Chris Nichols

Co-Founder of GameShift & Keynote Speaker

What makes Chris such a popular speaker

Chris is a master story-teller with vast strategic experience spanning 40 years and 50 countries. He has worked with top companies and governments the world over, in every sector from high tech to medicine, from space exploration to monasteries. He brings gravitas and playful provocation and holds the attention of the room, whether its 30 people or 3,000.

Keynote Themes

Chris is interested in the area where strategy, leadership and change come together and passionate about flourishing organisations on a sustainable earth. He believes in the unlimited potential of people to make amazing things happen, when we are curious, and work together, daring to imagine what’s possible. His talks will always be 100% tailored to the client’s situation and need, but if it’s in any way connected to these themes, it’ll be worth giving him a call.

Some of the recent ways he has turned his passions and experience into powerful keynotes are illustrated here. There are many more! The best way to start is to talk to Chris about your needs.

Making change work

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How to see the world through different lenses

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Exploration as an organisational superpower

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Starting afresh

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Bringing strategy alive

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How to make a merger work

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Building value

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Success on a fragile planet

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"In a world that often rushes into ill-considered action, Chris offers that rare ingredient - perspective. He is willing to be the grit that invites us to see and know the world more fully, as more interconnected, and so act more wisely"

"I always learn a lot from Chris. He's always reading ahead into the next wave, and it's a pleasure to see him working so expertly with groups, helping them to think differently too."

"Chris brings a unique blend: decades of experience of working with complexity and change, wry humour and a deep wisdom. The result is both enlightening, fun and practically useful"

"Very few people are capable of holding space with the wisdom, curiosity, and joy that just seem to come naturally to Chris. If you want to go deep, but hold it lightly, he's the perfect guide."

"Chris is a deep thinker, who clearly sees the systems nature of things: human, organisational, social, environmental, political - personal and inter-personal. He is deeply humane, constantly creative and a skilled communicator who only wants to make things better for us all."