Mick Ebeling
- Inventor, Humanitarian
- Creative Visionary and World Renowned Inventor
- Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award Recipient
- Author, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t Be Done
- Has dedicated his life to tapping into the power of innovation, technology, and story to change the world
Mick Ebeling Speaker Biography
Named by Fortune Magazine as a Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, a recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award and listed as one of the world’s most influential creative people by The Creativity 50’s, Mick Ebeling has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation. As a career producer and filmmaker and now Founder and CEO of Not Impossible, Mick has dedicated his life to tapping into the power of innovation, technology, and story to change the world.
Mick’s mantra of “commit, then figure it out” allows for a unique problem-solving approach, bringing together a community of passionate and talented engineers, doers, makers, idea generators and storytellers to create solutions that better the world. Partnering with a wide array of companies and organizations, Ebeling not only pushes the bar on innovation, he also shares the emotionally resonating story of doing so.
Ebeling’s book, Not Impossible: Do What Can’t Be Done, recounts his life experiences that led to the founding of Not Impossible. Published in several languages, the book was hailed as “a true testament to the power of determination […] Bursting with optimism and new ideas,” by Deepak Chopra.
Not Impossible is one of a very select few to win Time Magazine’s Top Invention of the Year three times as well as being named winner of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas twice.
Named one of WIRED Magazine’s Agents of Change, a two-time SXSW Innovation of the Year award winner, a three-time Tribeca Disruptor Awards recipient, a fellow with The Nantucket Project, and recipient of every major creative and advertising award, Ebeling is on a mission to provide “Technology for the Sake of Humanity.”
Why Mick:
- Mick Builds With AI and the Latest Tech — and Speaks From It
Most speakers describe the future. Mick reports from inside it. The moment a new tool is viable — AI today, whatever’s next tomorrow — his lab is already building with it. So an audience doesn’t get a prediction. The audience receives an eye witness account: not what’s coming, but what he’s already made it do, while the rest of the field is still talking about it. - Mick’s Case Studies Are His Own
Most keynote speakers borrow their material — they analyze someone else’s company, or replay one thing that happened to them. Mick speaks on what he built himself, and what it became. He solves the impossible for one person — and that solution becomes the thing that reaches thousands. What audiences hear didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with one life, and has gone on to impact millions.
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Speech Topics
The Fallacy of “Impossible”
Since the launch of the Eyewriter and Not Impossible Foundation, Mick has passionately studied the concept of “Impossible.” All the modern conveniences we see around us were once considered “impossible” by people who didn’t know any better. Synthetic fabrics, cell phones and digital watches (not to mention cars and computers) were all figments of the imagination until inspiration met execution and the impossible became a reality. In this talk, Mick dives deeper into “Impossible,” the underlying psychological effects it has on an organization, and how to overcome “Impossible” so true innovation can take place.
Audiences Will Learn:
The psychological effects of the concept of “impossible” on organizations.
Methodologies and practices that companies can employ to instill a culture where every employee feels aligned with a broader mission, contributing to society as well as to the company’s goals.
Creating a Culture of Impact and Purpose
Imagine what companies could accomplish and be if their entire workforce was activated by a sense of purpose. This isn’t just about employee satisfaction, recruiting or retention; this is about tapping into the Movement of Purpose so that both companies AND society win. In this talk, Mick will delve into the creation of a Culture of Purpose and Impact and the direct effects this has on profitability, productivity, innovation and engagement.
Audiences Will Learn:
The importance of fostering a sense of purpose among employees and how it transcends traditional markers of job satisfaction.
How to identify and work with individuals who possess collaboration-worthy traits.
Radical Collaboration
Take a Hollywood producer, a NY professor, a fine artist and a hacker with a criminal record…Put them together and what do you get? A device that helped a paralyzed man create drawings using only the movement of his eyes. Collaboration comes in many form, some of them unexpected. In this talk, Mick discusses the tools necessary to become a stellar collaborator, and to recognize the traits of collaboration-worthy individuals for your next big idea.
Audiences Will Learn:
The value of diverse perspectives and skills in driving creativity and innovation.
How to overcome common obstacles in collaborative projects, such as differences in opinion, communication barriers, and coordination challenges.
VIRTUAL KEYNOTES ALSO AVAILABLE
Leveraging 20 years of production experience, and having won nearly every content and advertising award for his work, Mick now uses that experience to create beautifully produced live and recorded virtual talks for clients around the world.
What you will get from a virtual keynote by Mick Ebeling:
- Multi-Camera Production
- Live Graphics / Live Chyron + Q&A
- Varied Locations & Environments
- Drone Footage / Documentary Style Footage
