Meet Keynote Speaker Shane Snow
Your Stage Is In The Hands Of A Master Storyteller
Shane Snow sits at a rare intersection: renowned journalist, three-time bestselling author, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and TV showrunner, and serial entrepreneur who has produced movies with Steven Spielberg and helped launch billion-dollar companies.
Shane's keynotes on AI adaptation, breakthrough teamwork, and lateral thinking draw on decades of original behavioral science research plus real-world experience building and advising high-growth companies. Audiences consistently rate him the top speaker at their events — not because he lectures, but because he performs: With gripping stories, counterintuitive science, and practical frameworks for unlocking real business impact your team will still be talking about years later.
Shane Snow's science and story packed keynotes inspire teams and drive positive change.
Keynote Speaking Topics:
Superadaptors
How do the most innovative people and groups adapt to changing circumstances?
Dream Teams
How do the world's best teams exceed the sum of their parts?
Smartcuts
How do the worlds' smartest innovators use lateral thinking to accelerate success?
The Storytelling Edge
How do the greats tell stories that change hearts and spur people to action?
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Inspiration + Actionability
Shane doesn't believe in choosing between motivational and useful.
Always Customized
Shane believes that every client deserves customization to their unique people and situation.
Why Top Brands Partner With Shane Snow
A Blast To Work With
Shane loves people and loves to entertain. He's performed comedy on Broadway and has loved public speaking since he was 4!
A Renowned Storyteller
A Tony-winning Broadway producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author, Shane became the #1 storytelling instructor on LinkedIn worldwide. Your audience will never forget his stories.
FAQs
Shane Snow is a renowned public speaker, bestselling author, and former journalist for Wired, Fast Company, and GQ whose work focuses on innovation and human behavior. His journalism has helped uncover gun trafficking rings and government corruption in multiple countries, and his business research and writing have uncovered counter-intuitive data and ideas that have helped millions of people work smarter—through his popular books and keynote speaking.
Shane's specialty is deep-dive investigations that connect dots between history, science, extraordinary individuals and companies, and emerging research. All with the goal of discovering uncommon insights that help people work and collaborate smarter.
Along the way, Shane has built and sold multiple media-tech companies where he's applied his journalistic and human behavior work to creating high-performing teams and rethinking "the way it's done" in various industries (from ed-tech to content marketing to filmmaking).
Today, Shane splits his time between consulting and speaking for ambitious organizations, and producing ambitious films and musicals—where he has won various awards including the Tony Award for his work on The Outsiders on Broadway.
As a veteran investigative journalist whose job was to find information, uncover corruption, and get people to talk, Shane is an expert at unearthing hidden knowledge, counterintuitive data, and fascinating stories that can be applied across various industries. He has spent particular time on the study of innovation and "thinking differently" and the science of storytelling—and applies fundamental insights from this work to different fields (from construction management to cloud software to nuclear engineering) and business goals (such as teamwork, leadership.
As a storytelling expert, Shane is known for his entertaining stories in his books and speeches, as well as his role behind the scenes as a producer in the film and theatre industry. Whether he's speaking about storytelling itself, or using stories to convey ideas about innovation or adaptation, Shane's masterful application of the principles he teaches illustrates the power of those principles themselves.
We don't like to advertise rates on the web, but Shane's speaking manager will gladly walk you through the costs and options, depending on the length of the keynote or workshop and where it's located. Virtual events cost less, as do events in New York or Mexico City where Shane splits his time living.
Shane Snow speaks about the science and history of human adaptation to changing circumstances, teamwork that exceeds the sum of its parts, the science of storytelling as applied to business and leadership, and how innovators use "lateral thinking" to solve problems in novel ways.
Shane's speeches are based on his books (Smartcuts, The Storytelling Edge, and Dream Teams—plus the upcoming book Superadaptors) and original scientific studies (in neuroscience, psychology, and human behavior research) and consulting with some of the world's most innovative organizations. (Microsoft, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Lenovo, The United Nations, the government of New Zealand, and many more.)
Every speech Shane gives involves customization of Shane's core ideas to the client and audience's unique needs, challenges, vocabulary, and goals—and very often includes original research for the client and deep-dives with company stakeholders ahead of time.
Shane Snow primarily speaks as a keynoter at conferences and company events (e.g. kickoffs, summits, customer conferences). He also frequently engages with smaller leadership groups, and sales and marketing teams.
Talk to us about your group and its needs, and we've likely got several past case studies that apply—knowing that every organization is unique and deserves unique attention.