Simon Banks

Keynote Overview: A thousand little light bulbs

The light bulb moment, The big A-ha. The bolt of lightning. It’s what every company is looking for. It can be a game changer. For most companies, it can be elusive. It many be once in a life time or never at all.

What if instead of hopefully waiting for lightning to strike for that one big idea, there were 1000 little lightbulbs going off all the time? Lightbulb moments are absolutely everywhere if we are open to them. It’s what humans were born to do. A thousand little light bulbs drive moment.

But where the hell do you start? How do you get a constant stream of light bulb moments and fresh thinking?

How do you keep your thinking cutting edge? How do you truly make innovation part of the fabric and culture of your company? How do you bring out the best innovative thinking in your people? And isn’t all that creative stuff for a certain type of people that wear flip flops to work, buy organic fruit at the market and don’t really get the real world? How do you engage your people in the process of innovation?

And my God, what if you look foolish trying to be creative? Your a highly respected professional!

A thousand little lightbulbs is a highly energetic and interactive keynote 45 – 60 minute keynote that uses the principles of improv theatre, comedy and the unique delivery style of Simon Banks to provide practical insights into unleashing your creative potential and using this to have a constant stream of fresh thinking and little lightbulb moments every day that drive market leading thinking and Innovation.

Creativity and innovation are the most normal human traits and something that everyone has in abundance but have just put them to the background. The focus needs to be squarely on enabling people to fulfil their potential. People are the soul and heartbeat of any company and their innovation potential. Nothing will happen unless people are firing.

Importantly, Simon clearly sees the blockages and fears that everyone has around the word ‘creativity’ and uses a fun and humorous approach to break through this by asking everyone to get the innovation Ogre out of their closet and ask it for a dance.
Innovators see things that other people miss. Opportunities and lightbulb moments exist everywhere if we only open our eyes. A thousand little light bulbs going off every day.

Key Outcomes:
• Understand that change and disruption is happening at a pace like never before. The need to stay fresh and innovate is more important than ever before.
• Recognising the space and culture where great ideas and fresh thinking thrive
• Understand that the quality of your ideas is directly related to the quality of stimulus you seek. Variety is the heartbeat of innovation.
• Develop the language to take innovation and great conversations further
• Embrace opportunities that come your way through opening your eyes to see potential and collaboration with and building on others ideas.
• Understand how movement drives energy and fresh thinking and how to use it effectively. We perform best when we have a great energy and mojo.
• Enable everyone to feel great about embracing their creative potential and working with others to embrace theirs