Jeremy Utley
WSB Exclusive Speaker
Award Winning Teacher; Podcaster; and Author

Jeremy Utley is a go-to expert for actionable insights on AI and creativity. An award-winning teacher 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.
$40K - $70K
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Jeremy Utley transforms how individuals and organizations unlock the combined power of human creativity and artificial intelligence. An Instructor at Harvard DCE and Stanford Online (where he's earned multiple "favorite professor" distinctions), Jeremy is a Thinkers50 Top Ten Innovation Leader whose dynamic approach to teaching, research, and advisory work makes him a trusted guide for leaders navigating the AI era.
Jeremy's bestselling book Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters has been translated into 10+ languages, earning acclaim as a foundational guide to innovation. His top 1% podcast Beyond the Prompt: How to Use AI in Your Company explores practical strategies for leveraging AI as a thought partner, empowering professionals to tackle complex challenges with confidence. Jeremy's latest course, "AI for Work," has already equipped thousands of professionals across 100+ countries to integrate generative AI into their daily workflows.
His new book, The Human Advantage: What AI Can't Do Without You, will be published by Hay House on November 10th.
A self-described "recovering spreadsheet enthusiast," Jeremy'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 and integrate AI, resulting in measurable business transformation. Over the past 15+ years, he has taught over a million students worldwide, helping organizations foster cultures of innovation and AI fluency.
Known for his sharp insights and approachable humor, Jeremy'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 prestigious publications.
Jeremy holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated with distinction as an Arjay Miller Scholar (top 10%), and a BBA in Finance with Honors from The University of Texas at Austin. He is also a General Partner at Freespin Capital, bringing his expertise to early-stage technology investments.
Featured Videos

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
I can't say enough good things about Jeremy Utley and the energy he brought the kick off of West Monroe's Innovation Week!
Business Conferences / Audiences
Featured News
Consilio
The Spark: How a Stanford Professor Changed How We Think About Innovation
14 January, 2026
YouTube
How Stanford Teaches AI-Powered Creativity in Just 13 MinutesㅣJeremy Utley
27 April, 2025
Wall Street Journal
For Conversations You Dread, Try a Chatbot
4 May, 2024
Works by Jeremy Utley
Jeremy Utley
Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
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