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Dean van Leeuwen speaker

Dean van Leeuwen

TEDx, author, futurist, Moonshot-Provocateur
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Gender: Male
Nationality: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Travels from: United Kingdom

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Biography Highlights

  • Dean is an expert on exponential innovation and the disruptive forces changing the world. He works with organisations to deliver 10x the performance impact.

Biography

Dean is the co-founder of TomorrowToday Global a futurist consultancy working with leading businesses around the world. He lectures on global trends, innovation and business transformation at Henley Business School, Säid Oxford Business School and CEDEP – the Centre for European Leadership Development at Fontainebleau. He has also worked with a Big Three strategy consultancy.

People have more impact creating rather than predicting the future. So, in everything Dean does, he believes in challenging people to use the power of business as a force for good. He says: “the world’s greatest problems are also the best opportunities for growth.” But a remarkable century will not just happen, we have to think and act big to create it. So, Dean is on a quest to inspire audiences to unlearn and relearn; mobilising them to use exponential technology, forge innovative solutions and deliver 10x the impact.

His deeply researched insights, engaging style and powerful combination of storytelling, multimedia and gentle parody, move audiences to look at a disrupted world differently, embrace change, innovate and do mighty things.

Dean van Leeuwen speaks to audiences about:

• Innovation
• Future trends
• Disruptive forces
• Leadership
• Transformation
• Customer and talent engagement

People look at the world differently after hearing Dean speak because he provides them with the skills, mindsets and tools to unlearn and relearn. His frameworks and presentations give people practical ways of thinking big and forging innovative solutions that deliver growth and remarkable results.

 

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Key Messages:

Forget a VUCA—Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous—world. The game has changed. Today’s world is BANI—Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible. In this provocative and practical keynote, Dean decodes the BANI
paradigm and introduce the APEX Leader Model—a bold new framework. APEX leaders don’t just survive disruption—they thrive in it. They are:

  • Antifragile—stronger under stress.
  • Purpose-Driven—anchored to bold, meaningful quests.
  • Explorers—curious, adaptive, unafraid to chart new paths.
  • And Xenophiles—seeking diverse ideas to unlock fresh thinking.

For APEX leaders, a BANI world isn’t a threat—it’s a canvas for bold action. They lead with courage, clarity, and curiosity—and inspire their teams to do the same.

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A strategic leadership and inspirational look at the importance of thinking big and being successful in the New Age of Discovery

Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually

An exciting and motivational exploration of how to engage people across different generations.

Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually

Understanding the disruptive forces of change and what it will take to be competitive in tomorrow’s world.

Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
Available: In person, Virtually
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Testimonials

Dean did exactly what I asked of him and more.

Tim Sellick

Programme Director,

Kings College Business School

Great session. Let's do it again soon!

Prof. David Pendleton

Säid Oxford Business School

Dean, you've become a legend! Thank you for an awesome presentation and sense of humour. You really engaged the staff so much so that they are using the idea back at work. So thank you Dean for your time, commitment and passion. We really appreciate it!

Peter Wilkinson

CEO,

Department for Transport

Heard a number of Futurists as Vistage Chair over the years. Dean's was head and shoulders above and beyond. If you want to understand the future you MUST work with Dean.

Chris Hughes

Chairman,

Vistage

Dean is a fantastic presenter. He is also a great guy to work with.

Jason Wright

Director of UK Operations,

BNP Paribas

Thank you for a most enriching and wonderful talk.

Curator,

TEDx

Great speaker very insightful. Funny too, I like that.

Steve Bee

Communicator of the Year (2014),

UK Business

Feedback has been off the chart for your session.

Kate Hogben

Director Corporate Communications,

Anglo American

Dean. You are a legend. Do I need to say anymore? I will. Thank you for an awesome presentation and sense of humour. You really engaged the staff so much so that they are using the idea back at work. I am not sure what you have started but I know it's going to run for a while. So thank you Dean for your time, commitment and passion. We really appreciate it!

Kerry Franklin

Private Secretary to Peter Wilkinson, MD, Passenger Services,

Department for Transport

Books

Dean van Leeuwen book

Quest: Competitive Advantage and the Art of Leadership in the 21st Century

The leading resource in the world surprisingly is not money. Rather it is the productivity of individuals. But how do organisations achieve more productivity, more innovation, more growth and more competitive advantage? These are good questions aren’t they? Quest answers these important questions by placing organisations and leaders who have achieved remarkable things under the microscope. The book decodes what these leaders do and the remarkable journeys that they have taken to move their organisations and their worlds to higher levels. The author tells their amazing and inspiring stories through a unique management model framed by three powerful leadership qualities. This framework provides leaders at any level, across any organisation with powerful and practical techniques to inspire people, improve results and have a positive impact in the world they influence and beyond. Written by Dean van Leeuwen, TEDx speaker, Chief Exploration Officer and co-founder of international strategic and futurist consultancy TomorrowToday. Dean creatively weaves inspiring real-life stories with the latest leadership thinking. He shares his extensive global experience gained from working in over thirty countries with many of the world’s leading organisations and insights gained from lecturing at the London Business School and the European Centre for Executive Development located on the INSEAD campus. This is a must read for leaders who want to make a meaningful difference.

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Quest: Competitive Advantage and the Art of Leadership in the 21st Century

The leading resource in the world surprisingly is not money. Rather it is the productivity of individuals. But how do organisations achieve more productivity, more innovation, more growth and more competitive advantage? These are good questions aren’t they? Quest answers these important questions by placing organisations and leaders who have achieved remarkable things under the microscope. The book decodes what these leaders do and the remarkable journeys that they have taken to move their organisations and their worlds to higher levels. The author tells their amazing and inspiring stories through a unique management model framed by three powerful leadership qualities. This framework provides leaders at any level, across any organisation with powerful and practical techniques to inspire people, improve results and have a positive impact in the world they influence and beyond. Written by Dean van Leeuwen, TEDx speaker, Chief Exploration Officer and co-founder of international strategic and futurist consultancy TomorrowToday. Dean creatively weaves inspiring real-life stories with the latest leadership thinking. He shares his extensive global experience gained from working in over thirty countries with many of the world’s leading organisations and insights gained from lecturing at the London Business School and the European Centre for Executive Development located on the INSEAD campus. This is a must read for leaders who want to make a meaningful difference.
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