Speaking

Joel has spoken at hundreds of events and is a frequent keynote speaker at industry and company events in North America and around the world. His audiences and venues vary widely — including senior executives, corporate supply chains, customer groups, trade associations, marketing professionals, award ceremonies, and regional economic development bodies — from small roundtable discussions to large and diverse gatherings.

Joel’s keynote speaking topics are tailored for each audience. Sample topics include:

From Here to Sustainability: Increasingly, companies are asking: “How do we compete in a world in which energy, water, materials and toxicity are constraints to growth?” And: “What are the opportunities therein?” Today, sustainability is not just about “doing less bad” or “greening the bottom line.” It’s about reducing risk — supply chain, reputation, financial and more. It’s about growing the top line through innovation, new markets, increased productivity and increased ability to attract and retain talent. But it’s not without risk. What You’ll Learn:

• • What’s driving sustainability issues to rise to the top inside the world’s biggest companies
  • Strategies leading companies are harnessing sustainability to create business value
  • The opportunities and risk of communicating about sustainability to stakeholders
  • How a new breed of green innovators is transforming markets

Can Technology Solve the Climate Crisis?A convergence is taking place among energy, information, building and vehicle technologies, representing one of the next great waves of business innovation — and the keys to addressing the climate crisis. This mash-up of climate tech, sustainable business and artificial intelligence is creating vast opportunities for companies to develop ultra-efficient and innovative products, services, and business models — both B to B and B to C. What You’ll Learn:

• • The new business opportunities for both technology and non-technology companies
  • How AI is key to addressing sustainability goals
  • he new value chains and knowledge networks that will increasingly shake up markets
  • Where technologies are headed and how to prepare

Prosperity, Security, Sustainability: America’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: In an era of climate change, economic uncertainty, hyperpartisanship and global turmoil, business as usual is giving way to bold, audacious thinking: How can America’s private sector realign its interests in a way that builds resilience and well-being while strengthening its economy and environment? It’s a trillion-dollar business opportunity that affects every sector, and the inspiring subject of Joel’s 2016 book about a new “grand strategy” for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a strategic national imperative. What You’ll Learn:

• • The Pentagon-inspired vision to align America’s economy, foreign policy, and sustainability goals
  • The three huge pools of demand waiting to be tapped by the private sector for profit
  • Why Washington isn’t the key ingredient in our recovery (but local government and CEOs are)
  • How this revolution is already taking shape across America

Joel is also a skilled moderator, called upon by companies and conferences around the world to conduct on-stage or on-camera one-on-one interviews, or to host lively and intelligent panel discussions with executives and thought leaders, for in-person, video, and online events.

He also has served as the emcee of dozens of events, including multi-day conferences, harnessing his talents as an engaging host, a nimble thinker, and a quick wit to ensure events rise above “conference as usual.”

Joel is represented by leading speaker’s bureaus and can also work directly with clients.

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