Top Creativity Speakers

Anthony E. Zuiker
Anthony E. Zuiker is one of the most creative and multifaceted individuals working in Hollywood today. He is the creator of television’s hugely successful CSI franchise, which includes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York. The original CSI has received widespread critical acclaim and was recently named the most watched series in the world for the fourth time in five...
Benjamin Zander
Benjamin Zander is the brilliant and acclaimed British-born conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. Bringing his insights as the conductor of a major symphony orchestra to leaders involved in transformation and change, Benjamin Zander has become a much sought-after speaker to major organizations all over the world including Shell, IBM, Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Sprint, NASA and the US Army. BenBrian Grazer
Academy Award-winning producer BRIAN GRAZER has been making movies and television programs for more than 25 years. Over the years, Grazer's films and TV shows have been nominated for a total of 43 Oscars and 138 Emmys. At the same time, his movies have generated more than $13.5 billion in worldwide theatrical, music and video grosses. As both a writer and producer, he has been personally...
Cameron Sinclair
As the Executive Director and Co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, Cameron Sinclair is not only an architect, but an author, humanitarian and world-class visionary. During his studies at the University of Westminster and at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Cameron developed a passion in social, cultural and humanitarian design. His resulting postgraduate thesis focused on providing...Casey Neistat
Casey is the creator of the HBO series THE NEISTAT BROTHERS, which told short autobiographical stories of Casey and his brother Van’s lives. The pair have created over two hundred films, most notably iPod's Dirty Secret, focusing on Apple's policy on replacing iPod batteries, and Bike Thief, chronicling the ease with which they steal their own bicycle. Casey’s film DADDY LONG LEGS premiered at...
Chip Conley
No hotel executive in the world has overseen the development and creation of more boutique hotels than Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre, America's second largest boutique hotelier. At the age of 26 with no industry experience, Chip transformed a seedy 1950's "no-tell motel" into the world-renowned Phoenix Hotel, a legendary rock 'n roll hotel that catered to the likes of David Bowie, Linda...
Chris Bangle
One only needs to look down the street for evidence of Chris Bangle's ingenuity and far-reaching influence. A daring designer whose work has provoked endless discussion, Chris is best known for his tenure as Chief of Design for the BMW group, where he was responsible for bringing the designs of the BMW, Mini Cooper, and Rolls Royce into the twenty-first century. Graduating from the Art...
Christian Siriano
Oprah Winfrey calls his designs "works of art." Tim Gunn calls him "a prodigy" and "the next great American fashion designer." Only 24 years old, Christian Siriano was born to design. Raised by a creative family in Annapolis, Maryland, Christian began designing at just thirteen years old and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts and then went on to study at the American...
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning actor, comedian, screenwriter, and most recently business entrepreneur. He attended Carleton University in Canada, but dropped out before receiving his degree. He veered away from his study of criminology in college in order to pursue his interest in acting. He began as a comedian in various Canadian nightclubs and went...Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg first entered the fashion world in 1972 with a suitcase full of jersey dresses. Two years later, she created the wrap dress, which came to symbolize power and independence for an entire generation of women. By 1976, she had sold over a million of the dresses and was featured on the cover of Newsweek. In 1997, after a hiatus from fashion, Diane reemerged on the New York...
Duff Goldman
Chef Duff Goldman started working for acclaimed Baltimore Chef Cindy Wolf while attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. After graduating with degrees in History and Philosophy, Duff left Baltimore to study pastries at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, California. While in Napa, Duff was a stagiere at the French Laundry, working under acclaimed pastry Chef...
Erik Wahl
Erik Wahl is an internationally recognized graffiti artist, author and entrepreneur, Erik redefines the term “keynote speaker.” Pulling from his history as both a businessman and an artist, he has grown to become one of the most sought-after corporate speakers available today. Erik’s on-stage painting seamlessly becomes a visual metaphor to the core of his message, encouraging organizations...
Frank Rose
Frank Rose is a recognized authority on the future of media. In his new book, The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories, he argues that we are seeing the emergence of a new form of narrative that’s native to the Internet in the same way the novel is native to print. Told through many media at once in a nonlinear fashion...
Grant Achatz
Grant Achatz is the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef of 2008. His restaurant, Alinea, was named “Best Restaurant in America” by Gourmet Magazine. After opening, Alinea rapidly garnered top ratings from Mobil, AAA, Zagat, the Chicago Tribune, Time Out, Gayot, and was named to the Top 50 Restaurants in the World by Restaurant Magazine, UK.Jared Leto
Musician, Actor, Director, Producer, Entrepreneur, and Artist, Jared Leto enjoys long hikes and vegan ice cream. When he's not on tour, he's based nowhere, since he's always on tour. Besides being the front man of Thirty Seconds To Mars, he is also the founder of The Hive, The One + Only Golden Tickets, and VyRT...
Jay Sean
Jay Sean is the international superstar behind songs such as "Down," featuring Lil Wayne, and "Do You Remember," chart-topping hits from his U.S. debut album All or Nothing, which helped catapult him into a league reserved for just a few. Now, he is gearing up for the release of his fourth album, the highly anticipated Cash Money/Universal Republic follow-up Freeze Time, with music, including...Jen Grisanti
International speaker Jen Grisanti is an acclaimed Story/Career Consultant at Jen Grisanti Consultancy, Inc. Grisanti is also a Writing Instructor for Writers on the Verge at NBC, a former studio executive, a blogger for The Huffington Post and author of Story Line: Finding Gold In Your Life Story, TV Writing Tool Kit: How To Write a Script That Sells, and her upcoming book, Change Your Story...
J.J. Abrams
J.J. Abrams is the founder and president of Bad Robot Productions, which he runs with his producing partner Bryan Burk. Formed in 2001, Bad Robot is partnered with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios and has produced films and television series such as "Cloverfield," "Star Trek," "Morning Glory," "Super 8," "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol," ABC’s "Alias" and "Lost," Fox’s "Fringe,"...
John Cleese
John Cleese is both a versatile comedic actor and a leading business motivator. With the legendary Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda, he created a unique comedic style that has inspired countless writers and comedians. John Cleese's influence is also felt in the corporate world as the founder of Video Arts, the world's largest provider of business training...
John Mackey
John P. Mackey, co-founder of the Company, has served as Chief Executive Officer since 1980. Mr. Mackey also served as President from June 2001 to October 2004, and as Chairman of the Board from 1978 to December 2009. As the company's visionary, he has led the development of many innovative programs such as the $10 million in low-interest loans to local farmers and food producers to help them...Joss Whedon
Emmy winner and Oscar nominee JOSS WHEDON is one of Hollywood's top creators, scripting and directing several hit films including THE AVENGERS and creating one of television's most critically praised shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Born in New York, Whedon is a third-generation television writer. His grandfather and father were both successful sitcom writers on shows such as...
Kevin Carroll
Kevin Carroll is the founder of Kevin Carroll Katalyst/LLC and the author of three highly successful books published by ESPN, Disney Press and McGraw-Hill. As an author, speaker and agent for social change (a.k.a. the Katalyst), it is Kevin’s “job” to inspire businesses, organizations and individuals - from CEOs and employees of Fortune 500 companies to schoolchildren - to embrace their spirit...
Matt Harding
Recently named as TIME magazine’s “#1 Viral Video of 2008,” Matt Harding’s inspiring, universally appealing videos have reached over 30 Million viewers around the globe. At 26, Matt Harding quit his job as a videogame designer and spent his life savings on a trip around the world. He took a friend’s suggestion to perform his terrible dancing techniques in the various exotic settings he...
Matthew Weiner
Matthew Weiner is the series creator and executive producer of Mad Men, an AMC original series. Since its debut, the series has garnered four consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series; three consecutive Golden Globe® Awards for Best Television Drama Series; a Peabody Award; three Producers Guild Awards; four Writers Guild Awards; AFI Awards for one of the Top 10 Outstanding...
Morgan Webb
Morgan defies all reason as a computer and gaming wizard who's strikingly beautiful, spunky and clever. From simple philosophy student to the programmer's pin-up girl, Morgan Webb had quite a ride. She survived the dot-com bust and found a cushy spot in the offices of TechTV as host of The Screen Savers, doling out daily Windows tips to love-stricken techies.
Nadia G.
Nadia G. (Giosia) is young, funny, and can cook up a storm in 3-inch cherry stilettos. Hailed as the "Julia Child of the Net generation," she is the creator and host of the hit Cooking Channel series Bitchin' Kitchen (www.bitchinkitchen.tv). Set in a candy-colored kitchen decked in animal print and leather, Bitchin' Kitchen looks at the funny side of everyday life situations and turns them into....jpg)
Nasim Pedrad
Returning for her fourth season on the "SNL" stage, Nasim Pedrad has put a unique stamp on the show with her uncanny impressions including Kim Kardashian, Barbara Walters and Arianna Huffington. Her characters range from quirky, parent-loving character "Bedelia" to underground rocker "Lil Blaster." Pedrad joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in the 2009-10 season from The Groundlings...
Nev Schulman
Cat·fish [kat-fish] noun - a person who pretends to be someone they're not, using social media to create a false identity, particularly to pursue deceitful online romances In a world where everyone is constantly connected digitally, social media has made communicating easier but this digital world might also complicate relationships. According to MTV "Millenials" 18-24 years old, 1 in 4 has...
Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis is the award-winning filmmaker who, in 2006, became the first screenwriter to write two Best Film Oscar winners back-to-back – Million Dollar Baby (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, and Crash (2005) which he himself directed. For Crash, he won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. The film also received an additional four nominations including one for...
Paula Wagner
Paula Wagner has worked in the top ranks of the entertainment industry as a talent agent, film producer and studio executive. Currently, Wagner is developing films, theatre and television through her production company Chestnut Ridge Productions (CRP). Under the CRP banner, Wagner will produce the Broadway theatrical production of The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn....jpg)
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Called "the restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal and "the ultimate thinking machine" by Forbes magazine, Kurzweil was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine, which described him as the "rightful heir to Thomas Edison." PBS selected him...
Rem Koolhaas
His unique vision and inspirational designs are seen throughout the world. One of the world's most honored architects, a recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000, Rem Koolhaas is considered one of the world's most brilliant, daring and creative architects. Rem began his career as an architect not by designing a building but by writing a book. His Delirious New..Robert Griffin III
ROBERT GRIFFIN III (nicknamed "RG3") is the starting Quarterback for the Washington Redskins and the 2011 Heisman Trophy Winner. Griffin became the first rookie quarterback to start the year as the "NFC Offensive Player of the Week." The #2 overall pick by the Washington Redskins in the 2012 draft, Griffin capped a very impressive college career both as a scholar and as an athlete by...Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar is the multi-platinum recording artist known as the Red Rocker, lead singer of hard rock legendary group Van Halen and respected member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Throughout his career he also evolved into the entrepreneurial mastermind behind the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand, a bar and restaurant owner and philanthropist. He continues to rock as an artist and businessman as...
Stacy London
Stacy London is one of America’s foremost fashion experts. She is currently the co-host of TLC’s hugely popular show, What Not To Wear. In 2005 Stacy joined The Today Show on NBC as a style correspondent and has regularly appeared on Access Hollywood as a fashion expert. Previous to a career in television, Stacy developed her keen sense of style in fashion editorial. A true arbiter of...
T Bone Burnett
In his conversations and speeches, T Bone Burnett focuses on his celebrated work as a composer, music supervisor and producer for films such as O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Walk the Line, Across the Universe, Cold Mountain and The Big Lebowski. Burnett-who just won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind," the theme from Crazy Heart, for which he also served as a producer.....
Terry Tamminen
“Arnold Schwarzenegger may have signed the world's toughest anti-global-warming law, but it is Terry Tamminen, his environmental adviser, who is emerging as the state's real [global warming] Terminator.” (TIME Magazine, April 9, 2007). “Terry Tamminen...is probably the most brilliant guy around when it comes to the environment,” says Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, (Outside Magazine, April...
Tim Gunn
TIM GUNN is co-host and mentor for the 11th season of Lifetime’s “Project Runway.” In addition, he is Fashion Dean at Fifth & Pacific, where he is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing the creative talent within the portfolio of brands. Prior to joining the company, he was the Chief Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne Inc. Gunn served as a member of the administration and...Trey Ratcliff
Trey Ratcliff is a photographer, artist, writer and adventurer. Each day, Trey posts a new photo to his website, StuckInCustoms.com, which receives over half a million monthly page views. Trey has over 7.5 million social media followers via Google+, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. His photos and stories capture the beauty of exotic travel destinations and the humor of bizarre situations he...
Victoria Labalme
Performing Artist & Communications Expert Victoria Labalme is known throughout the business community as a dynamic and motivation catalyst for dramatically improving and transforming people's presentation and communication skills...Will.i.Am
Will.i.Am is the front man and producer of the multi-platinum award-winning group The Black Eyed Peas. The seven-time Grammy Award-winner has sold more than 31 million albums and produced for such artists as U2, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Mariah Carey, and Nicki Minaj, among others. Beyond music, Wil.i.Am has appeared in several films and television shows, including WOLVERINE...
William McDonough
William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and designer and winner of three U.S. presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the National Design Award (2004); and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003). Time magazine recognized him as a “Hero for the Planet” in 1999, stating that “his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that...
Yves Behar
Designer Yves Behar has produced some of the new millennium's most coveted objects, like the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset, and the XO laptop for One Laptop per Child. Over the past decade, Yves Behar and his firm fuseproject have become the design group that companies turn to for a game-changing idea. Take the re-invention of the Bluetooth headset, for one; or the re-envigoration of...
Neil Patrick Harris
After first entering America's homes regularly as the title character, "Doogie HOwser, MD.," NEIL PATRICK HARRIS has been a fixture of American pop-culture for nearly three decades. Currently starring on the hit TV show, "How I Met Your Mother," Neil plays "Barney," a philandering playboy, currently running it's eighth season on CBS for which Neil won multiple awards...Ken Jeong
Ken Jeong has been blending comedy and medicine all his life. After graduating Duke University and attaining his MD at the University of North Carolina, Ken completed his Internal Medicine residency in New Orleans all while developing his comedy and cult-like following in the stand-up circuit. While in New Orleans, Ken won the “Big Easy Laff-Off” which led him to move to LA in pursuit of a...
Ron Howard
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of the film and television world’s most enduring legends, with over fifty years in the entertainment industry as producer, director, writer and star of some of the seminal works of his generation. As partner in Imagine Films Entertainment, he has led the company’s creative team to such box office hits as...
D.B. Weiss
American author and TV writer / executive producer D.B. WEISS is best known for writing sci-fi and fantasy stories. Currently, alongside David Benioff, D.B. created and serves as co-executive producer for the hit HBO series GAME OF THRONES. A sweeping, medieval fantasy, this epic story interweaves several plotlines during the end of a decade long summer as an impending winter...
Nile Rodgers
There is nothing you can say about NILE RODGERS that hasn't already been heard by billions of people, via millions of radio airwaves, in thousands of cities, in hundreds of countries. His career is one of the most enduring and prolific in music with a signature sound scrawled across an amazing array of music - from Madonna to Diana Ross, from David Bowie to Eric Clapton. An American...
Don Hahn
A creative executive with the perfect balance for both halves of his brain, DON HAHN speaks as the ultimate authority as an executive with a mind for business and a soul for art. Don produced the classic BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar from the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. His next film, THE LION KING, broke box-office...
Ryan Murphy
Aside from being one of the most provocative and original voices, RYAN MURPHY has also become one of the most respected television creators working in Hollywood today. After starting out as a journalist, Murphy moved into film and television, where he's worked as a producer, screenwriter and director. He launched his first program, Popular, in 1999, followed by Nip/Tuck in 2003. In 2009...
Apollo Robbins
APOLLO ROBBINS is a performer, speaker, consultant and one of the world's leading experts on pickpockets, confidence crimes and deception. A pioneer in the application of deception to operational environments, Robbins uses pick-pocketing and sleight-of-hand to demonstrate perception management, diversion techniques and self-deception. Known as “The Gentleman Thief,” Robbins first made...
Chad Hurley
In an era when “game-changer,” “status quo disrupter,” and “new standard,” are tossed around regularly, there are only a small handful of brands and technologies that serve as the indisputable, iconic personifications of those monikers. YouTube is one such entity. Serving as a website, a brand, and a verb, YouTube is the world’s largest and most popular video sharing site and the third...
More Speakers
- J.J. Abrams
- Grant Achatz
- Dan Aykroyd
- Chris Bangle
- Yves Behar
- T Bone Burnett
- Kevin Carroll
- John Cleese
- Chip Conley
- Nadia G.
- Duff Goldman
- Brian Grazer
- Robert Griffin III
- Jen Grisanti
- Tim Gunn
- Sammy Hagar
- Paul Haggis
- Don Hahn
- Matt Harding
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Ron Howard
- Chad Hurley
- Ken Jeong
- Rem Koolhaas
- Ray Kurzweil
- Victoria Labalme
- Jared Leto
- Stacy London
- John Mackey
- William McDonough
- Ryan Murphy
- Casey Neistat
- Nasim Pedrad
- Trey Ratcliff
- Apollo Robbins
- Nile Rodgers
- Frank Rose
- Nev Schulman
- Jay Sean
- Cameron Sinclair
- Christian Siriano
- Terry Tamminen
- Diane von Furstenberg
- Paula Wagner
- Erik Wahl
- Morgan Webb
- Matthew Weiner
- D.B. Weiss
- Joss Whedon
- Will.i.Am
- Benjamin Zander
- Anthony E. Zuiker
Creativity
Creativity
Not everyone associates creativity with the corporate landscape - which is exactly what makes these unique speakers so sought after in the world of business.
CAA Speakers on creativity in business help all levels of an organization change the way they look at the current state of their industry, illustrating how they can problem-solve and anticipate the future both individually and at a collective level.
These speakers have spent their business lives in the fields of advertising, marketing, product development and other key fields. Hearing their take on today's marketplace can be informative and inspiring. Creative business speakers for corporate events help transform audiences of motivated individuals into a group that will move forward as a cohesive unit and "think differently" about all their business pursuits.
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