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Keynote speaker for design & branding

Keynotes for designers whose taste can’t be automated.

Generative AI can produce a thousand options in seconds. Choosing the right one still takes taste, judgment, and courage. Todd helps designers and brand teams protect what makes their work worth hiring.

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What your people are facing

Infinite options.
One right answer.

1

Taste in the age of AI

When anyone can generate polished options, the real differentiator becomes the judgment to know what’s right.

2

The pull toward safe work

Clients and timelines push designers toward the familiar, and brave creative choices get harder to defend.

3

Creating on demand

Designers are expected to be brilliant on a deadline, project after project, and creative energy runs thin.

Recommended keynotes for design and brand teams

Protect the work only you can do.

Every keynote is customized for your audience, with up to two planning sessions and PDF follow-up materials for participants.

Keynote · Workshop

The Infinite Lever

For designers and brand teams working alongside generative AI. Todd shows how to use AI as a lever while sharpening the taste and judgment that clients can’t get from a tool.

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Your people will leave with
  • 01How to use AI while protecting the judgment that builds expertise
  • 02How to keep the friction that leads to original work
  • 03How to strengthen the human qualities that make design resonate
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Brave Habits

For creative teams who need the courage to make distinctive choices. Bravery isn’t a grand gesture. It’s a daily habit that shows up in the work.

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Your people will leave with
  • 01The two factors behind habitual bravery
  • 02How to act decisively in the face of uncertainty
  • 03How to build a culture of creative courage
Keynote · Workshop

Brilliance Under Pressure

For designers who create on demand. Five practices to stay brilliant, focused, and energized, project after project.

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Your people will leave with
  • 01How to overcome the obstacles that stall creativity
  • 02Five areas of creative rhythm that sustain energy
  • 03A toolkit for brilliant work under pressure
Also available:Herding Tigers7 Principles of Sustained Performance
“Todd’s presentation was both mind blowing and life changing!”
Packaged Design Conference
7popular books, translated into more than a dozen languages
20M+downloads of the Daily Creative podcast since 2005
2planning sessions to tailor every talk to your audience
Every talkends with practical next actions and PDF follow-up materials

Questions planners ask

Booking Todd for design and brand teams.

Can Todd tailor his keynote to design and brand teams?

Yes. Every keynote includes up to two planning sessions, so Todd can learn about your audience, goals, and challenges and shape the stories, examples, and applications around them.

Does Todd offer workshops as well as keynotes?

Yes. The Infinite Lever, Herding Tigers, and Brilliance Under Pressure are available as half-day and full-day workshops, and many organizations pair a keynote with a workshop for leaders.

Is Todd available for virtual events?

Yes. Todd delivers keynotes and workshops virtually as well as in person.

How do we check Todd’s availability?

Share your date, audience, and goals at toddhenry.com/speaking, or email hello@toddhenry.com, and Todd’s team will follow up quickly.

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Make taste your team’s
unfair advantage.

Tell us your date, audience, and goals. We’ll make it easy.

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