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Jeremy Utley

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Innovation Expert; Practical AI Specialist; Stanford Adjunct Professor; Host of "Beyond the Prompt: How to Use AI in Your Company;" Bestselling Author, Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters

Jeremy Utley is a go-to expert for actionable insights on AI and creativity. A distinguished Stanford professor and bestselling author, he has taught over a million students and advised Fortune 500 CEOs on harnessing AI to unlock innovation. Known for his engaging and entertaining style, Utley inspires audiences worldwide to rethink AI as a transformative thought partner with cutting-edge research and practical applications to deliver real business impact, unlocking new levels of creativity and collaboration.

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Jeremy Utley is a world-leading expert on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He’s an adjunct professor at Stanford University, a General Partner at Freespin Capital, and the co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters, which has been translated into 10+ languages and landed him on the Thinkers50 Top Ten Innovation Leaders watch list in 2023.

Over the past 15+ years, he has taught over a million students worldwide, helping organizations foster cultures of innovation. A dynamic and engaging speaker, Utley translates his research into the history of invention and discovery into transformative learning experiences.

A self-described “recovering spreadsheet enthusiast,” Utley’s transformation from finance to design underscores his belief that creativity is a learnable skill — one that he now empowers leaders to cultivate through AI-enhanced innovation. CEOs and leadership teams regularly seek his counsel to drive innovation strategy, resulting in measurable business transformation and AI fluency across organizations.

Known for his sharp insights and approachable humor, Utley’s keynotes deliver transformative learning experiences, bridging cutting-edge research with actionable takeaways. His research and insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, NPR, The Financial Times, and numerous other publications.

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Jeremy Utley’s Speech Topics

  • Enterprise Virtual AI Mastermind: Transforming Teams into Strategic AI Thinkers

    This virtual AI workshop transforms participants from AI novices into strategic thinkers who understand how to shift from using AI as a tool to collaborating with it as a teammate. Attendees learn to identify high-value opportunities, build and deploy AI agents across their organizations, and create practical AI workflows they can put into action immediately. By program end, participants will have developed their own custom AI teammates ready for real-world use and joined a peer community that continues to spark new ideas long after the workshop concludes.

  • More Chat, Less Bot: How Humans Unleash the True Power of AI in Innovation

    In this groundbreaking session, Stanford Adjunct Professor Jeremy Utley (a Thinkers50 Top Ten Innovation Leader for 2023) introduces audiences to AI as they have yet to know it: a relationship. Utley challenges the conventional AI-as-oracle mindset and encourages professionals to embrace AI as a collaborative thought partner. Drawing on groundbreaking research featured by Harvard Business Review, Utley demonstrates why AI-assisted teams often underperform — due to predictable and preventable human bias — and how teams can unlock AI’s full potential for innovation. Leveraging interactive exercises, participants will gain personal realizations and build confidence to spearhead meaningful organizational change. Participants will be equipped with both strategic frameworks and the practical know-how and credibility to be a convincing changemaker in their organizations. Transform your understanding of AI from a mere tool to a catalyst for behavioral and cultural transformation in this deeply insightful and empowering session.

  • Making AI More Human

    We program technology, but technology also programs us. Most professionals fail to derive maximum value from generative AI because they interact with it like they do any other technology. Based on cutting-edge research featured in the Wall Street Journal, Stanford Adjunct Professor and Thinkers50 Top Innovator Jeremy Utley introduces audiences to a fundamentally new approach to unlocking practical value from generative AI today.

  • Ideaflow: How Individuals, Teams, and Organizations Achieve Breakthrough Results

    In this searching examination of the personal and interpersonal practices (rather than events) that fuel breakthrough thinking, Jeremy Utley will share insights from his bestselling book, Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters (co-written with Perry Klebahn). Having taught the subject of innovation for the last 15+ years at Stanford, he has seen the topic become over-hyped yet remain an under-nourished capability. This is true not only on the personal level but also on the team and organizational levels. This dynamic session will set the record straight on some foundational mindsets and practices that fuel not just repeatable innovation, but also drive satisfaction and engagement at work and in life as well.

What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

Jeremy is an amazing speaker! He arrived early, connected with the client and attendees, and brought incredible energy to his presentation. Throughout his talk, he had the audience participate in short exercises with one another, showing how collaborating with AI as a colleague — rather than just a tool — makes it far more effective. The audience loved the interactive format.

Business Conferences / Audiences

What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

Jeremy Utley delivered one of the most engaging and well-received presentations we’ve ever hosted. Our attendees described him as dynamic, inspiring, and incredibly relevant, calling his session the highlight of the event. His insights sparked enthusiasm across teams, with many noting they left feeling energized, motivated, and eager to apply what they learned. Jeremy set a new bar for guest speakers, and there were repeated calls to bring in more voices like his.

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What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

Jeremy’s keynotes are true fuel for innovation. He doesn’t just talk about AI—he demonstrates how it can unlock human creativity and potential at every level of the organization. His presentation style is among the most engaging we’ve ever experienced—high energy, dynamic, and packed with insights that spark real excitement. His sessions leave teams energized and thinking differently; not only were ideas buzzing immediately afterward, but weeks later, his insights were still being referenced in meetings across the company. What makes Jeremy especially valuable is how he connected with people across our team. He collaborated closely to customize content for our needs, was fun and easy to work with, and he genuinely cared about how his ideas took root and stayed engaged long after the event. His approach helped us move from simply imagining the future to actively building it.

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What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

I had the chance at dinner to ask for comments about the day — and by far Jeremy’s talk was the highlight! We (faculty) were all admiring his mastery of engaging the group. I really do admire both the substance of what he delivers in these talks and his incredibly engaging way of presenting it.

Business Conferences / Audiences

What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

Jeremy Utley spent half a day with our clients opening the world of design thinking as a business practice. In short, he wowed them. It was amazing to see a room of 125 C-suite executives designing under Jeremy’s direction. The executives laughed and cried, reaching deep to design an experience that would delight and move a loved one.

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What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

Jeremy’s work is truly impactful to international innovation audiences. I had the honor of hosting Jeremy’s talk at the International Design Thinking Symposium, and he was definitely one of the highlights of the event. His talk was very insightful and inspirational, not only to the industry attendees but also to the academic scholars in the design research community.

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What other organizations say about Jeremy Utley

Jeremy Utley’s keynote on AI for human creativity and business innovation made a huge impact, and our customers are still talking about it a month later! His attention-grabbing insights and practical strategies, combined with his engaging delivery, provided our participants/users with disciplines to cultivate their personal growth and seamlessly integrate into their professional roles and organizational processes.

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