Duncan Wardle
About
Duncan Wardle: Former Disney Head of Innovation and Creativity | Speaker on Creative Thinking and Practical Innovation
Why Book Duncan Wardle?
Duncan Wardle helps people challenge the belief that creativity belongs to a designated few. Drawing on a career at Disney, including leadership of innovation and creativity, he brings familiar stories to the work of generating unfamiliar ideas.
Duncan connects curiosity with practical approaches to problem-solving. His presentations invite teams to question their usual answers, make room for different perspectives, and create conditions in which people feel able to contribute.
Why Is Duncan Wardle Right for Your Audience?
Duncan is a strong fit for leadership conferences, innovation meetings, marketing events, and company gatherings. Consider him when an organization wants more people to participate in creative problem-solving.
Book Duncan when your audience needs to:
- Question habitual answers to familiar problems
- Build confidence contributing ideas
- Invite perspectives beyond their immediate team
- Make room for curiosity in daily work
- Support constructive creative risk-taking
- Develop a more inclusive approach to innovation
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More confident exploring their own creativity
- Ready to reconsider an assumption behind a problem
- Introduced to practical idea-generation approaches
- More aware of how team culture affects participation
- Focused on a new way to approach a current challenge
Keynote Programs
The Theory of Creativity™
Duncan explores the human capacity for imagination and practical ways to develop it. Ideal for broad employee and innovation audiences.
Embedding Innovation into Everyone’s DNA
Duncan examines how leaders can build an environment where more people contribute creative ideas. Ideal for managers and culture-focused events.
Is Duncan Wardle Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the problems your teams need to approach differently and the creative participation you want to encourage. We can help select Duncan’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Topics and Audience Takeaways
Duncan’s power comes from his engaging exercises, energetic delivery and the memorability of his tools. When a 100 year old brand starts replacing stagnant approaches with expansive language like “how might we?” or “Yes, And,” - you know the culture is beginning to shift.
Director of Digital Experience, Pacific Gas and Electric
