Forum (Vietnam)
• Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO) Global Edge & GLC ROW Conference
• TEDx (HK).
• Four Seasons Hotel International CEO Conference (Canada)
• The World Innovation Conference (France),
• HR Summit & HR Smart Workforce (Singapore)