Gary Bertwistle

Gary Bertwistle's Biography

A dynamic and empowering speaker, Gary Bertwistle unleashes your ability to think differently to generate creativity and innovation.

Gary is a bestselling author and sought after speaker who shares useful, simple and easy to understand suggestions that are relevant to all businesses, in all industries, to give your brand a true edge. Gary has led the way in idea generation by innovating the creative process and his interest and passion now lies in getting people and companies to think differently.

He speaks to audiences around the world about unlocking their thinking, imagination and ideas in the areas of performance, problem solving, innovation, marketing, strategy, creativity and learning.

Gary’s innovative approach assists organisations and individuals in challenging their traditional way of thinking to be able to successfully unlock the great ideas that already exist within them. In order to truly innovate and develop breakthrough ideas you need to think differently and that is what Gary is all about.

Gary has become known as a speaker who shares useful, simple and easy to understand suggestions that are relevant to all businesses, in all industries, to give your company a true edge. His greatest interest lies in getting people and companies to think differently about any aspect of their operation.

He speaks to audiences both live as well as via his Virtual Keynote Studio on Zoom or Microsoft Teams across the world about unlocking more creative ideas in the areas of performance, problem solving, innovation, marketing, strategy, creativity and learning.

With more than 300 recorded conversations in his catalogue via his podcasts, the thousands of books he has read, as well as the interaction he gets from live audiences when speaking, Gary is able to curate the best of the best to assist any organisation or individual to challenge their traditional way of thinking to be able to successfully unlock their great ideas to get their mojo working.

His speeches are not only empowering, they are also enjoyable and entertaining, and his simple, straightforward approach to thinking differently is always well received.

Speaking Topics Include

Strategic Mojo - Inside the Mind of a Great Strategist

There is a difference between having a strategy and being a strategist.  There is a difference between a strategist and being a great strategist. This keynote outlines the essential skills, thinking and beliefs that a true strategist requires in order to not only create but execute an effective strategy that can assist their company to win in the current challenging market against seen and unseen opponents. It’s a session about the characteristics that a great strategist embodies that can help form the DNA of a thoughtful leader that a team will rally behind and follow into battle.

Here’s what we will cover:

The attributes of a great strategist.

Strategic mindset tools for challenging unpredictable times, now and into the future.

The often ignored essentials for your strategy.

Leading Innovation - Empowering the Leadership of Thought

The last few years have changed so much for all of us. Our day to day life, our work, our interactions with the world around us, education, and even our fundamental view of innovation. The question is, do we have the mindset to innovate, adapt to capitalise on these changes to make them a powerful ally for the years ahead? Some leaders will, then again some will reject and deny the changes and remain struggling within the status quo. Those who adopt an adaptive innovative mindset will prosper now and well into the future. This keynote speech is about the adaptive mindset required, the tips and tools we can employ, and the approach that is necessary to maximise the opportunities that will present themselves in the short and long-term within our team.  Many speak of creating a culture of innovation, yet very few know the steps required in order to create that team of empowered thinkers who can challenge status quo, innovate ideas, to think differently and outmaneuver your competitors.

Here’s what we will cover:

Understand the need and ways to build innovation into our daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly routines.

Show how innovation starts with Culture and Process.

How do they build that culture of empowered thinking?

The rituals and routines of high performance leaders.

The mindset of the adaptive leader who is prepared to maximise change.

How to sustain a culture of empowered thinking in your company

My Brands Got Mojo - The New Rules of Engagement

With more businesses competing for the same dollar in every category, those who are able to master the new rules of engagement of brand and create a a different kind of compelling reason for customers to use their product or service over their competitors, are the ones that will thrive and survive. To be able to do this, you must have a plan of attack, which is one of the essential outcomes of this presentation – creating a brand plan in a new environment of business that your team can follow when going into battle with your competitors. Today's marketplace demands something different from the brands they choose. If a business leader understands the new rules of engagement in the market they in which they compete, they will thrive. Those that choose to ignore the new rules of engagement will be lucky to survive.  This keynote gives you the information you require to put your brand at the forefront in the battle for marketshare. Full of actionable practical tips and tools that you can adopt and adapt to apply to your brand to become progressive and not regressive. Using case studies of successful brands that are leading the way by doing things differently this interactive session provide you with not only the strategies but the implementation plan to bring these new skills to life for your own company. In doing so you also create a more engaged and fulfilled team within your own organisation..

Here’s what we will cover:

Case studies of how the approach to marketing and brand has changed.

What needs to change culturally within your team and how that effects your marketing?

How getting your eternal messaging right helps build the engagement within your own organisation.

Why traditional marketing is broken and what we can do about it?

How to future proof your brand.

How to reset and realign your brand after the pandemic

With more businesses competing for the same dollar in every category, those who are able to master the fundamentals of brand and create a compelling reason for customers to use their product or service over their competitors, are the ones that will thrive and survive. To be able to do this, you must have a plan of attack, which is one of the essential outcomes of this presentation – creating a brand plan that your team can follow when going into battle with your competitors.