Erik Wahl

Erik Wahl



Expertise In:
- Business Growth and Trends
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Creativity
Audience & Industry
- Associations
- Corporations
- Colleges and Universities
- Non-Profits
- Senior Management Groups
Erik Wahl is a recognized artist and speaker who—using art as a vehicle—inspires professionals to achieve greater levels of performance.
Erik Wahl is a visionary whose unique presentations leverage his creative talent to become a visual metaphor to the core of his message: that creativity, innovation and the power to inspire as leaders lies within all of us. Erik’s unique understanding of this vision traces back to his experience as an artist. After first working in the business world for eight years as a partner in a corporate firm where he played with his passion for art, Erik now PLAYS in the business world by WORKING with his art. Erik’s sought after artwork can be seen hanging in executive offices around the world. And as one of the country’s top platform speakers, Erik shares his powerful message on creativity, leading change and innovative leadership that is as memorable as it is entertaining. He is the author of Unthink: Rediscover Your Creative Genius and Unchain the Elephant: Reframe Your Thinking to Unleash Your Potential.
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Erik Wahl's Speech Topics
The Spark and The Grind
- Deconstructs the discipline of the creative process to ignite ideas to action.
- Explores The Psychology of Success and the Science of Innovation to achieve superior levels of performance.
- Harness The mental toughness required to navigate ambiguity and master complexity in a rapidly changing business environment
Disruption is the new normal. Are you creating or reacting?
The Art of Leadership
Today’s leaders face a pressure to innovate—or else perish—unlike any other time in history. Advances in social, mobile and cloud technology, coupled with fierce global competition has made the business landscape nearly unrecognizable from what it was a mere 10 years ago.
Erik Wahl’s entertaining and invigorating Art of Leadership presentation paints a compelling new portrait for what the successful leaders of tomorrow will look like. He inspires audiences to shed old ways of thinking and “business as usual” processes that are outdated, inefficient and detrimental to productivity. Audience members learn new ways to build an emotional connection to drive future employee engagement. Erik’s presentation stretches traditional assumptions on leadership. The end results include:
- innovative solutions to further your organization
- attracting and engaging quality employees
- new efficiencies and the end of detrimental redundancies
Growth and comfort cannot co-exist. When leaders come from a place of authenticity, curiosity, exploration and purpose, this leads to more meaningful connections among team members and with clients and customers—and ultimately, a more profitable organization. An engaged employee equals an engaged customer.
UNthink™
The Art of Vision
Works by Erik Wahl
Erik Wahl
Unthink: Rediscover Your Creative Genius (opens in a new tab)
Erik Wahl