Nataly Kogan
About
About Nataly Kogan - Keynote speaker, Bestselling author, Former tech CEO, 3x founder, Artist:
Nataly Kogan is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, former tech CEO, and artist who helps leaders and organizations turn change into their catalyst to grow and create their next.
She is the creator of REINVENT•ABILITY™, a framework grounded in neuroscience and psychology that helps people thrive through change, reframe the beliefs that hold them back, and take bold action before they feel ready. Nataly built her expertise from the inside out. She came to the United States at 13 as a refugee from the Soviet Union with no English and no money, starting over in the projects outside Detroit. She learned to speak English by watching Who’s The Boss? on TV.
She went on to build a career spanning McKinsey, Microsoft, venture capital, and five tech startups, including Happier, one of the world's first gratitude platforms, which helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world lead happier lives. But at the peak of her success, Nataly burned out. That burnout became the catalyst for her most important reinvention, and for the REINVENT•ABILITY™ Framework she now brings to leaders and organizations navigating change.
Today, Nataly delivers keynotes and leadership experiences for organizations including Google, Disney, Dell, Capital One, and Intuit, helping their people grow and reinvent through change.
She works closely with leaders, founders, and creators at the threshold of something new. She guides people to see what is truly possible, release the beliefs holding them back, and build the path to bring that possibility into reality. Nataly has helped spark more businesses, books, podcasts, and reinventions than she can count.
Nataly’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and hundreds of other publications. She is the best-selling author of Happier Now, The Awesome Human Project, and The Awesome Human Journal, and hosts the Dare Yourself podcast.
At 40, she picked up a paintbrush for the first time. At 50, she had her first international solo show in Mexico City.
Nataly does not believe patience is a virtue, loves bold colors, and proudly holds the title of funniest person in her family, a distinction her husband and daughter have never once disputed. (This is obviously a joke.)
Topics and Audience Takeaways
What Nataly Kogan Talks About:
The REINVENT•ABLE™ Mindset
A framework to thrive and grow through change
In a world of relentless change, resilience is no longer enough. Nataly shares her science-backed REINVENT•ABILITY™ Framework — a practical system that helps people replace fear with forward motion and build the capacity to grow through change again and again. Grounded in neuroscience, real stories, and interactive reflection moments, audiences leave with tools they can use immediately.
Audiences learn how to:
- Anchor in their Zone of Aliveness: lead from purpose vs. pressure
- Envision what’s possible: create a bolder vision instead of defaulting to familiar patterns
- Reframe beliefs: uncover the stories that hold them back and replace them with fueling narratives
- Act to learn: take small, strategic steps instead of waiting for certainty, because clarity and confidence emerge through action
- Experiment and evolve: treat missteps as data to help them move forward (and forget about perfection!)
THE POWER OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
Leaders are constantly given advice to be authentic and vulnerable. But for many, this feels like a contradiction to the qualities they’ve come to believe leaders should embody: confidence, strength, unwavering positivity. With vulnerability, humor, and scientific insights, Nataly shares mistakes she made and lessons she learned during her 20-year career as a business leader wearing a “confident and positive” mask. She offers profound mindset shifts to empower leaders to lead with more compassion and authenticity, and simple but powerful practices that leaders can use to build trust and openness within their organizations.
Key takeaways:
- An innovative concept of the Emotional Whiteboard, and how to practice it to
- improve trust and psychological safety within your team
- Practical strategies to overcome fear of vulnerability
- How to cultivate greater authenticity and human connection within your team to fuel engagement and top performance
UNLEASH YOUR AWESOME HUMAN!
Based on Nataly’s best-selling book, The Awesome Human Project, this keynote will activate you to prioritize your emotional fitness, fuel your energy, and show up as your best, thriving self in every aspect of your work and life. With her signature mix of vulnerability, humor, and scientific research, Nataly shares her journey as a refugee who achieved immense career success, suffered a debilitating burnout, and discovered how changing her relationship with herself and strengthening her emotional fitness not only improved her well-being, but her ability
to unleash her full awesome potential. This keynote won’t just inspire you, but empower you with Nataly’s signature simple yet surprisingly powerful practices to manage your energy, edit negative thoughts, and live and work with greater joy and purpose.
Key takeaways:
- What is emotional fitness and simple daily practices to strengthen it
- A fresh take on self-care as the skill of fueling your mental, emotional, and physical energy
- Powerful mindset shifts on how improving your relationship with yourself unlocks your full potential and capacity to lead with compassion
Recent Publications
Nataly will change your team's lives through her energetic, research-based, interactive sessions that bring to life powerful actions to improve your wellbeing, restore energy, and lead you to work and live happier!
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